- 2008 Chicago Fire season
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Chicago Fire S.C. 2008 season Chairman 
Andrew HauptmanManager 
Denis HamlettMLS 3rd overall (2nd in Eastern Conference) MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Final U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals Brimstone Cup Runners-up Top goalscorer Chris Rolfe (9) +(1 in playoffs)[1]Average home attendance 17,052[2] 
Home colors
Away colors← 2007 2009 → The 2008 Chicago Fire season was the club's 13th year of existence, as well as their 11th season in Major League Soccer and 11th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer. It began with a 3-1 away win over Real Salt Lake on March 29, 2008 and ended with a 2-1 loss to Columbus Crew in the Eastern Conference Final on November 13, 2008. Denis Hamlett made his debut as the Chicago Fire coach after being promoted.
Contents
Current roster
Squad
- Players in bold have had senior international caps for their respective national squads.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 0 GK Tyler Kettering 1 GK Jon Busch 2 DF C.J. Brown (Vice-captain) 3 FW Calen Carr 4 
MF Bakary Soumare 5 MF Brian Plotkin 6 DF Brandon Prideaux 7 MF Logan Pause 8 MF Diego Gutiérrez 9 
FW Tomasz Frankowski 10 
MF Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Captain) 11 MF John Thorrington 12 
FW Patrick Nyarko 16 
MF Marco Pappa 17 FW Chris Rolfe No. Position Player 18 MF Mike Banner 20 FW Brian McBride 21 MF Justin Mapp 22 
DF Wilman Conde 23 
MF Líder Mármol 24 DF Daniel Woolard 25 DF Gonzalo Segares 26 FW Andy Herron 28 GK Nick Noble 29 MF Peter Lowry 32 DF Dasan Robinson 33 MF Stephen King 34 DF Austin Washington 36 MF Kai Kasiguran Transfers
In
- Patrick Nyarko Drafted 7th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft
- Dominic Cervi Drafted 12th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft
- Peter Lowry Drafted 26th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft
- Dwight Barnett Drafted 38th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft
- Stephen King Drafted 40th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft
- Austin Washington Drafted 54th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft
- Andy Herron Rights acquired from Columbus Crew for 4th round pick in the 2010 Superdraft
- Tomasz Frankowski Signed from
Wolverhampton Wanderers - Brandon Prideaux Acquired in waiver draft from Colorado Rapids
- Líder Mármol Signed as free agent.
- Brian McBride Free agent
Out
- Matt Pickens To Queens Park Rangers
Ivan Guerrero Lost to San Jose Earthquakes in the Expansion Draft- Jim Curtin Traded to Chivas USA
- Chris Armas Retired
- Paulo Wanchope Retired
- Jeff Curtin Waived, later signed with D.C. United
Osei Telesford Waived, later signed with 
Puerto Rico Islanders- Chad Barrett Traded to Toronto FC in Brian McBride deal
- Brian Plotkin Waived, later signed with Columbus Crew
Club
Management
Other information
Statistics
Appearances and goals
- Last updated on June 5, 2008.
No. Nat Pos Player Total MLS Season Apps Goals Apps Goals 0 GK Tyler Kettering 0 0 0 0 1 GK Jon Busch 30 0 30 0 2 DF C.J. Brown 3 0 3 0 3 FW Calen Carr 9 2 9 2 4 MF Bakary Soumare 28 0 28 0 6 DF Brandon Prideaux 27 0 27 0 7 MF Logan Pause 27 0 27 0 8 MF Diego Gutiérrez 20 0 20 0 9 FW Tomasz Frankowski 17 2 17 2 10 MF Cuauhtémoc Blanco 27 7 27 7 11 MF John Thorrington 23 5 23 5 12 FW Patrick Nyarko 9 1 9 1 16 MF Marco Pappa 6 0 6 0 17 FW Chris Rolfe 26 10 26 10 18 MF Mike Banner 11 0 11 0 20 FW Brian McBride 11 5 11 5 21 MF Justin Mapp 30 2 30 2 22 DF Wilman Conde 22 1 22 1 23 DF Lider Marmol 2 0 2 0 24 DF Daniel Woolard 8 1 8 1 25 DF Gonzalo Segares 23 2 23 2 26 FW Andy Herron 17 0 17 0 28 GK Nick Noble 0 0 0 0 29 MF Peter Lowry 0 0 0 0 32 DF Dasan Robinson 2 0 2 0 33 MF Stephen King 20 2 20 2 34 DF Austin Washington 1 0 1 0 36 MF Kai Kasiguran 0 0 0 0 Competitions
Overall
Competition Started round Current
position / roundFinal
position / roundFirst match Last match MLS — March 29, 2008 Last updated: July 21, 2009
Source: CompetitionsMajor League Soccer
Standings
