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Incredible quote from Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis on his teams tough regular season: "I was very overconfident. I think I added to what was a little bit of an underlying thing on the team that we were a bit overconfident going into this season. Click to continue reading...

• The Galaxy's win over the Dynamo was dramatic but in many ways tainted. A strange call when against Houston, and the rolling power outages that swept Southern California seemed to unfortunately coincide with upsurges in Houston play.
• Chicago vs Real Salt Lake was a better match than the Galaxy-Houston game.

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Will Real Salt Lake and Yura Movsisyan be celebrating at Toyota Park Saturday night? Most agree that such an accomplishment is possible, yet a Chicago Fire win seems more probable. No matter what, it should be an entertaining encounter in front of a sellout crowd in Bridgeview.

A lot of the Fire's fortunes will come down to the health of two of their defensive players.

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After up and down regular seasons that saw one team consistently dissatisfied with its results and one team barely scrape its way into the playoffs, it's only fitting that the Chicago Fire and Real Salt Lake take each other on. Both teams will enter the Eastern Conference Final feeling that they have something to prove - Chicago wanting to live up to the hype that built up prior to and during the season and Salt Lake wanting to prove they're first round win over Columbus was more than merely a fluke.

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The second batch of Major League Soccer playoff games saw some tense football, great goals and short tempers. At the end of it, four teams progressed to the two conference finals. But did David Beckham and Cuauhtemoc Blanco make it?
On the 5th November, the King was dead. Columbus Crew were behind 1-0 on aggregate against Real Salt Lake and, despite quickly setting about overturning the deficit, the champions were ejected from the playoffs at the first hurdle. Click to continue reading...

MLS Playoff Wrap Up

Real Salt Lake (4-2) Columbus

The first game between the 1 and 4 seeds in the East went to Salt Lake thanks to a late goal by Robbie Findley. Knowing that they were playing against the defending MLS champions Salt Lake knew the importance of getting a result at home.

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MLS Playoff Wrap Up

Real Salt Lake (4-2) Columbus

The first game between the 1 and 4 seeds in the East went to Salt Lake thanks to a late goal by Robbie Findley. Knowing that they were playing against the defending MLS champions, Salt Lake knew the importance of getting a result at home.

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Chicago defeated the Revolution 2-0 to advance to the Eastern Conference Final of the MLS Cup Playoffs where they will have the privilege of hosting RSL (A.K.A. The team no one wants right now) on Saturday.

Chicago and RSL are walking two completely different paths to get to this point.

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RSL was down on the strength of two Schelotto goals by the 35th minute and it appeared as if Crew would be able to get over the one goal disadvantage and advance to the quarter finals. But RSL struck back from a Javier Morales goal two minutes later. Ten minutes later, RSL were awarded a penalty by referee Baldemero Toledo, a dubious call on Frankie Hejduk as Espindola went down a bit too easily.

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Andy Williams Seals the Deal for Real in Win

Andy Williams seals the deal for RSL with a late goal in Real's 4-2 aggregate win to advance in the 2009 MLS Playoffs and move on to the Eastern Conference Final. Last week after Real Salt Lake beat Columbus at home in Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, Jason Kreis said something interesting after the game. Click to continue reading...

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Guillermo Barros Schelotto was being counted on to help his Columbus Crew climb out of the one-goal deficit it faced after a Game One defeat to Real Salt Lake, and he did just that with two first-half goals in Thursday night's Game Two. Unfortunately for the Crew, the normally stout defense it was counting on to pitch a shutout delivered a mistake-filled performance that has helped put an end to Columbus' quest for a repeat.

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Guillermo Barros Schelotto was being counted on to help his Columbus Crew climb out of the one-goal deficit it faced after a Game One defeat to Real Salt Lake, and he did just that with two first-half goals in Thursday night's Game Two. Unfortunately for the Crew, the normally stout defense it was counting on to pitch a shutout delivered a mistake-filled performance that has helped put an end to Columbus' quest for a repeat.

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The Major League Soccer Playoffs continue on Thursday, November 5, 2009 with the second leg of the Columbus Crew and Real Salt Lake. RSL had a 1-0 lead on aggregate heading into this match. So, who won and advance to the Conference Finals? Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Real Salt Lake beats the Columbus Crew 3-2 (4-2 on aggregate) Video Highlights (will be added later)

1st Half

Real Salt Lake nearly took the lead in the 10th minute as a through ball was sent for Andy Williams.

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Fox Soccer Channel really know its soccer. I love the cable network, and I love the broadcasting duo of Max Bretos and Christopher Sullivan, who worked Saturday's 3-0 Real Salt Lake victory over the Colorado Rapids.

And although they don't work every Rapids game, the offered keen insight into the team and its playoff fortunes throughout Saturday night's telecast from Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.

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Yes We Can!!! Real Salt Lake was at the base of Mount Timpanogos last night and things looked bleak, but now RSL is half way up the mountain. When the game game began last night in Rio Tinto, RSL was four points out of a potential playoff spot with three games left. After Andy's winning goal, and then the cracking insurance goal by Fabian Espindola, RSL is now one point out of the playoffs with two games left.

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Real Salt Lake remains in the playoff picture after beating New York 2-0 on Wednesday night. Andy Williams scored in the 80th minute and Fabian Espindola got the second goal in the 90th. "It didn't matter if it was New York or Houston," Williams said. "We just needed to get our three points. We weren't thinking about jinxes, or getting over the hump. Click to continue reading...

