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Published on October 19, 2007 under Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release


Saturday, October 20, 2007

New England Revolution at Toronto FC - CSN New England, CBC Sports, HDNet

BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 12:30 p.m.

Complete game guide: http://web.mlsnet.com/pdf/mls/2007/gameguides/10/1020torne.pdf

Toronto FC's inaugural season comes to an end as they play host to the New England Revolution in the season finale at BMO Field. Toronto FC enter the game level on 12th place in the MLS overall standings, with the No. 1 pick in the 2008 SuperDraft coming down between them and Real Salt Lake. The Revolution kick off their bid for a fourth MLS Cup Final in six years next weekend when they meet the New York Red Bulls in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

REFEREE: Steven DePiero. SAR (bench): George Gansner; JAR (opposite): Nate Clement; 4th: Paul Ward

MLS Career: 4 games; FC/gm: 28.4; Y/gm: 2.3; R: 1; pens: 0

Games involving Toronto FC: P2 W1 L1 T0; FC/gm: 28.5; Y/gm: 1.5; R: 1; pens: 0

Games involving Revolution: first game

INJURY REPORT:

TORONTO FC - OUT: MF Ronnie O'Brien (knee); GK Srdjan Djekanovic (general health); QUESTIONABLE: DF Nana Attakora-Gyan (groin); DF Jim Brennan (knee); FW Danny Dichio (ankle)

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION - OUT: DF Joe Franchino (peroneal tendon surgery); PROBABLE: DF Avery John (L knee sprain); GK Matt Reis (cervical strain), MF Gary Flood (R hip flexor strain)

SUSPENDED: TOR: Adam Braz (five cautions; through Oct. 21); Marco Reda (through Oct. 21)

WARNINGS:

FINED NEXT YELLOW CARD: TOR: Andrew Boyens, Jim Brennan ... NE: Andy Dorman, Jay Heaps, Jeff Larentowicz, James Riley, Wells Thompson

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (2 meetings): Revolution 2 wins, 7 goals ... Toronto FC 0 wins, 0 goals ... 0 draws

AT BMO FIELD: first meeting

- This is the third meeting between the clubs, and the first ever at BMO Field. The Revolution have handed Toronto FC heavy defeats in their first two meetings.

- Coaches record: Mo Johnston v NE: P3 W0 L2 D1 ... Steve Nicol vs. TOR: P2 W2 L0 D0 2007 (MLS), 4/14: NE 4, TOR 0 (Twellman 12, 18; Joseph 60; Dorman 72), 6/23: NE 3, TOR 0 (Dorman 13, 81; Noonan 33)

TV

Directv: 785

DishNet: 456

CSN New Englad

VYVX Conf # 2394353

CBC Sports

Local Fiber loop

HDNet

Intel Sat Conf # 264999

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Columbus Crew at D.C. United - ONN, CSN-DC Plus

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. - 7:30 p.m.

Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20071018&content_id=124183&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp

D.C. United will be crowned Supporters' Shield winners for the second consecutive year - the first ever to achieve that - before they take on the Columbus Crew on Saturday night at RFK Stadium. Now riding a 13-game league unbeaten streak, United will finish with the best regular season record in MLS this year, the fourth time in 12 MLS seasons they've done that. The Crew come into the game having seen their bid to return to the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2004 dashed last weekend, despite a road victory against the New England Revolution.

REFEREE: Terry Vaughn. SAR (bench): Rob Fereday; JAR (opposite): Bill Dittmar; 4th: Jorge Gonzalez

MLS Career: 82 games; FC/gm: 30.6; Y/gm: 3.9; R: 27; pens: 26

Games involving United: P13 W5 L3 T5; FC/gm: 31.6; Y/gm: 4.3; R: 7; pens: 4

Games involving Crew: P15 W5 L4 T6; FC/gm: 33.5; Y/gm: 3.8; R: 3; pens: 3

INJURY REPORT:

D.C. UNITED - OUT: FW Jamil Walker (Achilles rupture); GK Shawn Crowe (meniscus tear); QUESTIONABLE: MF Josh Gros (migraines)

COLUMBUS CREW - OUT: DF Frankie Hejduk (L hand fracture); DF Leonard Griffin (R knee meniscus tear); FW Jason Garey (L shoulder dislocation); FW Jacob Thomas (L groin strain); DF Chad Marshall (concussion); MF Brad Evans (L hip flexor strain); MF Brandon Moss (L knee ACL reconstruction)

