2008 Chicago Fire Statistics

Major League Soccer (MLS)
Team Record: 13-10-7 - 46 points
Finishing 2nd in MLS's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 1-1-1
Lost Conference Final
Coach: Denis Hamlett (13-10-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 255,511, Avg. 17,034 in 15 home dates

2008 Chicago Fire Roster

The Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer ended the 2008 season with a record of 13 wins and 10 losses and 7 ties for 46 points finishing second in MLS's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1-1.

The Fire chalked up 44 goals and surrendered 33. Chris Rolfe scored 9 goals for Chicago, while John Thorrington, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Brian McBride and Chad Barrett each contributed five or more also. Cuauhtemoc Blanco recorded 11 assists. Jon Busch topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 0.73 goals against average, best among regularly-used goalkeepers.

Denis Hamlett coached the team. The 2008 Chicago Fire lost in the Conference Final.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	G	A	FC	FS	Y	R	OFF	Shts	S%	SOG	SG%
Chris Rolfe	F-M	26	23	9	8	18	21	1	0	8	42	21.4	24	37.5
Cuauhtemoc Blanco	M	27	27	7	11	11	76	6	0	11	46	15.2	26	26.9
Chad Barrett	F	16	14	5	4	8	11	1	0	12	35	14.3	14	35.7
Brian McBride	F	11	10	5	2	10	19	0	0	6	30	16.7	12	41.7
Justin Mapp	M	30	26	2	8	13	40	1	0	7	42	4.8	21	9.5
John Thorrington	M	23	21	5	1	37	35	8	0	2	24	20.8	11	45.5
Tomasz Frankowski	F	17	7	2	2	3	8	0	0	8	14	14.3	11	18.2
Gonzalo Segares	D	23	23	2	2	40	23	8	0	1	16	12.5	7	28.6
Stephen King	M	20	8	2	1	3	8	0	0	0	13	15.4	7	28.6
Calen Carr	F	9	2	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	9	22.2	4	50.0
Wilman Conde	D	22	19	1	1	39	8	2	0	0	7	14.3	1	100.0
Daniel Woolard	D	8	2	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	50.0	2	50.0
Patrick Nyarko	M	9	2	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	4	25.0	3	33.3
Diego Gutierrez	D	20	19	0	1	19	25	7	0	0	2	0.0	1	0.0
Brandon Prideaux	D	27	27	0	1	36	24	6	1	2	10	0.0	1	0.0
Bakary Soumare	D	28	28	0	1	39	12	10	0	0	5	0.0	3	0.0
Austin Washington	D	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0
Brian Plotkin	M	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Lider Marmol	D	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0
C.J. Brown	D	3	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0		0
Dasan Robinson	D	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0
Marco Pappa	M	6	3	0	0	5	1	2	0	1	9	0.0	4	0.0
Mike Banner	M	11	2	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	5	0.0	4	0.0
Andy Herron	F	17	4	0	0	4	5	0	0	13	15	0.0	5	0.0
Logan Pause	M	27	27	0	0	23	30	1	0	0	5	0.0	1	0.0
Jon Busch	GK	30	30	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0		0
Totals		419	330	44	43	333	362	55	2	72	335	13.1	162	27.2

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	SHO	GA	GAA	PKG	PKA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Jon Busch	30	30	2700:00	13	10	7	10	33	1.10	0	1	156	122	.782
Totals	30	30	2700:00	13	10	7	10	33	1.10	0	1	156	122	.782

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	G	A	FC	FS	Y	OFF	Shts	S%	SOG	SG%
Chris Rolfe	F-M	3	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	4	25.0	3	33.3
Cuauhtemoc Blanco	M	3	3	0	0	5	9	1	2	8	0.0	5	0.0
Brian McBride	F	3	3	1	0	2	3	0	1	7	14.3	3	33.3
Justin Mapp	M	3	3	0	2	2	3	0	1	3	0.0	2	0.0
John Thorrington	M	3	3	0	0	4	8	1	1	4	0.0	2	0.0
Gonzalo Segares	D	3	3	1	0	2	4	1	0	3	33.3	1	100.0
Stephen King	M	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0
Wilman Conde	D	3	3	1	0	5	2	0	0	1	100.0	1	100.0
Daniel Woolard	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Patrick Nyarko	M	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0
Brandon Prideaux	D	3	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0.0	0
Bakary Soumare	D	3	3	0	0	4	1	2	0	0		0
Marco Pappa	M	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	0.0
Mike Banner	M	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0
Logan Pause	M	3	3	0	0	2	2	1	0	0		0
Jon Busch	GK	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0
Totals		39	33	4	3	31	35	8	5	34	11.8	18	22.2

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	SHO	GA	GAA	PKG	PKA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Jon Busch	3	3	270:00	1	1	1	2	2	0.67	0	0	12	10	.833
Totals	3	3	270:00	1	1	1	2	2	0.67	0	0	12	10	.833