2009 Chicago Fire season

Chicago Fire
2009 season
Chairman	Andrew Hauptman
Manager	Denis Hamlett
MLS	5th overall (2nd in Eastern Conference)
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference Final
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 16
Superliga	Runners-up
Brimstone Cup	No winner determined
Top goalscorer	Brian McBride (7)
Average home league attendance	15,071
Biggest win	DAL 1-3 CHI (3/21)
Biggest defeat	CHI 0-3 DAL (5/31)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Chicago Fire season was the club's 11th year of existence, as well as their 12th season in Major League Soccer and 12th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer. It began with a 3-1 away win over FC Dallas on March 21, 2009 and ended with a loss on penalties to Real Salt Lake in the Eastern Conference Final on November 14, 2009.

Roster

Squad

As of July 17, 2009. ^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Jon Busch
2	DF	USA	C. J. Brown (Captain)
3	FW	USA	Calen Carr
4	DF	MLI	Bakary Soumaré
5	DF	USA	Tim Ward
6	DF	USA	Brandon Prideaux
7	MF	USA	Logan Pause
9	MF	BIH	Baggio Husidić
10	MF	MEX	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
11	MF	USA	John Thorrington
14	FW	GHA	Patrick Nyarko
16	MF	GUA	Marco Pappa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	USA	Chris Rolfe
18	MF	USA	Mike Banner
20	FW	USA	Brian McBride
21	MF	USA	Justin Mapp
22	DF	COL	Wilman Conde
23	FW	BUL	Stefan Dimitrov
24	DF	USA	Daniel Woolard
25	DF	CRC	Gonzalo Segares
29	MF	USA	Peter Lowry
32	DF	USA	Dasan Robinson
34	DF	USA	Austin Washington
40	GK	USA	Andrew Dykstra

Transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	MF	BIH	Baggio Husidić (from Draft, 20th Overall^[3])
5	DF	USA	Tim Ward (off waivers^[4])


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
40	GK	USA	Andrew Dykstra (unattached^[5])

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	USA	Diego Gutiérrez (Retired^[6])
33	MF	USA	Stephen King (to Seattle Sounders FC, 2009 Expansion Draft^[7])
9	FW	POL	Tomasz Frankowski (Released on waivers^[7])


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	FW	CRC	Andy Herron (Released on waivers^[7])
28	GK	USA	Nick Noble (Released on waivers^[8])
4	DF	MLI	Bakary Soumaré (Mid season transfer to Boulogne ^[9])

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Technical Director	Frank Klopas
Manager	Denis Hamlett
Assistant manager	Mike Jeffries
Assistant manager	Mike Matkovich
Assistant manager	Daryl Shore
Head athletic trainer	Paul Ziemba
Assistant athletic trainer	Bo Leonard
Equipment manager	Charles Raycroft

Last updated: April 18, 2009
Source: Chicago Fire

Other information

Chairman	Andrew Hauptman
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Toyota Park (20,000 / N/A)

Source: Chicago Fire

Statistics

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
MLS	—	—	Eastern Conference Championship	March 21, 2009	November 14, 2009
USOC	Third round	—	Third round	June 30, 2009
Superliga	Group A	—	Runner-up	June 20, 2009	August 5, 2009

Updated to match played October 18, 2008
Source: Competitions

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Columbus Crew	30	13	7	10	41	31	+10	49	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Chicago Fire	30	11	7	12	39	34	+5	45
3	New England Revolution	30	11	10	9	33	37	−4	42
4	D.C. United	30	9	8	13	43	44	−1	40
5	Toronto FC	30	10	11	9	37	46	−9	39
6	Kansas City Wizards	30	8	13	9	33	42	−9	33
7	New York Red Bulls	30	5	19	6	27	47	−20	21