Eastern ConferencePos Club Pts GP W L T GF GA GD 1 Columbus Crew 57 30 17 7 6 50 36 +14 2 Chicago Fire 46 30 13 10 7 44 33 +11 3 New England Revolution 43 30 12 11 7 40 43 –3 4 Kansas City Wizards 42 30 11 10 9 37 39 –2 5 New York Red Bulls 39 30 10 11 9 42 48 –6 6 D.C. United 37 30 11 15 4 43 51 –8 7 Toronto FC 35 30 9 13 8 34 43 –9 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs (Wild Card) Pos Club Pts GP W L T GF GA GD 1 Columbus Crew (E1) 57 30 17 7 6 50 36 +14 2 Houston Dynamo (W1) 51 30 13 5 12 45 32 +13 3 Chicago Fire (E2) 46 30 13 10 7 44 33 +11 4 New England Revolution (E3) 43 30 12 11 7 40 43 –3 5 Chivas USA (W2) 43 30 12 11 7 40 41 –1 6 Kansas City Wizards 42 30 11 10 9 37 39 –2 7 Real Salt Lake (W3) 40 30 10 10 10 40 39 +1 8 New York Red Bulls3 39 30 10 11 9 42 48 –6 9 Colorado Rapids 38 30 11 14 5 44 45 –1 10 D.C. United3 37 30 11 15 4 43 51 –8 11 FC Dallas 36 30 8 10 12 45 41 +4 12 Toronto FC1 2 35 30 9 13 8 34 43 –9 13 Los Angeles Galaxy 33 30 8 13 9 55 62 –7 14 San Jose Earthquakes 33 30 8 13 9 32 38 –6 MLS Supporters' Shield, 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2009 U.S. Open Cup, 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League3 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2009 U.S. Open Cup, CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2009 U.S. Open Cup, SuperLiga 2009 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs - ^Note 1 - Toronto FC cannot qualify for the U.S. Open Cup, as it is a Canadian-based team.
If they had qualified for an automatic berth into the U.S. Open Cup, the next highest placed team not already qualified would have qualified.
- ^Note 2 - Toronto FC cannot qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through MLS. Rather, they can qualify through the Canadian Soccer Championship.
If they had qualified for the Champions League through MLS, then the highest placed team not already qualified would have qualified.
- ^Note 3 - The winner of the 2008 MLS Supporters' Shield (Columbus Crew) qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. As they also won MLS 2008, the 2008 MLS Supporters' Shield runner-up (Houston Dynamo) also entered the Group Stage. The runner-up of MLS Cup 2008 (New York Red Bulls) and the winner of the 2008 U.S. Open Cup (D.C. United) qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.
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Results summary
Overall Home Away Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD 30 46 13 10 7 44 33 +11 7 5 3 23 17 +6 6 5 4 21 16 +5 Last updated: July 21, 2009
Source: Major League Soccer
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal differenceRound 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Ground A H A H H A A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H Result T W W L W W W L W L L L T T W T T W W L W L W L L W T T L W Last updated: July 21, 2009.
Source: Chicago Fire
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Matches
Win Tie Loss
MLS regular season
March 29, 2008 Real Salt Lake 1 – 1 Chicago Fire Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Joy 
51'
Soumare
71' (o.g.)
Findley 80'
Beckerman 87'Report Pause 89'
Blanco 92+'Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium
Attendance: 20,272
Referee: Terry VaughnApril 3, 2008 Chicago Fire 4 – 0 New England Revolution Bridgeview, Illinois, USA Barrett 4'
Mapp 17'
Frankowski 22'
Blanco 37' (pen.)
Frankowski 39'
Barrett 50'
Gutierrez 89'Report Larentowicz 
7'
Joseph 7'
Mansally 23'Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 15,553
Referee: Baldomero ToledoApril 12, 2008 San Jose Earthquakes 0 – 1 Chicago Fire Oakland, California, USA Cochrane 65'
Riley 94+'Report Barrett 19'
Soumare 55'Stadium: McAfee Coliseum
Attendance: 20,038
Referee: Kevin StottApril 20, 2008 Chicago Fire 0 – 1 Kansas City Wizards Bridgeview, Illinois, USA Prideaux 46'Report Jewsbury 4'
Harrington 57'
Trujillo 76'Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 17,121
Referee: Jair MarrufoApril 26, 2008 Chicago Fire 2 – 1 Colorado Rapids Bridgeview, Illinois, USA Segares 45'
Thorrington 53'
Thorrington 84'
Gutierrez 88'Report Gomez 45'
Gomez 64'
Gray 66'
McManus 86'Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 14,251
Referee: Tim WeylandMay 3, 2008 New England Revolution 0 – 3 Chicago Fire Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA Report Rolfe 29'
Thorrington 50'
King 76'Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 10,858
Referee: Jair MarrufoMay 8, 2008 D.C. United 0 – 2 Chicago Fire Washington, D.C., USA Burch 30'
Dyachenko 40'
Namoff 73'Report Mapp 38'
Blanco 62'
Prideaux 77'
