Brimstone Cup

The Brimstone Cup is a soccer trophy awarded to the yearly winner of the Major League Soccer rivalry between Chicago Fire FC and FC Dallas. The Cup is awarded by the Brimstone Cup Committee to the team with the most points in games played between the two. If the two teams have the same points against each other at the end of the year (including MLS regular season and playoff games and the U.S. Open Cup), then the cup stays with the team holding it at the beginning of the year.

Brimstone Cup logo
TypeCup awarded to the team with the most aggregate points
First meeting2001 (officially)
Latest meetingSeptember 14, 2019
CHI 4–0 FCD
Stadiums
Statistics
All-time series18–12–5 (FC Dallas)
2019 series
Series score
CHI 1–0 FCD
Series Champion
CHI

The cup was created during the 2001 season by the supporters' groups of both clubs, Section 8 from Chicago and the Inferno from Dallas.[1] Its name came from a reference of the names of the two teams at the time, as FC Dallas was then known as the Dallas Burn. The name is reflected with a quote from Virgil's Aeneid engraved on the base: "The more the kindled combat rises high'r, The more with fury burns the blazing fire." The two supporters groups contracted with the R.S. Owens Corporation, the makers of the Academy Awards since 1982, to craft the physical Brimstone Cup.[1]

Winners

Fire vs. Burn in 1998. The Brimstone Cup was created in the 2001 season.

Unofficial results1

Year Winner Chicago Pts Dallas Pts Note
1998Chicago Fire93 Won in regular season
1999Chicago Fire42 Won in regular season
2000Chicago Fire96 Tie broken in US Open Cup quarterfinals
Year Winner Chicago Pts Dallas Pts Note
2001Chicago Fire115 Tie broken in playoff series
2002Dallas Burn06 Won in regular season
2003Dallas Burn33 No winner, Dallas Burn retain the Cup
2004Dallas Burn06 Won in regular season
2005FC Dallas36 Tie broken in US Open Cup semifinal
2006FC Dallas06 Won in regular season
2007FC Dallas14 Won in regular season
2008FC Dallas06 Won in regular season
2009Dallas Burn33 No winner, Dallas retains the Cup
2010FC Dallas14 Won in regular season
2011FC Dallas14 Won in regular season
2012Chicago Fire30 Won in regular season
2013Chicago Fire30 Won in regular season
2014Chicago Fire30 Won in regular season
2015Chicago Fire30 Won in regular season
2016FC Dallas03 Won in regular season
2017Chicago Fire30 Won in regular season
2018FC Dallas03 Won in regular season
2019Chicago Fire30 Won in regular season
202000 No winner, match not played (COVID-19)

1The Brimstone Cup did not exist in the years 1998–2000. These results were determined retroactively and are unofficial.

Series results by year

Venue Date FCD score Fire score
Cotton Bowl April 21, 200132
Soldier Field July 21, 200112
Soldier Field September 8, 200122
Soldier Field September 20, 200102
Cotton Bowl September 23, 200111
Soldier Field September 29, 200102
Cardinal Stadium June 15, 200231
Cotton Bowl August 10, 200231
Cardinal Stadium June 18, 200314
Dragon Stadium September 20, 200320
Soldier Field April 17, 200420
Cotton Bowl August 28, 200441
Cotton Bowl April 2, 200521
Soldier Field June 12, 200502
Pizza Hut Park September 14, 200510
Pizza Hut Park April 1, 200632
Toyota Park July 15, 200632
Toyota Park May 17, 200721
Pizza Hut Park September 20, 200711
Pizza Hut Park June 15, 200810
Toyota Park September 21, 200841
Pizza Hut Park March 21, 200913
Toyota Park May 31, 200930
Toyota Park May 27, 201011
Pizza Hut Park October 2, 201030
Pizza Hut Park March 19, 201111
Toyota Park October 12, 201121
Toyota Park May 23, 201212
Toyota Stadium October 12, 201323
Toyota Stadium August 30, 201401
Toyota Park August 2, 201502
Toyota Stadium July 16, 201631
Toyota Park May 25, 201712
Toyota Stadium July 14, 201831
SeatGeek Stadium September 14, 201904

References

  1. Baum, Carter (July 10, 2018). "BRIMSTONE CUP: A 20-Year History of FC Dallas and the Chicago Fire". FCDallas.com. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
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