Kori Quinn (middle) on the field with a pair of friends during warm-ups of our match Saturday. Read more about her foundation.
In the last couple of years, we've posted a few of these "stories". We told you about Will Daniel and last week's opponent Andy Williams. Earlier this year we told you about Miguel Jimenez and Kori Quinn. Click to continue reading...

I'm tired. So tired. I'm tired losing. So tired.
Ok, so it doesn't work out as well as Weezer's "Tired of Sex", but the sentiment is the same, I'm plain tired of losing at this point. It's been over 2 months since the team won a game. It's been over a month since the team scored a goal, and that continued last night back at CAB as Real Salt Lake came in and got only their second road win of the season, beating KC 1-0. Click to continue reading...

Yura Movsisyan left tonight's Chicago game with a rotator cuff injury, and although Real played tough defense against the Fire for 75 minutes, one defensive lapse and a Chicago goal was all it took for the Fire to earn full point and Real to go home with nothing. Chicago has played well defensively of late, and a good defense means you don't have to put a lot of points on the board to win.

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First the good news: The All-Star Game was a delight to watch for many reasons, well stated by Bill Archer. The game may not be a technical tour de force, and perhaps some players could use a rest. But the game is free from gamesmanship and cynical defense, and it's a great platform for segments such as an interview with Andy Williams, who told ESPN2's audience that his wife is improving in her bout with leukemia. Click to continue reading...

Edu has begun rehabilitation that will keep him out for the next three months and the start of the SPL season. He was operated by Andy Williams, a renowned London based surgeon, who carried out a successful surgery to heal damaged ligament in Edu's knee.

He is keeping upbeat and looking forward to the new season and CL participation.

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The number was 6,994 entering the weekend. The early game saw Chicago defeat Toronto by the score of 2-0, so with the later games starting to kick off and four goals to go it was anyone's guess as to who would hit the milestone.
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The latest milestone will happen on Saturday when six games are played. Currently, MLS is at 6,994 regular season goals. Brian Ching scored the 6,000th goal, could he also get the 7,000th? That would be pretty crazy.
MLS Milestone Goals
1,000 Thomas Dooley 9/14/1997 CLB vs KC 2,000 Alex Bunbury 7/3/1999 KC @ TB 3,000 Sasha Victorine 5/9/2001 LA @ TB 4,000 Mark Chung 6/25/2003 COL vs LA 5,000 Andy Williams 8/6/2005 RSL vs CHV 6,000 Brian Ching
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Week 9 schedule
Saturday, May 16
Chicago at Toronto FC - 4:00
Colorado at New England - 7:30
Houston at New York - 7:30
Seattle at FC Dallas - 8:30
Kansas City at Real Salt Lake - 9:00
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On May 30, the Chicago Fire are hosting a bone marrow and blood drive at Toyota Park. You can help save many lives through this drive, including Marcia Williams, the wife of former Fire and current Real Salt Lake midfielder Andy Williams.
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Lovely evening for football at Rio Tinto Stadium where the temperature is a balmy 68 degrees, the field immaculate and the snow-capped Wasatch Mountains glistening in the background.

The Galaxy have made just one change to the team that beat New York 1-0 last weekend with Stefani Miglioranzi playing in midfield in place of Josh Tudela who retreats to the bench.

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I've always had a weird interest in uniform numbers, I don't know why. Maybe because it's the only part of the kit that's somewhat personalized (aside from their name). It makes you wonder why a player would choose a particular number. Like why does Salt Lake's Clint Mathis wear 84?

Here's a brief statistical analysis of the chosen MLS digits:

- The lowest number not worn by any player is 35.

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I know that Real Salt Lake would rather all of us not think about their Open Cup debacle from last night, obviously there wasn't much thought put into the match on their part. So, I'm going to focus my remarks on the joy and joyness that was last Saturday. I mean, can you really talk too much about a 6-0 victory? Click to continue reading...

What can I say about the game that Real Salt Lake played against the New England Revolution that hasn't already been said? I mean, six goals in the second half, and lest it be construed that RSL was putting weak shots in, I point to the goals by Clint Mathis and Andy Williams, both of which are up for goal of the week.

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Is the warmer weather bringing in more soccer fans? We'll have to see what happens as the summer rolls in, but it was a good week for attendance, with nothing under 10,000 reporter. I know that this column sometimes focuses too much on how many people are going to games, but it's an easy standard of measurement.

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Real Salt Lake was coming off a shutout loss and was 52 minutes into its game against New England without finding the net.

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1) Mike Chabala's long nightmare is over. After being drafted in 2006, the Houston Dynamo player finally got into a regular season match. This comes after countless nights sitting on the bench, and several Open Cup, Champions League, and Sugerliga matches. His league debut comes over 1.75 years after his overall debut in 2007, breaking the record previously held by ex-Chicago Fire player Jared Montz. Click to continue reading...

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For the last several months, one of the more heart felt off the field stories in MLS has been the fight against leukemia by Andy Williams' wife Marcia. Real Salt Lake has been involved in a bone marrow testing drive in an effort to find a bone marrow match. Now other clubs have gotten involved, including FC Dallas. Click to continue reading...

Andy Williams of the Real Salt Lake soccer club is looking for bone marrow donors for his wife Marcia Williams. She was diagnosed with leukemia a few months ago and has been told that chemo alone could not help, she needed the full bone marrow transplant. However, after testing her marrow type they discovered that [. Click to continue reading...

Williams hit a not-as-famous half-field goal against the Wizards in 2007.
Many of you have probably already heard of this, but it's worth passing along for those of you who haven't. Andy Williams' wife is battling cancer. It's been a tough go. There have been media reports in various places, but two came out today. Click to continue reading...