Columbus discovers offense in Chicago

Jeff Cunningham

Soldier Field


Scoring Summary:
CLB -- Jeff Cunningham 1 (penalty kick) 32
CHI -- Damani Ralph 3 (Chris Armas 2, Andy Williams 3) 49
CLB -- Kyle Martino 1 (unassisted) 55
CLB -- Michael Ritch 1 (Eric Denton 1) 59


Columbus Crew -- Jon Busch, Steven Herdsman, Robin Fraser, Chad Marshall, Frankie Hejduk, Simon Elliott, Kyle Martino (Duncan Oughton 73), Ross Paule, Eric Denton, Erick Scott (Michael Ritch 25), Jeff Cunningham (David Testo 84).


Substitutes Not Used: Nelson Akwari, Matt Jordan.


TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Michael Ritch 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (3 tied with 2); FOULS: 12 (Eric Denton 3); OFFSIDES: 2 (Erick Scott 1, David Testo 1); CORNER KICKS: 1 (David Testo 1); SAVES: 6 (Jon Busch 6)


Chicago Fire -- Henry Ring, Evan Whitfield, Jim Curtin, C.J. Brown (Orlando Perez 76), Justin Mapp (Nate Jaqua 67), Chris Armas, Logan Pause (Dipsy Selolwane 63), Andy Williams, DaMarcus Beasley, Damani Ralph, Ante Razov.


Substitutes Not Used: Scott Buete, Craig Capano, Denny Clanton, D.J. Countess, Kelly Gray, Leonard Griffin.


TOTAL SHOTS: 22 (Damani Ralph 5, Ante Razov 5); SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Damani Ralph 2, Ante Razov 2); FOULS: 13 (Andy Williams 3); OFFSIDES: 2 (Damani Ralph 1, Dipsy Selolwane 1); CORNER KICKS: 9 (Chris Armas 4, Andy Williams 4); SAVES: 3 (Henry Ring 3)


Misconduct Summary:
CLB -- Frankie Hejduk (caution; Tackle from Behind) 14
CLB -- Eric Denton (caution; Pushing, Holding) 17
CHI -- Jim Curtin (caution; Dissent) 33
CLB -- Jon Busch (caution; Delaying a Restart) 68
CLB -- Ross Paule (caution; Delaying a Restart) 83
CHI -- Ante Razov (caution; Dissent) 86


Referee: Ali Saheli
Referee's Assistants: -George Vergara; Bill Dittmar
4th Official: Michael Kennedy
Attendance: 10,854
Time of Game: 1:55
Weather: Cloudy-and-75-degrees


All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial.