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Real Salt Lake MLS Eastern Conference Championship Preview

Published on November 12, 2009 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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SANDY, Utah (Thursday, November 12, 2009) - For the second straight season, Real Salt Lake has just one game in its way en route to a first-ever MLS Cup appearance, and the Claret-and-Cobalt will look to punch its ticket this Saturday, November 14, when it squares off against the Chicago Fire in the MLS Eastern Conference Championship. The match-up between last year's conference final runners-up will take place at Toyota Park in suburban Bridgeview, Ill., with Saturday's kickoff set for 6:00 p.m. MT, preceded by pre-game coverage on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Espanol beginning at 5:30 p.m. The match will also be aired live over the radio airwaves on KACP 570-AM (English) (America First Credit Union First Kick pre-game coverage begins at 5:00 p.m.) and ESPN Deportes 1600-AM (Spanish).

Real Salt Lake will be appearing in its second straight Conference Championship contest this weekend, and will try to erase the bitter taste of last year's 0-1 defeat to the New York Red Bulls in the 2008 Western Conference Championship. Saturday's fight for a berth to MLS Cup will mark the third meeting this season between RSL and the Fire - and their first-ever postseason matchup. The first match in 2009 between the two sides came on August 1, when the Fire used a 76th minute goal by FW Patrick Nyarko to post a 1-0 win at Toyota Park. RSL's home leg at Rio Tinto Stadium on September 12 ended in a 1-1 draw, with DF Jamison Olave's 72nd minute goal countering Fire FW Chris Rolfe's tally at the end of the first half and giving the Claret-and-Cobalt a much-needed point in its postseason chase. Real Salt Lake's 1-5-4 all-time regular season ledger against the Fire - including an 0-2-3 mark in the Windy City - is not the type of history the Claret-and-Cobalt would like to dwell on, the Utah side instead preferring to focus on its 3-1-1 career record in MLS postseason play, compiled entirely across the last two seasons.

"RSL on the Air," November 14: MLS Eastern Conference Championship @ Chicago Fire

TV: Fox Soccer Channel & Fox Sports en Espanol (MLS on FSC pre-game coverage begins at 5:30 p.m.)

Radio: KACP 570-AM (English) - Coverage begins with America First Credit Union Pre-match Report at 5:00 p.m.

ESPN Deportes AM-1600 (Spanish)

MLS Weekly Broadcast Info - MLS Cup Playoffs - Eastern Conference Championship

Real Salt Lake at Chicago Fire - Fox Soccer Channel / Fox Sports en Espanol

Toyota Park; Bridgeview, Ill. - 6:00 p.m. MT

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