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BRIMSTONE CUP GAMES

Date Comp Score Note
2007 -
?? Season -- 2007 MLS Schedule has not been announced.
?? Season -- --
2006 - FC Dallas wins '06 Brimstone Cup (6-0)
4-1-06 Season Chi 2 @ FCD 3 Brimstone Cup opens up 2006 season in Dallas.
Chi: Barrett and Rolfe. FCD: Alvarez, Mina, Cooper
7-16-06 Season FCD 3 @ Chi 2 In Chicago another come from behind win by the same score line despite the brace from Herron.
FCD: Nunez, Rhine, Cooper. Chi: Herron (2).
2005 - FC Dallas wins '05 Brimstone Cup (6-3)
4-2-05 Season FCD 2 @ Chi 1 Last BC game at the Solider Field.  Mulrooney and Johnson for Dallas.  Kelly Gray nets for Chicago.
6-12-05 Season Chi 2 @ FCD 0 Jaqua and Reiter take out FCD at the last Cotton Bowl BC game.
9-28-05 USOC Chi 0 @ FCD 1 Ronnie O'Brien nets for FCD in first BC game at PHP.
For 2005 The Dallas Burn are renamed FC Dallas.
2004 -- Dallas wins '04 Brimstone Cup (6-0)
4-17-04 Season Dal 2 @ Chi 0 DAL: Johnson, Rhine
Domination by Burn in Chicago over a tired beat up squad. 
8-28-04 Season Chi 1 @ Dal 4 DAL: O'Brien, Johnson (2), Nhleko. CHI: Jaqua
Johnson speed to much for banged up Fire missing Armas and Razov
Dallas wins Brimstone Cup as teams could only meet again in MLS Cup Final.
2003 -- Dallas retains the Brimstone Cup (3-3) tie cup stays with holder rule.
6-18-03 Season Dal 1 @ Chi 4 DAL: Suarez; CHI: Razov (2), Ralph, Gray
A hard fought close game until Chicago scores two goals late to put it away.
9-20-83 Season Chi 0 @ Dal 2 CHI: none; DAL: Nhleko, Johnson
Chicago has the misfortune of being the first team Dallas faces after Coach Mike Jeffries is fired.
2002 -- Dallas wins '02 Brimstone Cup (6-0)
6-15-02 Season Dal 3 @ Chi 1 DAL - Kreis (2), Rhine ; CHI - Wolyniec
8-10-02 Season Chi 1 @ Dal 3 CHI - Stoitchkov; DAL - Pareja, Kreis, O'Brien.
Burn take Brimstone Cup after it becomes impossible for the Burn to meet Chicago in the playoffs.
2002, MLS folded Miami and Tampa Bay.  League realigned to East and West with Chicago and Dallas in different divisions.  Consequently Dallas and Chicago only face each other twice a year.
2001 -- Chicago wins 1st Brimstone Cup (11-5)
4-21-01 Season Chi 2 @ Dal 3 (OT) 1st Official Brimstone Cup Game, Dallas down 2-0 with 9 minutes to play comes back to win.
7-21-01 Season Dal 1 @ Chi 2 Eric Wynalda scored in the final minute of overtime to lift Chicago to a dramatic 2-1 victory over Dallas at Soldier Field.
9-8-01 Season Dal 2 @ Chi 2 D. Beasley and Razov end up in hospital.   "Best MLS game I have ever seen"  says a TV producer.
9-15-01 Season canceled 9/11 caused the cancellation of end of MLS season.
9-20-01 Playoffs Dal 0@ Chi 2 The shutout registered by Fire goalkeeper Zach Thornton was his seventh career playoff clean sheet which ties him with Columbus Crew goalkeeper Tom Presthus for the all-time playoff lead. "It's a heated rivalry and there are a bunch of guys on both teams who are not fond of each other," Marsch said.
9-23-01 Playoffs Chi 1 @ Dal 1 DAL--Deering (Rhine, Kreis) 27, CHI--J. Beasley (Kovalenko, Nowak) 84
9-29-01 Playoffs Dal 0 @ Chi 2 Chicago takes the 1st Brimstone Cup. Chicago captain Peter Nowak recorded a pair of assists in the win, leading the Fire past their archrivals.
2001 was the first season the Brimstone Cup was awarded.
