It took five months but the rematch of the MLS Eastern Conference final between New England and the Chicago Fire is here.
The Revolution comes off an impressive 3-0 thrashing of MLS Cup champion Houston in its season opener. Chicago’s season opener wasn’t as successful. The Fire needed a last-minute goal from Cuauhtemoc Blanco to salvage a 1-1 tie against Real Salt Lake.
The Fire will look to make the first game at Toyota Park this season a memorable one by exacting some revenge and posting the first win of the season.
The match-up to watch in this one is between Shalrie Joseph and Cuauhtemoc Blanco. Jeff Larentowicz may be called on to harrass Blanco but the match will be decided by which player has the better game, Joseph or Blanco.
My prediction? I’ll go with New England, 2-1.
The match is on ESPN2 tonight at 8 p.m. If you will be watching the match and will be on your computer, feel free to share your thoughts and opinions on tonight’s match in the comments section below.
Enjoy the soccer.
That was a deserved Red Card. Well over top of the ball, studs up and could very well have resulted in “another Eduardo”. Soccer needs to crack down on these tackles and straight red cards will do the trick. It willfully endangered the safety of the other player and thus should be an ejectable offense.
Chicago looked REALLY good. I was shocked. Was this an off day for NE? It makes me wonder how they beat Houston 4-0.