RSL made it to MLS Cup this year, but who will they protect for another run in 2010? (Getty Images)

Our second club for the day as we get closer to finishing out our look at each 15 MLS clubs before next week's expansion draft. Earlier in the day we took a look at the lowly New York Red Bulls, now we turn our attention to one of this year's MLS Cup participants, Real Salt Lake.

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The Major League Soccer 2009 Eastern Conference Final was on Saturday with Real Salt Lake traveling to face the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park. The winner would move onto the MLS Cup Final next Sunday against the Los Angeles Galaxy. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Real Salt Lake beats Chicago Fire 0-0 (5-4 on penalty kicks) Video Highlights

It was a close match on Saturday but Real Salt Lake found a way to advance and continue their improbable run to the MLS Cup Final.

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Final score 0-0 aet, RSL takes it on penalties, 5-4. First, just like last year, we have to go with the "AMERICANS: A GEOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE award," (given last year under a different name to): MLS. So...yeah. Salt Lake. In the Eastern Conference finals. Why am I getting visions of MLS Commissioner Don [. Click to continue reading...

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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The Chicago Fire and Real Salt Lake are probably not the teams most observers would have pegged to be playing for the Eastern Conference title and berth in MLS Cup, but these two teams earned their places in the Final Four by virtue of strong first-round performances that should lead into a memorable East Final on Saturday night (8pm, FSC).

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The Chicago Fire and Real Salt Lake are probably not the teams most observers would have pegged to be playing for the Eastern Conference title and berth in MLS Cup, but these two teams earned their places in the Final Four by virtue of strong first-round performances that should lead into a memorable East Final on Saturday night (8pm, FSC).

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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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I've already taken a brief look at the Fire-Revolution first round series, but haven't spent any time on the three other Conference Semifinals going on around the country in the next couple of weeks. That's about to change though. Click after the jump for a quick rundown of the 'other' first round series.

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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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The Offside Rules had a bunch of these and turned me on to the YouTube channel of Volkswagen. These are high-quality entertainment.
1. Clint Mathis -- The Rockstar
2. William Conde -- The Matador
3. Geoff Cameron -- Bunny Hop
4. Javier Morales -- The Pinata
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This is the 17" Macbook Pro of over-the-top goal celebrations. Click to continue reading...

Real Salt Lake comes into town this weekend after trouncing Chivas USA on Wednesday. That's a perfect recipe for disaster for a team like the Wizards that has scored ONE goal in it's last 6 games (7 if you count the loss vs. Seattle for the US Cup).

I didn't go out to Swope Park to watch practice this week so my lineup prognostication will probably a bit off (vs.

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Colorado Rapids forward Conor Casey was voted Major League Soccer's player of the week for week 21 of the 2009 season.

Casey scored three first-half goals on Saturday in the Rapids' 4-0 victory against Chivas USA. It was Casey's second hat trick of the season, and this marks the third time this season Casey has received the MLS weekly honor.

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Saw this one this morning and wish I could have seen it before the game!� I was smiling the whole time, great laugh!

For those of you that don't know Javier Morales and Kyle Beckerman were two players in the MLS All-Star game last night and they both play for Real Salt Lake.

Enjoy!

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I was going to pick out some interesting facts about the All-Star Game and make some lists out of them (three Colombian MLS All-Stars: Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Fredy Montero, Wilman Conde). But I thought it might be more valuable to readers just to have the rosters, especially Everton's. So here they are:

EVERTON FC
Carlo Nash, goalkeeper, Bolton, England
Tim Howard, goalkeeper, New Brunswick, N.

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The Major League All-Star game started out originally as a traditional East vs West but switched formats in 2002. Since then, the game is the top MLS players versus a club from another country. The last few years have seen Chelsea, Celtic, West Ham, and Fulham all take on the MLS All-Stars. The MLS side has never lost a match against an international opponent.

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MLS All Stars 3 1 Chivas (Mexic0)

MLS All Stars 4 1 Fulham (England)

MLS All Stars 1 0 Chelsea (England)

MLS All Stars 2 0 Celtic (Scotland)

MLS All Stars 3 2 West Ham United (England)

MLS All Stars ? ? Everton FC (England)

Wednesday night the MLS All Stars look to continue their perfect record when they've faced off against other professional teams from around the world.

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Real Salt Lake midfielder Will Johnson and Chicago Fire defender Bakary Soumare have been added to the MLS All-Star roster as replacements for Houston Dynamo forward Brian Ching and New England Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph.

Johnson replaces Joseph, who has been diagnosed with bone bruising in his right knee.

