Chicago Fire beats New England Revolution 2-0 (3-2 on aggregate) – Recap and Video Highlights – Saturday, November 7, 2009
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. Here’s a recap of the match along with video highlights.
Chicago Fire beats New England Revolution 2-0 (3-2 on aggregate) – Video Highlights
The Fire had their work cut out for them but played a solid match to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. Throughout the season Chicago was one of the toughest road teams and often struggled at home, but they had goals from John Thorrington and Cuahtemoc Blanco to win 2-0.
Chicago took the lead in 35th minute with Thorrington’s goal which was a shot to the left lower corner from inside the box. It was a well deserved win for Chicago who outshot New England 21 to 12 and 13 to 4 for shots on goal. The Revolution failed to tie the match and The Fire would grab the aggregate lead in the 83rd minute. Blanco received a pass in the box, took a good first touch, and easily scored.
The Revolution had several injuries on the season and the loss of Steve Ralston and Taylor Twellman were too much to overcome. Chicago will now face Real Salt Lake next weekend with the winner advancing to the MLS Cup Finals.
New England Revolution (1-1-0) vs. Chicago Fire (1-1-0)
November 07, 2009 — Toyota Park
Scoring Summary:
CHI — John Thorrington 1 (Marco Pappa 1, Brandon Prideaux 1) 35
CHI — Cuauhtemoc Blanco 1 (Patrick Nyarko 1) 83
New England Revolution — Matt Reis, Darrius Barnes, Emmanuel Osei (Pat Phelan 86), Jay Heaps, Edgaras Jankauskas, Sainey Nyassi, Kevin Alston, Shalrie Joseph, Jeff Larentowicz, Kenny Mansally (Mauricio Castro 46) (Wells Thompson 72), Kheli Dube,
Substitutes Not Used: Nico Colaluca, Amaechi Igwe, Brad Knighton, Chris Tierney
Chicago Fire — Jon Busch, Brandon Prideaux, C.J. Brown, Dasan Robinson, Daniel Woolard, Chris Rolfe, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Logan Pause, John Thorrington, Marco Pappa (Baggio Husidic 88), Brian McBride (Patrick Nyarko 56).
Substitutes Not Used: Mike Banner, Calen Carr, Andrew Dykstra, Justin Mapp, Austin Washington
| Chicago Fire | New England Revolution | |||
| total shots: | 21 | (Marco Pappa 6) | 12 | (Edgaras Jankauskas 3, Kenny Mansally 3) |
| shots on goal: | 12 | (Marco Pappa 5) | 4 | (4 tied with 1) |
| fouls: | 8 | (Dasan Robinson 2, John Thorrington 2) |
16 | (Kheli Dube 3, Jeff Larentowicz 3) |
| offsides: | 3 | (Patrick Nyarko 2) | 3 | (Kheli Dube 2) |
| corner kicks: | 5 | (Cuauhtemoc Blanco 5) | 2 | (Kenny Mansally 2) |
| saves: | 4 | (Jon Busch 4) | 10 | (Matt Reis 10) |
Misconduct Summary:
NE — Kenny Mansally (caution; Reckless Foul) 17
NE — Edgaras Jankauskas (caution; Reckless Tackle) 36
NE — Jeff Larentowicz (caution; Reckless Tackle) 85
referee: Alex Prus
Referee’s Assistants: Fabio Tovar; Sean Hurd
4th official: Terry Vaughn
time of game: 1:55
attendance: 21,528
weather: Clear -and- 58 degrees
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