Source: MLS

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Columbus Crew (S)	30	13	7	10	41	31	+10	49	CONCACAF Champions League
2	LA Galaxy	30	12	6	12	36	31	+5	48	CONCACAF Champions League
3	Houston Dynamo	30	13	8	9	39	29	+10	48	North American SuperLiga
4	Seattle Sounders FC	30	12	7	11	38	29	+9	47	CONCACAF Champions League
5	Chicago Fire	30	11	7	12	39	34	+5	45	North American SuperLiga
6	Chivas USA	30	13	11	6	34	31	+3	45
7	New England Revolution	30	11	10	9	33	37	−4	42
8	Real Salt Lake (C)	30	11	12	7	43	35	+8	40	CONCACAF Champions League
9	Colorado Rapids	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4	40
10	D.C. United	30	9	8	13	43	44	−1	40
11	FC Dallas	30	11	13	6	50	47	+3	39
12	Toronto FC	30	10	11	9	37	46	−9	39	CONCACAF Champions League
13	Kansas City Wizards	30	8	13	9	33	42	−9	33
14	San Jose Earthquakes	30	7	14	9	36	50	−14	30
15	New York Red Bulls	30	5	19	6	27	47	−20	21

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

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	45	11	7	12	39	34	+5	5	4	6	16	17	−1	6	3	6	23	17	+6

Last updated: October 22, 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 difference

Round	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
Stadium	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	T	W	T	T	T	T	T	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	T	W	T	W	L	W	L	W	L	T	T	T	L	T	W

Updated to match(es) played on October 22, 2009. Source: Chicago Fire
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Matches

Win Tie Loss

MLS regular season

March

March 21, 2009	FC Dallas	1–3	Chicago Fire	Frisco, Texas
	Ferreira 5' Cooper 9'	Report	Mapp 38' Soumaré 39' McBride 51' Thorrington 52' Pappa 69' Blanco 94+'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 15,905 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

March 28, 2009	D.C. United	1–1	Chicago Fire	Washington, D.C.
	Emilio 7' Olsen 30' Jakovic 79' Burch 91+'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Nyarko 53'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 15,895 Referee: Mark Geiger

April

April 5, 2009	Chicago Fire	1–0	New York Red Bulls	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Thorrington 14' Pappa 33'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Goldthwaite 44' Richards 91+'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 11,633 Referee: Tim Weyland

April 11, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	3–3	Chicago Fire	Santa Clara, California
	Leitch 7' Johnson 14' Convey 43' Alvarez 75' Corrales 78' Salinas 73' 81'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Pappa 41' Segares 55' McBride 57' Robinson 73' Rolfe 85'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,717 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

April 18, 2009	Chicago Fire	2–2	Kansas City Wizards	Bridgeview, Illinois
	McBride 13' McBride 20' Soumaré 70'	Report	López 64' Wolff 66' Wolff 78' Wolff 89'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 10,782 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

April 25, 2009	Columbus Crew	2–2	Chicago Fire	Columbus, Ohio
	Marshall 25' Moreno 34' Padula 57' Zayner 80'	Report	Pappa 32' Ward 64' Thorrington 72' McBride 86' Segares 88'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 16,628 Referee: Jair Marrufo

May

May 2, 2009	Chicago Fire	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Soumaré 55' Pappa 68' Rolfe 95+'	Report	Marshall 1' Montero 48' Marshall 74' Riley 95+'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 10,288 Referee: Jasen Anno

May 9, 2009	Chicago Fire	1–1	New England Revolution	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Conde 36'	Report	Joseph 49' Larentowicz 60' Heaps 79'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 11,288 Referee: Mark Geiger

May 16, 2009	Toronto FC	0–2	Chicago Fire	Toronto, Ontario Canada
		Report	Rolfe 59' Busch 77' McBride 81'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,006 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

May 24, 2009	New York Red Bulls	0–1	Chicago Fire	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Pacheco 44'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Rolfe 17' Rolfe 45'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 10,762 Referee: Kevin Stott

May 28, 2009	Chivas USA	2–3	Chicago Fire	Carson, California
	Nagamura 16' Nagamura 24' Galindo 37' (pen.) Galindo 41' Marsch 51' 63' Harris 77' Trujillo 95+' Talley 95+'	Report	Thorrington 10' Blanco 25' (pen.) Conde 39' Segares 41' Blanco 54' Nyarko 89' Blanco 96+' (pen.)	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,379 Referee: Terry Vaughn

May 31, 2009	Chicago Fire	0–3	FC Dallas	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Rolfe 28' Ward 34' Soumaré 66' 79'	Report	Cunningham 15' Brown 35' (o.g.) Torres 48' Cunningham 54' Ricchetti 58' Cooper 80'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 13,120 Referee: Shane Moody

