Английская Википедия:1998 Chicago Fire season

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The 1998 Chicago Fire season was the Chicago Fire Soccer Club's inaugural season of existence, and their first season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer.

The Chicago Fire enjoyed one of the strongest debuts for an expansion club in the history of American soccer and of the North American sports leagues in general. The Fire won the double by winning both MLS Cup '98 and the 1998 U.S. Open Cup Final, both in a five-day timespan. It was the first time that an expansion franchise in any of the major American sports leagues won the league championship. The next time an expansion franchise would reach the championship of their respective sports league would be 20 years later, when the first-year Vegas Golden Knights NHL ice hockey team reached the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals.

Background

The last professional soccer club to play in the Chicago area was the Chicago Sting, who played in the original NASL from 1974 to 1983, and then in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1984 to 1988. The Sting won two Soccer Bowl championships: in 1981 and again in 1984.

The Chicago Fire were one of two new MLS expansion teams to join MLS in 1998, and the first two ever expansion teams in league history, the other team being the now-defunct Miami Fusion. The Fire were founded on October 8, 1997, on the 126th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. The club was named after the event. The club focused on recruiting players of various descent to reflect on the diversity of the region. The team brought in Polish players Piotr Nowak, Jerzy Podbrożny, and Roman Kosecki; the Mexican Jorge Campos; and the Czech Luboš Kubík.

Club

Roster

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)Шаблон:Cref2	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
	Jorge Campos	Шаблон:Flagicon	GK	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Cruz Azul
	Scott Coufal	Шаблон:Flagicon	GK	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Kevin Rueda	Шаблон:Flagicon	GK	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Zach Thornton	Шаблон:Flagicon	GK	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	David Winner	Шаблон:Flagicon	GK	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
Defenders
	Diego Gutiérrez	Шаблон:Flagicon	DF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Ritchie Kotschau	Шаблон:Flagicon	DF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Luboš Kubík	Шаблон:Flagicon	CB	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Francis Okaroh	Шаблон:Flagicon	CB	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Mike Richardson	Шаблон:Flagicon	DF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Tom Soehn	Шаблон:Flagicon	DF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Brian Bates	Шаблон:Flagicon	DF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon Colorado Rapids
	C. J. Brown	Шаблон:Flagicon	CB	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon San Francisco Bay Seals
	Andrew Lewis	Шаблон:Flagicon	DF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Joe Carver	Шаблон:Flagicon	DF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
Midfielders
	Chris Armas	Шаблон:Flagicon	MF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2	Шаблон:Flagicon LA Galaxy
	Zak Ibsen	Шаблон:Flagicon	MF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Josh Keller	Шаблон:Flagicon	MF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Manny Lagos	Шаблон:Flagicon	MF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Jesse Marsch	Шаблон:Flagicon	MF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Peter Nowak	Шаблон:Flagicon	MF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Jorge Salcedo	Шаблон:Flagicon	MF	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
Forwards
	Frank Klopas	Шаблон:Flagicon	FW	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Roman Kosecki	Шаблон:Flagicon	FW	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Tony Kuhn	Шаблон:Flagicon	FW	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Jerzy Podbrożny	Шаблон:Flagicon	FW	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Ante Razov	Шаблон:Flagicon	FW	Шаблон:Birth date and age2
	Josh Wolff	Шаблон:Flagicon	FW	Шаблон:Birth date and age2

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Competitive

Major League Soccer

Results by round

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Statistics

Appearances and Goalscorers

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Goalscorers

Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Player	MLS	MLS Cup	US Open Cup	Total

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Source

Transfers out

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Start	End	Source

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source

See also

• 1998 in American soccer

External links

• Chicago Fire Soccer Club
• Chicago Fire History 1998