The Major League Soccer 2009 Playoffs continued on Saturday, November 7, 2009 with the second leg between the Chicago Fire and New England Revolution. The Revolution were up 2-1 after the first leg but the Fire hosted the second leg on Saturday. The winner would go on to face Real Salt Lake next weekend, who earlier beat the Columbus Crew 4-2 on aggregate.

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Apparently, there are six other playoff teams out there fighting for second place. And, get this, they actually all will play their entire ties BEFORE Dynamo run the Greens on Nov. 8. (Homer? Me? What ya talkin' about?)
So now I turn my prediction energies to the postseason, and just to help myself out I will only predict the first legs (The more games I predict, the better my chance to finish with something approaching respectable. Click to continue reading...

A frenetic final MLS weekend is in the books and on Sunday we learned that Chivas USA and the Galaxy will face each other for the first time ever in the playoffs.

Here's the complete playoff schedule as announced by MLS today:

Eastern Conference semifinals game #1
(1) Columbus Crew at (4) Real Salt Lake, 3 p.

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One might think with only two games remaining (for all teams except Chivas USA, who has played 27, and New York, who've played 29) in the 2009 season, the playoff picture would be fairly straight forward. If you happened to think this, however, you'd be wrong - things are not very clear at all and the standings are tight. Click to continue reading...

The Los Angeles Galaxy and Houston Dynamo joined the Columbus Crew in the club for MLS playoff qualifiers after posting results in MLS Week 29.

The Galaxy downed the Chicago Fire to secure its first playoff berth in four years, while the Dynamo secured its fourth straight playoff berth with its tie vs.

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The Los Angeles Galaxy and Houston Dynamo joined the Columbus Crew in the club for MLS playoff qualifiers after posting results in MLS Week 29.

The Galaxy downed the Chicago Fire to secure its first playoff berth in four years, while the Dynamo secured its fourth straight playoff berth with its tie vs.

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New England goalkeeper Matt Reis starts to lean to his right as Rapids striker Conor Casey takes aim for the other side of the net in the 58th minute on Saturday night at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. (photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

On Sept. 18, Rapids striker Conor Casey scored a second-half goal on a penalty kick at San Jose.

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The Sounders FC is struggling. It's getting bad man. I think it has been since July 11 since a goal. Ugh. Not sure what's going on up here...
Los Angeles continues it's super-fine form into second place in the West (check out Landon Donovan's golazo at the bottom). Colorado actually got a hat trick from the bald Conor Casey. Click to continue reading...

Hard to think of the other games around the league after Seattle's stinker.
Though Jeff Cunningham might have had the performance of the season with a four-goal effort to lead Dallas to a 6-0 win (yes, you read that right) against Kansas City.
The D.C. United/Houston game also looked quite fun, a 4-3 win for the Dynamo. Click to continue reading...

Major League Soccer is already past the halfway point with the playoff races starting to take shape. Here's a recap of this weekend's matches along with video highlights.

AWAY CLUB HOME CLUB TIME (ET) / RESULT TICKETS / HIGHLIGHTS TV, RADIO / ATTENDANCE Saturday, August 1 Toronto FC at New England Revolution 1-1 12,014 D. Click to continue reading...

Despite not winning on their home field last week against the surging Chicago Fire, the Seattle Sounders still remained at the top spot in the power rankings -- their fifth consecutive week at number one.

And the aforementioned Fire, who were able to earn a point at one of the most difficult venues to play for a road team, leapfrogged the Houston Dynamo in the rankings.

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STARTERS
An update on the Mexico v USA World Cup qualifier viewing clusterfuck. In case you haven't seen this already, the game will not be shown on a channel that 99% of us fans can get. Telemundo owns the rights to all games from Mexico, and their plan is to broadcast it in English on a spin-off channel they have called Mun2. Click to continue reading...

Just three days he was acquired from in-stadium rival Chivas USA, Alecko Eskandarian made his presence felt for Los Angeles, delivering an eighth minute goal that proved to be all the Galaxy needed to hold off a feisty New England Revolution 1-0 at the Home Depot Center.
ASN's Ivan Yeo reports. Click to continue reading...

Kansas City Wizards Remain Undefeated in SuperLiga with Comeback Draw Wednesday at New England Revolution
Wizards Will Advance to SuperLiga Semifinals with Win Sunday Versus Santos Laguna
SuperLiga Game 2
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 – 6:00 p.m. (CT)
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Jewsbury takes a free kick as an Atlas player jumps to block the service. Photo courtesy of Ryan Casey.
Thanks to all the Wizards supporters who made the trek across the Show-Me State to watch the 0-0 tie last Sunday in St. Louis. With the tie, the Wizards and Atlas remain knotted for 2nd place behind New England after the Revs topped Santos 4-2 later on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

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By CARL SETTERLUND

The losses have stopped for the New England Revolution, at least for now, but victories are still proving extremely difficult to find for a short-handed Revs team lacking firepower.

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There were 5 draws this weekend in Major League along with two 2-0 victories by Kansas City and Chicago.

Weekend Results

Chicago Fire - Toronto FC - 2-0

Colorado Rapids - New England Revolution - 1-1

Houston Dynamon - New York Red Bulls - 1-1

Seattle Sounders FC at FC Dallas - 1-1

Kansas City Wizards - Real Salt Lake - 2-0

DC United - Chivas USA - 2-2

Columbus Crew - Los Angeles Galaxy - 1-1

Here's the latest Major League Soccer Power Rankings through May 18, 2009.

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