SUSPENDED: none

WARNINGS:

FINED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DC: Brian Carroll, Bryan Namoff, Greg Vanney

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (42 meetings): United 21 wins (5 shootout), 66 goals ... Crew 14 wins (0 shootout), 60 goals ... Draws 7

AT RFK STADIUM (20 meetings): United 14 wins (3 shootout), 45 goals ... Crew 3 wins (0 shootout), 27 goals ... Draws 3

- This is the third and final league meeting between the clubs this season, the only one at RFK Stadium. The teams split their first two meetings this season, both at Crew Stadium.

- The Crew's win on April 28 this season was their first win in the series came on April 15, 2005. In the seven games in between, United won five with two draws.

- A year ago, D.C. United won the season series handily, taking the final three league encounters - and a meeting in the U.S. Open Cup - after a draw in Columbus.

- Columbus last won in D.C. on Oct. 19, 2003, an overtime victory. The Crew have managed to take single points just twice in their last league matches at RFK Stadium.

- Last year, the teams also met in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup, United claiming a 2-1 extra-time victory in a match played at the Maryland SoccerPlex (Moreno 22; Walker 93 - Marshall 18)

- Coaches record: Tom Soehn vs. CLB: P2 W1 L1 D0 ... Sigi Schmid v DC: P21 W10 L8 D3 2007 (MLS):

4/28: CLB 1, DC 0 (Hendrickson 28), 8/18: CLB 0, DC 2 (Fred 52, Emilio 63)

TV

Directv: 786

DishNet: 456

ONN

Direct Fiber loop

CSN-DC Plus

VYVX Conf # 2388517

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Kansas City Wizards at FC Dallas - Metro Sports

Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas - 8:30 p.m.

Complete game guide: http://web.mlsnet.com/pdf/mls/2007/gameguides/10/1020dalkc.pdf

For the third consecutive season, the Kansas City Wizards head into their season finale knowing they must win to reach the MLS Cup Playoffs. This year, what stands between them and a first trip to the postseason since their MLS Cup Final year of 2004 is FC Dallas. The Wizards are tied for seventh place overall with the Chicago Fire, but hold enough tiebreakers to be in with a win - and possibly even with a draw, though that will take help from other results. FC Dallas have a Western Conference Semifinal Series ahead of them against either Houston Dynamo or Chivas USA, depending on their matchup later Saturday in Carson.

REFEREE: Abbey Okulaja. SAR (bench): C.J. Morgante; JAR (opposite): Anthony Vasoli; 4th: Fernando Galvan

MLS Career: 71 games; FC/gm: 29.6; Y/gm: 3.6; R: 9; pens: 19

Games involving FC Dallas: P13 W2 L9 T2; FC/gm: 28.7; Y/gm: 2.7; R: 0; pens: 4

Games involving Wizards: P13 W3 L4 T6; FC/gm: 29.6; Y/gm: 3.0; R: 2; pens: 3

INJURY REPORT:

FC DALLAS - OUT: FW Roberto Mina (L knee), MF Marcelo Saragosa (R knee); QUESTIONABLE: DF Alex Yi (back spasms)

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS - OUT: MF Ryan McMahen (torn ACL); PROBABLE: MF Sasha Victorine (hip flexor strain); MF Carlos Marinelli (knee); FW Scott Sealy (thigh strain)

SUSPENDED: DAL: Bobby Rhine (through Oct. 21) ... KC: Kerry Zavagnin (five cautions; through Oct. 21)

WARNINGS:

FINED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DAL: Chris Gbandi, Aaron Pitchkolan, Marcelo Saragosa ... KC: Jimmy Conrad, Jack Jewsbury, Eddie Johnson, Carlos Marinelli

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (37 meetings): FC Dallas 15 wins (1 shootout), 58 goals ... Wizards 16 wins (2 shootout), 52 goals ... Ties 6

AT DALLAS (18 meetings): FC Dallas 9 wins (0 shootout), 35 goals ... Wizards 7 wins (2 shootout), 18 goals ... Draws 2

- This is the second of two meetings between the Midwestern rivals this season, the only one set for Pizza Hut Park.