2000 - (Not Awarded) Chicago (9pts - 6pts)
3-18-00 Season Chi 2 @ Dal 4 Hristo Stoitchkov's first MLS game, the Fire are up 2-1 halftime lead with two goals from Hristo. The Burn score three second half goals to win the game 4-2.
5-24-00  Season Dal 3 @ Chi 4 (OT) Burn took a 3-1 lead on Chicago at Soldier Field after Evan Whitfield was given an early red.  The Fire came back to win the game in overtime.
8-9-00 USOC Dal 1 @ Chi 5 USOC Quarterfinals, not played at Solider Field.
8-16-00 Season Chi 0 @ Dal 3 Rookie Aleksey Korol had a pair of goals as Dallas cruised past Chicago 3-0 Wednesday night at the Cotton Bowl. The depleted Fire were beaten for the first time in six games.
8-30-00 Season Dal 0 @ Chi 4 Josh Wolff and DaMarcus Beasley had two goals apiece as Chicago routed Dallas 4-0 Wednesday night at Soldier Field to clinch a berth in the MLS Cup 2000 Playoffs.
1999 -- (Not Awarded) Dallas (12pts - 9pts)
4-10-99 Season Dal 0(1) @ Chi 0 (0) The Dallas Burn rode the hot goalkeeping of second-year netminder Matt Jordan to ruin the defending MLS Cup champion Chicago Fire's 1999 home opener, as the Burn sent 27,311 fans at Soldier Field home unhappy with the result of a 1-0 shootout decision.
7-2-99  Season Dal 1 (0) @ Chi 1 (1) Chicago midfielder Diego Gutierrez tallied the game-winning shootout goal, The Fire outshot Dallas 20-4 and owned a commanding edge in possession percentage, 57-43.
7-4-99  Season Chi 2 @ Dal 1 Ante Razov exploded for two goals, Chicago pulls even with Dallas for second place in the Western Conference.
8-22-99 Season Chi 3 (0) @ Dal 3 (1) Newly acquired Dallas forward Ariel Graziani notched a goal and an assist in his home debut for the Burn to help his team to a 4-3 shootout win
10-16-99 Playoffs Chi 1 @ Dal 2 ??
10-23-99 Playoffs Dal 0 @ Chi 4 Dema Kovalenko made a late challenge against Burn defender Brandon Pollard and broke Pollard’s leg.
10-27-99 Playoffs Chi 2 @ Dal 3 Dallas came back from an 0-2 deficit in the first six minutes to win, 3-2.  This game is regarded by many in MLS (not just Burn fans) as the greatest single game in MLS history.
1998 -- (Not Awarded) Chicago (9pts - 3pts)
6-17-98 Season Dal 0 @ Chi 1 Thornton made a career-high 10 saves and Kubik scored the game-winning goal on a penalty kick in the 64th minute, giving Chicago a 1-0 victory over the Dallas Burn before 9,638 on a rainy night at Soldier Field in the first ever meeting between the two teams.
7-1-98  Season Dal 1 @ Chi 4 Jerzy Podbrozny and Lubos Kubik paced a first-half explosion as the Chicago Fire defeated the Dallas Burn, 4-1, for its 10th consecutive victory.
7-4-98 Season Chi 1 @ Dal 0 Lubos Kubik continued to haunt the Dallas Burn as the defender scored the lone goal in Chicago's 11th straight victory Saturday night at the Cotton Bowl. Chicago beat the Burn for the third time in less than three weeks, and Kubik scored goals in each of the three victories.
8-4-98  USOC Chi 3 vs Dal 2  In New Orleans, USOC Semifinals
9-10-98  Season Chi 2 @ Dal 3 Burn brings the ball length of the field with under :20 left on the clock.  Jorge Zarco Rodriguez scores in the last seconds (:02 left) to win the game, 3-2. 
Chicago Fire join MLS in 1998 Season.

 

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