June

June 5, 2009	Chicago Fire	0–1	Houston Dynamo	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Mapp 81' Ward 88'	Report	Holden 4' Davis 27' Wondolowski 76'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 13,246 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

June 13, 2009	D.C. United	2–1	Chicago Fire	Washington, D.C. USA
	Moreno 24' (pen.) Gomez 41' Gomez 74'	Report	Busch 22' Thorrington 27' Pappa 33' Conde 40' Pause 70'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 18,369 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

July

July 4, 2009	Colorado Rapids	1–2	Chicago Fire	Commerce City, Colorado
	Gibbs 24' Peterson 76' Casey 80'	Report	Pappa 30' Conde 37'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 19,680 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

July 11, 2009	Chicago Fire	0–0	Columbus Crew	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Ward 52'	Report	Ekpo 33' Carroll 54' Gaven 85' Hejduk 88'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 18,123 Referee: Michael Kennedy

July 18, 2009	Chicago Fire	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Soumaré 17' Nyarko 82' Blanco 92+'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Hernandez 2' Wondolowski 5' Zaher 90'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,228 Referee: Jasen Anno

July 25, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	0–0	Chicago Fire	Seattle, Washington
12:00 PST	Hurtado 28' Ianni 57' Ljungberg 59' 59'	Report	Segares 39' Thorrington 40' 54'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 32,405 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

August

August 1, 2009	Chicago Fire	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30 CDT	Segares 8' Nyarko 76'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,534 Referee: Alex Prus

August 9, 2009	Houston Dynamo	3–2	Chicago Fire	Houston, Texas
	Kamara 21' Clark 37' Ching 56' Holden 83' (pen.)	Report	Brown 35' Prideaux 39' Busch 46' Rolfe 46' 62' Lowry 48' Blanco 73'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 18,809 Referee: Terry Vaughn

August 16, 2009	Kansas City Wizards	0–2	Chicago Fire	Kansas City, Kansas
	Hirsig 68' Hercegfalvi 85'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Rolfe 13' Mapp 45' Banner 89' Pause 91+'	Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark Attendance: 9,974 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

August 19, 2009	Chicago Fire	0–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Thorrington 60'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Magee 23' Miglioranzi 43' Donovan 54' Ricketts 72'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

August 23, 2009	Chicago Fire	3–2	Colorado Rapids	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Blanco 72' (pen.) Banner 85' Robinson 85' 93+' Robinson 93+'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Cummings 48' 58' Casey 65' Kimura 71' Cummings 82' Gibbs 91+'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,789 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

August 29, 2009	Chicago Fire	0–1	D.C. United	Bridgeview, Illinois
		Report	Namoff 11' Burch 36' Fred 44' Namoff 53' Jakovic 94+'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,324 Referee: Kevin Stott

September

September 12, 2009	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Chicago Fire	Sandy, Utah
	Beltran 23' Olave 27' Olave 72'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Lowry 32' Rolfe 44' Carr 79'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,615 Referee: Alex Prus

September 20, 2009	Chicago Fire	2–2	Columbus Crew	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Lowry 6' Lowry 35' Mapp 70'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Padula 7' Schelotto 55' Schelotto 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,549 Referee: Mark Geiger

September 26, 2009	Chicago Fire	2–2	Toronto FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Garcia 14' (o.g.) Prideaux 61' McBride 78'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	De Rosario 6' Wynne 25' Barrett 46' Robinson 81'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,890 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

October

October 2, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	Chicago Fire	Carson, California
	Donovan 42' Birchall 45' Klein 63'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}		Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 21,679 Referee: Alex Prus

October 17, 2009	New England Revolution	0–0	Chicago Fire	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Banner 5' McBride 62'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Nyassi 41'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 18,064 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

October 22, 2009	Chicago Fire	1–0	Chivas USA	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Lillingston 67' (o.g.)	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Braun 70' Cuesta 87'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 17,537 Referee: Terry Vaughn

MLS playoffs

November 1, 2009 Conf. Semifinals	New England Revolution	2–1	Chicago Fire	Foxborough, Massachusetts
14:00 PST	Alston 41' Osei 47+' Joseph 75'	report^{[permanent dead link]}	Rolfe 17' Husidic 93+'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 7,416 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

