Lost in the shuffle of the Fire's thrilling Eastern Conference Semifinals victory was the fact
that the team announced the 2009 awards on Friday night.
Wilman Conde, Brian McBride and Logan Pause were the recipients of the honors, which included
Team MVP, Team Golden Boot Winner, Team Defender of the Year and U.
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After aggressively challenging New England keeper Matt Reis for a ball in the 52nd minute of
Saturday night's decisive Game 2 victory over the Revolution, Fire forward Brian McBride had to be
taken off of the field due to injury.
McBride, who missed 8 weeks earlier this year with a torn right labrum, picked up a knock on his
IT band in the collision, stiffening his leg to the point that he wasn't able to effectively
run.
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Here are a few links to get your day started...
The 'Players Only' section of the Chicago Tribune did a fun little piece with Fire midfielders John
Thorrington and Logan Pause the other day. Thorrington interviewed Pause for the entry, asking
Logan all sorts of things in rapid-fire format.
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It was announced yesterday that Fire forward Brian McBride has been nominated as a finalist for
the 2009 MLS Comeback Player of the Year award.
McBride, who is competing with D.C. United midfielder Ben Olsen and Chivas USA keeper Zach
Thornton for the award, lead the Fire in scoring with seven goals this season despite missing eight
weeks with a torn right labrum.
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Not a whole lot of Fire related news coming out of Toyota Park today, so I thought I'd take this
opportunity to catch up on some older bits of info that I haven't had the time to post on earlier.
Here we go...Scott Powers of ESPNChicago.com wrote a nice feature on Brian McBride's upcoming
off-season decision the other day.
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Here are a few quick Fire-Galaxy themed links to start your day. I hope to be back with another
entry later on, so keep it here...The USA Today did a nice feature on Galaxy forward Landon
Donovan, which you can check out here. Donovan - who scored in the Galaxy's 2-0 win over the Fire
back on August 19th - is, in my mind, the best player in MLS and the Fire need to watch out
tomorrow night, because he can turn a match around in a hurry.
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Wondering how the recent moves of Chris Rolfe and Bakary Soumare to Europe will impact Brian
McBride's offseason decision? Well, I asked the 37-year-old McBride - who is in the last year of
his contract with the Fire - just that question after the Fire's practice last Thursday. Here is
what the Arlington Heights native had to say.
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Here are a few notes from today's Fire practice out at Toyota Park... McBride update - Forward
Brian McBride once again took part in full training with the squad today and he looked good,
showing no signs of pain in his surgically repaired right shoulder and saying that he feels like he
can play in Saturday's game at Real Salt Lake.
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When word got out that Fire forward Brian McBride had undergone surgery to repair a torn right
labrum on July 17th, a lot of people surrounding the Fire were -- understandably -- shocked.
McBride -- who underwent a similar surgery on his right shoulder in 2003 -- hadn't missed a MLS
game all year and had played the full 90 minutes in the Fire's SuperLiga semifinal win over New
England only two days prior to the operation.
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