- A year ago, the teams split the season series, each winning on their home ground in one-goal games. It was the second consecutive season, since the Wizards moved to the Eastern Conference, that the teams have split their season series, playing to a pair of draws in 2005. The three seasons before that - when the teams met four times in each season - the Wizards won the season set each of those years.

- When Dallas won in Kansas City this year, it was their first since Sept. 18, 1999 (a shootout win), with the Wizards having won six of the 10 contests since at Arrowhead Stadium (with four draws). The last Dallas victory in regulation time came nearly a decade before, a 1-0 Burn victory on Sept. 19, 1998.

- Coaches record: Steve Morrow v KC: P1 W1 L0 T0 ... Curt Onalfo vs. DAL: P1 W0 L1 T0 LAST MEETING:

5/12: KC 1, DAL 2 (Harrington 90 - Cooper 19; Toja 45)

TV

DirecTV: 787

Dish Net: 458

Metro Sports

VYVX Conf # 2388553

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Real Salt Lake at Colorado Rapids - FSN Utah, Altitude

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colo. - 9 p.m.

Complete game guide: http://web.mlsnet.com/pdf/mls/2007/gameguides/10/1020colrsl.pdf

The Colorado Rapids head into the final match of the season with a chance to reach the MLS Cup Playoffs. Still in ninth place overall, they need a win on Saturday night - and for the results to go the right way in Frisco on Saturday or Bridgeview on Sunday. However, for the Rapids to clinch a spot in the postseason, they will also have to overcome arch-rivals Real Salt Lake - who would love nothing more than a victory in their season finale that would give them the Rocky Mountain Cup, emblematic of bragging rights between the two regional rivals.

REFEREE: Jair Marrufo. SAR (bench): Paul Scott; JAR (opposite): Peter Balciunas; 4th: Jorge Gonzalez

MLS Career: 65 games; FC/gm: 28.9; Y/gm: 3.6; R: 15; pens: 25

Games involving Rapids: P12 W2 L5 T5; FC/gm: 25.7; Y/gm: 2.6; R: 2; pens: 5

Games involving Real: P9 W2 L4 T3; FC/gm: 26.0; Y/gm: 3.6; R: 0; pens: 2

INJURY REPORT:

COLORADO RAPIDS - OUT: DF Dan Gargan (R knee ACL tear); FW Herculez Gomez (R ACL and meniscus tears); PROBABLE: MF Tony Sanneh (R hamstring strain); DF Ugo Ihemelu (R ankle sprain)

REAL SALT LAKE - OUT: DF Nik Besagno (R meniscus surgery), MF Javier Morales (L labrum surgery); PROBABLE: DF Willis Forko (lower back), DF Eddie Pope (R knee pain); MF Carey Talley (lower back strain)

SUSPENDED: COL: Brandon Prideaux (through Oct. 21) ... RSL: Yura Movsisyan (through Oct. 21)

WARNINGS:

FINED NEXT YELLOW CARD: COL: Mehdi Ballouchy, Facundo Erpen, Pablo Mastroeni ... RSL: Kyle Beckerman, Atiba Harris, Carey Talley

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (11 meetings): Rapids 6 wins, 13 goals ... Real Salt Lake 3 wins, 10 goals ... Draws 2

IN COLORADO: (5 meetings): Rapids 3 wins, 7 goals ... Real Salt Lake 1 wins, 6 goals ... Draws 0

- This is the fourth and final meeting between the teams as the Rocky Mountain Cup is again on offer to the winner of the season series. It's even poised for the season finale - each team has won once (splitting the two games in Utah), while they drew in their first Colorado meeting.

- A year ago, the Rapids claimed the Rocky Mountain Cup for the second successive season, getting a pair of 1-0 victories (the only goal coming from Nicolas Hernandez in each) with Real winning once after the teams opened with a draw.

- Colorado also claimed a victory when the teams met in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup at Rice-Eccles Stadium, the lone goal coming from Jacob Peterson (61).

- In Real's inaugural season, the then-expansion club won for the first time ever, in their home debut, defeating Colorado 1-0 in the first meetings between the border state rivals, before the Rapids took the final three encounters that season.