November 7, 2009 Conf. Semifinals	Chicago Fire	2–0	New England Revolution	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30 CST	Thorrington 35' Blanco 83'	report^{[permanent dead link]}	Mansally 17' Jankauskas 36' Larentowicz 85'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 21,528 Referee: Alex Prus

November 14, 2009 Conf. Finals	Chicago Fire	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Real Salt Lake	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CST	Thorrington 92+' Prideaux 101' Blanco 117'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Morales 39' Wingert 75' Beckerman 99' Johnson 110'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 21,723 Referee: Ricardo Salazar
	Penalties
	Blanco McBride Conde Thorrington Brown Pause Prideaux		Mathis Morales Findley Beckerman Johnson Espindola Grabavoy

SuperLiga 2009

June 20, 2009 Group stage	Chicago Fire	1–0	San Luis	Bridgeview, Illinois
20:00 EDT	McBride 57'	Report	Delacruz 87'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 8,421 Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

June 23, 2009 Group stage	Chicago Fire	1–0	Chivas USA	Bridgeview, Illinois
20:00 EDT	Mapp 35' Conde 82'	Report	Curtin 82' Eskandarian 82'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 9,126 Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)

June 27, 2009 Group stage	Chicago Fire	1–2	UANL	Bridgeview, Illinois
20:00 EDT	Blanco 85'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Pulido 37' Viniegra 60' Pulido 61' Cabrera 80' Garcia 84'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 9,157 Referee: Kevin Thomas (Jamaica)

July 15, 2009 Semifinals	New England	1–2	Chicago Fire	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:00 EDT	Phelan 4' Jankauskas 44'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Soumaré 6' McBride 34' Blanco 36' Blanco 63' Pappa 80'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Referee: Paul Ward (USA)

August 5, 2009 Final	Chicago Fire	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	UANL	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT	Nyarko 10'	Report	Ayala 32' Itamar 43'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Joel Aguilar
	Penalties
	Blanco Banner Rolfe Mapp Woolard		Fernández Viniegra Ayala Pulido Itamar

U.S. Open Cup

June 30, 2009 Third round	Chicago Fire	0–1	Wilmington Hammerheads (USL-2)	Wilmington, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Soumaré 42'	Report	Walters 6' Bundy 37' Briggs 66' Watson 70'	Stadium: Legion Stadium

Friendlies

April 29, 2009	Chicago Fire	1–2	Club América	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Rolfe 72'	Report	Silva 2' Pardo 42'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 17,342

References

^ "USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
^ "Chicago Fire Roster". Chicago-Fire.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2009.
^ "Dream comes true for Husidic". MLSnet.com. January 15, 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
^ "Ward, Fire hope to help each other". MLSnet.com. March 20, 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
^ "Chicago Fire sign goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra". Chicago Fire Communications Department. April 6, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Gutierrez cherishes MLS memories". MLSnet.com. October 26, 2008. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Weekly Notes: Roster changes". Chicago Fire Communications Department. December 2, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2009. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Chicago Fire waive goalkeeper Nick Noble". Chicago Fire Communications Department. June 26, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009. ^{[dead link]}
^ http://chicago.fire.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090826&content_id=6629654&vkey=news_chf&fext=.jsp&team=t100^{[permanent dead link]} Chicago Fire Communications Department 8/26/09

External links

2009 Schedule

[1] "USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2009.

[2] "Chicago Fire Roster". Chicago-Fire.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2009.

[3] "Dream comes true for Husidic". MLSnet.com. January 15, 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009.

[4] "Ward, Fire hope to help each other". MLSnet.com. March 20, 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009.

[5] "Chicago Fire sign goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra". Chicago Fire Communications Department. April 6, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009. ^{[dead link]}

[6] "Gutierrez cherishes MLS memories". MLSnet.com. October 26, 2008. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009.

[Roster_changes-7] "Weekly Notes: Roster changes". Chicago Fire Communications Department. December 2, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2009. ^{[dead link]}

[8] "Chicago Fire waive goalkeeper Nick Noble". Chicago Fire Communications Department. June 26, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009. ^{[dead link]}

[9] ttp://chicago.fire.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090826&content_id=6629654&vkey=news_chf&fext=.jsp&team=t100^{[permanent dead link]} Chicago Fire Communications Department 8/26/09

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