2001 Chicago Fire Statistics

Major League Soccer (MLS)
Team Record: 16-6-5 - 53 points
Finishing 1st in MLS's Central Division
Postseason: 2-2-2
Lost Semifinal
Coach: Bob Bradley (16-6-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 229,438, Avg. 16,388 in 14 home dates

2001 Chicago Fire Roster

The Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer ended the 2001 season with a record of 16 wins and 6 losses and 5 ties for 53 points finishing first in MLS's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-2-2.

The Fire scored 50 goals and allowed 30. Eric Wynalda netted 10 goals for Chicago, while Dema Kovalenko, Hristo Stoitchkov and Peter Nowak each tallied five or more as well. Peter Nowak contributed 10 assists. Zach Thornton topped the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 0.72 goals against average, best among regularly-used goalkeepers.

Bob Bradley coached the team. The 2001 Chicago Fire lost in the Semifinal.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	G	A	FC	FS	Y	R	OFF	Shts	S%	SOG	SG%
Eric Wynalda	F	21	11	10	5	19	10	0	0	19	52	19.2	25	40.0
Dema Kovalenko	M	25	25	8	7	35	49	8	0	6	45	17.8	21	38.1
Peter Nowak	M	18	18	6	10	15	48	3	1	5	39	15.4	16	37.5
Hristo Stoitchkov	F	17	10	6	5	14	27	4	0	9	53	11.3	28	21.4
Jesse Marsch	M	27	27	3	7	44	41	6	0	3	18	16.7	8	37.5
Jamar Beasley	M	18	8	4	3	18	21	0	0	17	29	13.8	17	23.5
DaMarcus Beasley	M	24	24	2	6	38	82	4	0	8	27	7.4	18	11.1
Sergi Daniv	M	14	9	2	3	24	22	3	0	0	14	14.3	6	33.3
Diego Gutierrez	D	24	24	1	5	52	37	4	1	1	13	7.7	10	10.0
Josh Wolff	F	3	3	2	0	8	9	0	0	3	12	16.7	4	50.0
Ante Razov	F	7	6	2	0	8	11	1	0	12	26	7.7	11	18.2
Carlos Bocanegra	D	15	13	1	2	19	12	2	0	0	5	20.0	3	33.3
David Vaudreuil	D	9	4	0	4	9	5	1	0	0	2	0.0	2	0.0
Evan Whitfield	D	26	21	0	3	36	26	4	0	3	10	0.0	3	0.0
David Hayes	F	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	50.0	1	100.0
John Wolyniec	F	4	3	1	0	8	7	2	0	3	5	20.0	2	50.0
Andrew Lewis	M	13	5	1	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	100.0	1	100.0
Jim Curtin	D	18	12	0	1	8	8	0	1	0	2	0.0	0
Chris Armas	M	21	21	0	1	43	42	3	0	1	16	0.0	10	0.0
C.J. Brown	D	22	22	0	1	42	25	5	1	0	7	0.0	2	0.0
Zach Thornton	GK	27	27	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0		0
Amos Magee	F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0
Chad Prince	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Matt Chulis	D	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0
Justin Evans	M	6	2	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0		0
Totals		365	297	50	64	458	488	53	5	91	379	13.2	188	26.6

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	SHO	GA	GAA	PKG	PKA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Zach Thornton	27	27	2496:00	16	6	5	9	30	1.08	3	3	145	111	.766
Totals	27	27	2496:00	16	6	5	9	30	1.08	3	3	145	111	.766

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	G	A	FC	FS	Y	R	OFF	Shts	S%	SOG	SG%
Eric Wynalda	F	5	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	3	9	11.1	2	50.0
Dema Kovalenko	M	6	6	1	1	13	15	2	0	1	17	5.9	5	20.0
Peter Nowak	M	5	5	0	5	5	14	0	0	2	5	0.0	1	0.0
Hristo Stoitchkov	F	3	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	7	0.0	2	0.0
Jesse Marsch	M	6	6	0	1	9	9	1	0	0	0		0
Jamar Beasley	M	5	1	1	0	4	7	0	0	6	7	14.3	6	16.7
DaMarcus Beasley	M	3	3	1	1	10	15	2	0	3	6	16.7	2	50.0
Sergi Daniv	M	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0
Diego Gutierrez	D	5	5	0	0	14	19	3	0	1	3	0.0	1	0.0
Ante Razov	F	4	3	0	0	10	9	1	0	2	12	0.0	3	0.0
Carlos Bocanegra	D	6	6	1	0	11	12	3	0	0	4	25.0	3	33.3
David Vaudreuil	D	6	6	0	0	5	6	2	0	0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Evan Whitfield	D	5	3	1	1	8	11	0	1	1	6	16.7	5	20.0
Jim Curtin	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Chris Armas	M	6	6	1	1	10	11	1	0	0	7	14.3	1	100.0
C.J. Brown	D	6	6	0	0	7	8	2	0	0	3	0.0	0
Zach Thornton	GK	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Totals		80	66	7	11	111	144	19	1	20	87	8.0	32	21.9

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	SHO	GA	GAA	PKG	PKA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Zach Thornton	6	6	572:00	2	2	2	2	5	0.79	0	1	29	23	.793
Totals	6	6	572:00	2	2	2	2	5	0.79	1	1	29	23	.793