Chicago 2 - 0 New England
Fire reach Eastern Conference final, blank Revs
| Scoring Summary | |
| Chicago | New England |
| John Thorrington (35) | |
| Cuauhtemoc Blanco (83) | |
| Match Stats | ||
| Chicago | New England | |
| Shots (on Goal) | 16(9) | 9(2) |
| Fouls | 3 | 4 |
| Corner Kicks | 5 | 2 |
| Offsides | 2 | 3 |
| Time of Possession | 50% | 50% |
| Yellow Cards | 0 | 3 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Saves | 2 | 12 |
| Match Information |
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Stadium:
Toyota Park, United States
Attendance: 21,528 Match Time: 20:30 ET Official(s): Alex Prus (Referee) |
| Teams | |
| Chicago | New England |
| 1 Jon Busch | 1 Matt Reis |
| 2 C.J. Brown | 6 Jay Heaps |
| 6 Brandon Prideaux | 5 Emmanuel Osei |
| 32 Dasan Robinson | 25 Darrius Barnes |
| 24 Daniel Woolard | 30 Kevin Alston |
| 11 John Thorrington | 21 Shalrie Joseph |
| 10 Cuauhtemoc Blanco | 13 Jeff Larentowicz |
| 7 Logan Pause | 31 Sainey Nyassi |
| 16 Marco Pappa | 29 Abdoulie Mansally |
| 20 Brian McBride | 10 Edgaras Jankauskas |
| 17 Chris Rolfe | 11 Kheli Dube |
| Substitutes | |
| 40 Andrew Dykstra | Brad Knighton 24 |
| 18 Mike Banner | Amaechi Igwe 2 |
| 34 Austin Washington | Pat Phelan 28 |
| 21 Justin Mapp | Nico Colaluca 26 |
| 9 Baggio Husidic | Wells Thompson 7 |
| 3 Calen Carr | Mauricio Castro 16 |
| 14 Patrick Nyarko | Chris Tierney 8 |
| Substitutions | |
| Patrick Nyarko for Brian McBride (56) | Mauricio Castro for Abdoulie Mansally (46) |
| Baggio Husidic for Marco Pappa (88) | Wells Thompson for Mauricio Castro (72) |
| Pat Phelan for Emmanuel Osei (86) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Abdoulie Mansally (17) | |
| Edgaras Jankauskas (36) | |
| Jeff Larentowicz (85) | |
| · Club Rosters: Chicago | New England | |
Updated: November 8, 2009, 3:21 AM ET
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill.(AP) -- John Thorrington and Cuauhtemoc Blanco scored as the Chicago Fire advanced to the Eastern Conference final, beating the New England Revolution 2-0 Saturday night to win on 3-2 aggregate.Chicago entered the match trailing in the two-game, total-goal semifinals series after a 2-1 defeat at New England on Sunday.
Thorrington scored in the 35th minute of Game 2 with Marco Pappa and Brandon Prideaux getting assists. Blanco sealed the win with six minutes remaining in regulation.
It's the second consecutive season in which Chicago has eliminated New England from the playoffs, and fourth in eight all-time postseason matchups.
Chicago will host Real Salt Lake, which beat Columbus 4-2 on aggregate two days ago, next Saturday.
This will be the Fire's third consecutive appearance in the conference final, where they've lost each of the previous two.
Chicago outshot New England 21-12, but also had 13 shots on net compared to four for the Revolution.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
| Chicago | 2 | |
| New England | 0 | FT |