Thorrington 92'Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 18,605
Referee: Terry VaughnMay 17, 2008 Chicago Fire 1 – 2 Houston Dynamo Bridgeview, Illinois, USA Carr 28'
Segares 92'
Blanco 95'Report De Rosario 17'
Clark 48'
De Rosario 58'
Boswell 82'Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 17,183
Referee: Paul WardMay 25, 2008 New York Red Bulls 1 – 5 Chicago Fire East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA Angel 68'
Altidore 74'Report Barrett 8'
Rolfe 48'
Blanco 55'
Barrett 60'
Segares 62'
Soumare 68'Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 14,754
Referee: Ricardo SalazarJune 7, 2008 v June 15, 2008 v June 19, 2008 v June 28, 2008 v July 5, 2008 v July 12, 2008 v July 19, 2008 v July 27, 2008 v August 2, 2008 v August 9, 2008 v August 16, 2008 v August 21, 2008 v August 31, 2008 v September 6, 2008 v September 14, 2008 v September 21, 2008 v September 25, 2008 v October 5, 2008 v October 12, 2008 Chicago Fire 2 – 2 Columbus Crew Bridgeview, Illinois, USA McBride 13', 79'Report, Report Gaven 59'
Busch 45'
Schelotto 61'
Carroll 86'Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 14,994
Referee: Shane MoodyOctober 18, 2008 v October 23, 2008 v U.S. Open Cup
MLS Qualifier June 10, 2008 Chicago Fire 3 – 2
(AET)Columbus Crew Peoria, Illinois, USA 19:00 CDT King 10'
Herron 65'
Prideaux 82'
Herron 116'Report Ekpo 63'
Garey 67'
Zayner 79'
Rogers 100'Stadium: Shea Stadium
Attendance: 3,829
Referee: Tony RussoThird Round July 1, 2008 Chicago Fire 4 – 1 Cleveland City Stars (USL-2) Bridgeview, Illinois, USA 19:30 CDT Banner 13'
Carr 23'
Barrett 26'
Marmol 57'
Banner 73'Report McClung 61'
Stewart 78'Stadium: Toyota Park
Referee: Hidajet TicaQuarterfinals July 8, 2008 D.C. United 2 – 1
(AET)Chicago Fire Germantown, Maryland, USA 19:30 EDT Doe 52'
Doe 77'
Moreno 89'
Namoff 99'
Fred 107'
Burch 108'Report Woolard 36'
Soumare 48'
Pause 78'
Thorrington 81'
Blanco 108'Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,118
Referee: Shane MoodyFriendlies
May 21, 2008 Chicago Fire 0 – 0 Wisła KrakówBridgeview, Illinois, USA 19:30 CDT Robinson 20'
Conde 75'
Brown 78'
Woolard 81'Report Cléber 51'
Cantoro 54'
Díaz 55'Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 14,040
Referee: Mark KadlecikJuly 30, 2008 Chicago Fire 2 – 0 Everton F.C.Bridgeview, Illinois, USA 19:30 CDT Rolfe 42'
Frankowski 70'Report Baxter 45'
Gosling 81'
Vaughan 92+'Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 9,125
Referee: Landis WileyAugust 24, 2008 Veracruz 3 – 1 Chicago FireVeracruz, Veracruz, Mexico Leyva 41'
Olivera 44'
Seccafien 55'
Marmol 71' (o.g.)Report Blanco 16'
Robinson 18'Stadium: Estadio Luis de la Fuente References
Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Western Conference Chicago Fire · Columbus Crew · D.C. United · Houston Dynamo · New England Revolution · New York Red Bulls · Philadelphia Union · Sporting Kansas City · Toronto FC
Former teams Expansion teams Montreal Impact (2012)
League articles MLS Cup (Playoffs) · Supporters' Shield · All-Star Game · Records and statistics · CONCACAF Champions League · U.S. Open Cup · Canadian Championship · Rivalry cups · Current players · Foreign players · Capped players · Designated Player Rule · Coaches · Drafts · Transfers · MLS Players Union · Attendance · Stadiums · Reserve Division · USSF · CSASeasons Chicago Fire Soccer Club The Club Stadiums Soldier Field • Cardinal Stadium • Toyota ParkDevelopment System Reserves: Chicago Fire Reserves • Developmental: Chicago Fire Premier • Chicago Fire NPSL • Academy: Chicago Fire Academy • Youth: Chicago Fire JuniorsCulture Ring of Fire • Section 8 Chicago ISA (and affiliate groups)Rivalries Brimstone Cup • Chicago-NE Revs rivalryKey Personnel Owner: Andell Holdings • Chairman: Andrew Hauptman • President: Julian Posada • Technical Dir.: (vacant) • Manager: Frank KlopasHonors (6)MLS Cup (1) Supporters' Shield (1) U.S. Open Cup (4) Seasons (13) 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011Website: chicago-fire.com2008 Major League Soccer season by team Eastern Conference Chicago Fire · Columbus Crew · D.C. United · Kansas City Wizards · New England Revolution · New York Red Bulls · Toronto FCWestern Conference Chivas USA · Colorado Rapids · FC Dallas · Houston Dynamo · Los Angeles Galaxy · Real Salt Lake · San Jose EarthquakesCategories:- Chicago Fire seasons
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