The Brimstone Cup is a soccer trophy awarded to the yearly winner of the rivalry between the Chicago Fire and FC Dallas Major League Soccer teams. 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 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) then the cup stays with the team holding it at the beginning of the year.
The cup was created during the 2001 season by the supporters' groups of both cities. Its name came from a reference of the names of the two teams at the time, as F.C. Dallas was then 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."
At the conclusion of the 2012 Brimstone match, the Brimstone Cup was returned to Chicago supporters for the first time in a decade. The cup was almost immediately damaged when it was dropped from the Section 8 Chicago capo stand.
Former Brimstone Cup logo
Winners [edit]
| Year |
Winner |
Chicago Pts |
Dallas Pts |
Note |
| 2012 |
Chicago Fire |
3 |
0 |
Won in regular season |
| 2011 |
FC Dallas |
1 |
4 |
Won in regular season |
| 2010 |
FC Dallas |
1 |
4 |
Won in regular season |
| 2009 |
None |
3 |
3 |
No winner, Dallas retains the Cup |
| 2008 |
FC Dallas |
0 |
6 |
Won in regular season |
| 2007 |
FC Dallas |
1 |
4 |
Won in regular season |
| 2006 |
FC Dallas |
0 |
6 |
Won in regular season |
| 2005 |
FC Dallas |
3 |
6 |
Tie broken in US Open Cup semifinal |
| 2004 |
FC Dallas |
0 |
6 |
Won in regular season |
| 2003 |
None |
3 |
3 |
No winner, Dallas retains the Cup |
| 2002 |
FC Dallas |
0 |
6 |
Won in regular season |
| 2001 |
Chicago Fire |
11 |
5 |
Tie broken in playoff series |
Unofficial Results1
| Year |
Winner |
Chicago Pts |
Dallas Pts |
Note |
| 2000 |
Chicago Fire |
9 |
6 |
Tie broken in US Open Cup quarterfinals |
| 1999 |
FC Dallas |
9 |
12 |
Won in playoff series |
| 1998 |
Chicago Fire |
9 |
3 |
Won in playoff series |
1The Brimstone Cup did not exist in the years 1998–2000. These results were determined retroactively and are unofficial.
2001 Series Results [edit]
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