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Chicago Fire torch Revs, advance to second straight Eastern Conference final
A nifty second half goal by Cuauhtemoc Blanco gave the Chicago Fire the goal it needed to advance past the New England Revolution in a hard fought Eastern Conference semifinal at Toyota Park Saturday. With the victory Chicago advances to the Eastern Conference final for the second straight year where they will host Real Salt Lake next week.Jeff Tobin reports from Bridgeview, Ill. Or

Gale Agbossoumonde signs with Sporting Braga
U.S. U-20 Youth National Team defender Gale Agbossoumonde appears to have signed with Portugal's Sporting Braga, according to this Portuguese language report.Read on at ASN's 'Over There' page.

One and done for defending champs
The defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew saw their season end at the hand of Real Salt Lake tonight after losing the return leg of the Eastern Conference semifinal 3-2 at Crew Stadium. The early exit will be a tough one for Crew fans to stomach, as the team successfully defended its Supporters’ Shield title and was heavily favored entering the match-up with RSL, who only sneaked into the playoffs on the final matchday. Get the Crew

One year ago in American Soccer News
The Chicago Fire routed the New England Revolution 3-0 in the return leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals to advance 3-0 on aggregate (ASN, Nov. 7, 2008). The 3-0 score was one goal higher than ASN’s chief Fire pundit had predicted on the eve of the match. With the victory, Chicago finally reversed a multi-year streak of exiting the playoffs at the hands of the Revs. Things did not go as well for the Fire in the Conference Final at Columbus, where two quick Crew goals right after halftime ended Chica

The Courtship of Cristiane
FIFA announced the 10 finalists for its 2009 Women's World Player of the Year Award last week and half of them—Marta, Cristiane, Sonia Bompastor, Kelly Smith and Abby Wambach—played last season in Women's Professional Soccer. In spite of her accolades, however, only one of these WPS players, Cristiane, did not have her WPS option picked up for next season and still remains out of contract. So which, if any, WPS team will win the hand (and foot) of Cristiane?Michael Kajdas looks at each one to ascertain their chances.