1998 U.S. Open Cup Final

The 1998 U.S. Open Cup Final was the 85th final of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the United States's oldest soccer cup competition. The match, contested by the Chicago Fire and Columbus Crew, took place on October 30, 1998 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.[1] It was Chicago's and the Crew's first U.S Open Cup campaign and their first final in the U.S. Open Cup. The Chicago Fire won the game 2–1 in overtime thanks to goals from Jerzy Podbrożny and Frank Klopas while the Crew goal came from Stern John.[1]

1998 U.S. Open Cup Final
Event1998 U.S. Open Cup
Chicago Fire
MLS		 Columbus Crew
MLS
2 1
DateOctober 30, 1998
VenueSoldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
RefereeArturo Angeles[1]
Attendance18,615[1]

Fire defender, C. J. Brown, was named the Man of the Match after the game.[2]

The final was originally scheduled to take place on August 26, 1998, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, but was postponed by a day after the arrival of Hurricane Bonnie.[3] After a second postponement, the match was moved to Chicago despite objections from the Columbus Crew front office.[4]

Match

Details
Chicago Fire2–1 (a.e.t.)Columbus Crew
Podbrożny  45' (pen.)
Klopas  99'		 Report John  53'
Attendance: 18,615
Chicago Fire
Columbus Crew
GK Zach Thornton
RB Luboš Kubík 14'
CB C. J. Brown
CB Francis Okaroh
LB Chris Armas
MF Jesse Marsch
MF Ritchie Kotschau 91'
MF Piotr Nowak
MF Josh Wolff
CF' Ante Razov
CF Jerzy Podbrożny
Substitutes:
MF Josh Keller 14' 77'
MF Zak Ibsen 77'
FW Frank Klopas 91'
Manager:
Bob Bradley
GK Juergen Sommer
RB Mike Clark
CB Thomas Dooley
CB Ricardo Iribarren
LB Ansil Elcock
MF Robert Warzycha 78'
MF Andy Williams
MF Brian Maisonneuve 67'
MF Rob Smith
FW Stern John
FW Brian McBride
Substitutes:
MF Todd Yeagley 67'
MF Jason Farrell 78'
Manager:
Tom Fitzgerald

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
    • Michael Kennedy[1]
    • Alberto Echeverria[1]

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Overtime if necessary.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References
  1. "1998 Lamar Hunt United States Open Cup". The US Open Cup. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  2. "Game Recap Friday, October 30, 1998". Chicago Fire Soccer Club. Archived from the original on November 3, 1999. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  3. Foltman, Bob (August 28, 1998). "Fire's quest for a title blown away by Bonnie". Chicago Tribune. sec. 4, p. 9. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Merz, Craig (October 4, 1998). "U.S. Open Cup move irks Rootes". The Columbus Dispatch. p. F11.
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