- Coaches record: Fernando Clavijo vs. RSL: P11 W6 L3 D2 ... Jason Kreis vs. COL: P2 W1 L0 D1 2007 (MLS): 4/30: RSL 0, COL 2 (Brown 71, Beckerman 75), 5/10: COL 1, RSL 1 (Stewart 4 og - Mastroeni 15 og), 9/22: RSL 1, COL 0 (Beckerman 30)

TV

Directv: 788

DishNet: 459

FSN Utah

VYVX Conf # 2388549

Altitude

KU BAND

AMC 5, Tr. 14 Slot G

D/L: 12122.5(H)

Symbol Rate: 5.632

FEC: ¾

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Houston Dynamo at Chivas USA - FSC/FSE

Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif. - 10:30 p.m.

Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20071019&content_id=124369&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp

The Western Conference regular season title - and home-field advantage in a potential Western Conference Championship for a berth in MLS Cup 2007 - comes down to a winner-take-all matchup at The Home Depot Center. Chivas USA, who have lost just once in a home game in Carson this season, have the inside track, as a draw would also ensure them of the top spot. But Dynamo know the value of having the home field for the one-game conference decider, as they rode that advantage to their MLS Cup victory last season, including a comeback victory against Chivas USA in their Western Conference Semifinal Series.

REFEREE: Brian Hall. SAR (bench): Chris Strickland; JAR (opposite): David Bragg; 4th: Baldomero Toledo

MLS Career: 137 games; FC/gm: 28.8; Y/gm: 3.2; R: 34; pens: 40

Games involving Chivas USA: P11 W4 L4 T3; FC/gm: 27.3; Y/gm: 2.6; R: 3; pens: 0

Games involving Dynamo: P7 W4 L1 T2; FC/gm: 29.7; Y/gm: 3.1; R: 1; pens: 1

INJURY REPORT:

CHIVAS USA - OUT: FW Anthony Hamilton (L knee MCL sprain), DF Carlos Llamosa (L knee ACL surgery), FW Ante Razov (L knee MCL sprain); PROBABLE: FW Maykel Galindo (abdominal strain), MF Francisco Mendoza (L groin strain)

HOUSTON DYNAMO - NONE REPORTED

SUSPENDED: HOU: Ryan Cochrane (five cautions, through Oct. 21), Eddie Robinson (through Oct. 21); Ricardo Clark (through end of season)

WARNINGS:

FINED NEXT YELLOW CARD: CHV: Sacha Kljestan, Jesse Marsch, Paulo Nagamura, Orlando Perez

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (6 meetings): Chivas USA 1 win, 5 goals ... Dynamo 3 wins, 11 goals ... Draws 2

IN CARSON: (2 meetings): Chivas USA 1 win, 4 goals ...Dynamo 0 wins, 3 goals ... Draws 1

- This is the third and final league meeting between the two teams, their only Home Depot Center meeting. Dynamo won the first two matches this season, both by shutout and both at Robertson Stadium.

- A year ago, the teams evenly split their season series, each winning once at home, while drawing once at each stadium.

- Then, of course, the teams met in a hard-fought Western Conference Semifinal Series - with each team again winning on their home ground. Chivas claimed a 2-1 first leg victory at The Home Depot Center as goalkeeper Brad Guzan saved a penalty to ensure the win (Razov 45, Palencia 68 - Ching 75), then Dynamo won 2-0 at Robertson Stadium a week later (Davis 64 pen, Ching 93+), to advance 3-2 on aggregate on their way to winning MLS Cup.

- Coaches record: Preki v HOU: P2 W0 L2 D0 ... Dominic Kinnear vs. CHV: P6 W3 L1 D2 2007 (MLS) 4/14: HOU 1, CHV 0 (Ching 65) 6/21: HOU 4, CHV 0 (Mullan 5; Davis 55, 70, 75)

TV

FSC, FSE

KU BAND (Encrypted)

AMC 15, Tr. 1 Ch. 9

D/L: 11724.5(V)

Symbol Rate: 6.1113

Data Rate: 8.448

FEC: ¾

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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Los Angeles Galaxy at Chicago Fire - TeleFutura, FSN West, My50 Chicago

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Ill. - 3 p.m.

Game preview is not yet available.

TV

TeleFutura

KU BAND

Galaxy 11, Tr. 20 Upper

D/L: 12109(H)

Symbol Rate: 13.235

Data Rate: 18.2958

FEC: ¾

FSN West

VYVX Conf # 2393281

My50 Chicago

AT&T Fiber

TVGS.248668..LB

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