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Real Salt Lake midfielder Will Johnson has been named to the 18-man roster for next week's MLS All-Star Game, replacing New England Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph, who is unable to participate due to a bone bruising problem in his right knee.
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Chicago's Patrick Nyarko and Seattle's Osvaldo Alonso battle again this weekend. (Getty Images)

We steam roll into another weekend of soccer here starting with one game tonight along with a full slate of games tomorrow. Week 19 is the final week before the league's All-Star break next week.

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Houston Dynamo head coach Dom Kinnear probably didn't like the fact that Fredy Montero scored a questionable goal against the Dynamo recently, but that didn't stop him from selecting the Colombian striker to the MLS All-Star Team.

Montero and teammate Jhon Kennedy Hurtado were two of the six players chosen by Kinnear as reserves for the MLS All-Star Game against Everton on July 29 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Utah.

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Real Salt Lake midfielders Kyle Beckerman and Javier Morales have been named to the MLS All-Star Team as the Commissioner picks. The rest of the MLS lineup will be revealed on Monday. Click to continue reading...

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber has made his two picks for this year's All-Star Game, and both choices should make the home crowd happy. Real Salt Lake midfielders Javier Morales and Kyle Beckerman were The Don's selections to suit up against Everton at Rio Tinto Stadium on July 29th, ending questions about whether or not he would use one of his picks to add part-time Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham to the roster. Click to continue reading...

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Real Salt Lake fans worried that their team wouldn't be represented in the MLS All-Star Game at Rio Tinto Stadium on July 29th can rest easy.

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Today we've learned who MLS Commissioner Don Garber will be selecting for his picks in this year's All-Star game.� In previous years Garber has picked guys in the final years of their career or guys that were "snubbed" by the voters.

Today Garber selected two RSL players (the game is at Rio Tinto Stadium): Kyle Beckerman and Javier Morales.

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Yeah we actually are at week 15 here. Hard to believe huh? This weekend is fairly light due to a number of other games going on like SuperLiga. Then you have that all important game on Sunday afternoon over in South Africa between the US and Brazil.

I won't go into any big detail about the Brazil/US game and I am honestly undecided on whether or not to even do a preview of that game.

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The Rapids make their first trip to Sandy, UT and Rio Tinto Stadium to take on FaKe SaLt LaKe. With a win tomorrow the Rapids reclaim the Rocky Mountain Cup, which has lived in Salt Lake City the last two years. Game time for this one is at 8 pm, which unfortunately overlaps the U.S. National Team World Cup Qualifier by 30 minutes. Click to continue reading...

Colorado Rapids striker Conor Casey is leading Major League Soccer's race for the Golden Boot, but Real Salt Lake midfielder Kyle Beckerman is making a run at the league's Golden Ankle award.

He is tied for the league lead with five yellow cards in 11 matches.

So as the Rapids prepare to travel to Utah to face RSL on Saturday, The Tuesday List looks at yellow cards and fouls.

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Two games on the slate for Wednesday night, as United travel out to Kansas City to face the Wizards and the Galaxy take a trip to Sandy, Utah for a match against Real Salt Lake. Big implications in both games. Let's take a look.

Wednesday, May 6
Kansas City v D.

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Much has been said about the level of officiating in Major League Soccer lately. Already several times this season, the MLS Disciplinary Committee has had to punish players after-the-fact for egregious mistakes made by referees on the pitch. The latest example occurred this past Saturday when Real Salt Lake midfielder Javier Morales elbowed Colorado Rapids player Pablo Mastroeni. Click to continue reading...

Talk about good timing. The Los Angeles Galaxy will embark on a brief 2-game road trip against key Western Conference opponents this week, with timely suspensions subtracting key players from their opposition in both games. The news is a positive development for a Galaxy team that is just now getting to full-strength, coming off their first win of the season this past Saturday against the New York Red Bulls. Click to continue reading...

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How come so few are giving Chivas USA any credit for their early season dominance? Click to continue reading...

Real Salt Lake midfielder Javier Morales will miss a game and pay a $250 dollar fine for contact with Colorado Rapids midfielder Pablo Mastroeni's head in the 80th minute of last Saturday's game. Morales was not punished by the referee during play, but the MLS Disciplinary Committee chose to cite him for violent conduct based on the video from the game. Click to continue reading...

Here's my ballot for North American Soccer Reporters player-of-the-month voting:

PLAYER NAME: Brian McBride, Chicago Fire

SECOND: Conor Casey, Colorado Rapids

COMMENTS: Four goals in the month appears to be the standard in April.

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