web.mlsnet.com - 11/6/2009
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Real Salt Lake scored the final three goals to overcome a 2-0 deficit and defeat the Columbus Crew 3-2 on Thursday at Crew Stadium, winning their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series 4-2 on aggregate.
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The Columbus Crew quest for a repeat MLS
Cup championship will ride on tonight's First Round playoff...
decider against Real Salt Lake at Crew Stadium (8pm, ESPN2). The Crew will need to erase a 1-0 deficit from its first-leg loss at Rio Tinto Stadium to do win the series, and will welcome ...
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MLS Playoffs: Real Salt Lake at Columbus Crew (Matchday ...
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Yet another shock in first round of MLS Cup Playoffs
HexagonalBlog —
Last year it was Houston falling at home to New York. This year it is Columbus having their season ended by Real Salt Lake . Schelotto did what he could, but it wasn't enough. This result continues to demonstrate that the order of matches in the two-leg format does not help the higher seeded side in MLS as it does elsewhere. At the very least, that appears to be the case; I need to look inside the numbers. Will there be a push by the clubs to allow the top two seeds the option of hosting the first or second game? It would be a worthy topic of discussion during the winter meetings.
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The Phoenix Pub —
I'll be filling my free hours with this now the Series is over
Can I just tell you that I once tried to use the “Dude, I do this every night!” excuse and boy, did it really not work even a little bit. Of course, I was caught stringing Christmas lights wearing only a ribbon to cover my man-bits. Yeah, try getting THAT picture out of ...
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Real Salt Lake eliminates Columbus (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLS News 11/6/2009
Javier Morales and Robbie Findley scored first-half goals and Real Salt Lake advanced to its second straight conference final with a 3-2 victory over the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew on Thursday night. The victory, combined with a 1-0 home ...
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NYT > Soccer 11/6/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Javier Morales and Robbie Findley scored first-half goals and Real Salt Lake advanced to its second straight conference final with a 3-2 victory over the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew on Thursday night.
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