Who will be on the field for the Chicago Fire in Game Two on Saturday night at Toyota Park? Specifically, who will be at the back for Denis Hamlett’s charges, given all the injury uncertainty? The Revs won’t feel sorry for the Fire as far as injuries go, but given all of Hamlett’s selection issues for just that reason – injuries – there is a lot of speculation about who the Fire’s 11 will be on Saturday night for the series decider.
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The team has arrived in Chicago after a late morning flight out of Boston, and everyone’s currently getting settled at the hotel for a couple of hours before the team dinner this evening. Needless to say, after last night’s result between Real Salt Lake and Columbus presented the chance for the winner of the Revs-Fire series to host the Eastern Conference Championship, the boys are especially amped to take the field tomorrow night at Toyota Park.

Travel day is also typically a day in which a lot of questions about injuries are cleared up, as it’s decided who travels and who stays behind. Luckily for the Revs, it doesn’t appear as if any new injuries have prevented players from traveling to the Windy City.

Here is the official New England Revolution injury report for Friday, Nov. 6:

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The team heads to Chicago today and the anticipation continues to build ahead of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinal Series. While the Attleboro Sun Chronicle previews tomorrow night’s match, both the Boston Globe and Boston Herald have features on MVP candidate Shalrie Joseph this morning. Kyle McCarthy also looks at the Revs’ Gambian wingers and their increased defensive duties in the away leg of the series in his piece for MLSnet.com.

ESPN Chicago blogger Charlie Corr explores the role discipline will have to play for the Fire, stressing that an attack-minded approach could leave them vulnerable to the Revs’ counter.

Finally, Kyle McCarthy predicts a draw at Toyota Park this weekend and therefore a New England advancement in his Friday MLS Forecast on Goal.com.

For those of you with a rooting interest in the Revolution’s playoff fate - and we’re assuming that’s all of you if you’re reading this blog - you’ll want to tune in to ESPN2 at 8 p.m. ET tonight to catch the Columbus Crew battle Real Salt Lake in the other Eastern Conference Semifinal Series, and here’s why …

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With the team set to depart for Chicago tomorrow morning, today’s training session was the last before taking the field at Toyota Park on Saturday night. As such, there was one element of this morning’s workout - besides the weather - which made it very clear that the Revs are in the midst of the playoffs.

Penalty kick practice.

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Beginning tonight, every game remaining in the 2009 MLS Cup Playofs is a final. Beginning tonight, every match will see one team eliminated and another move on … and that’s sure to provide some highly entertaining soccer.

The second legs of the conference semifinal series kick off tonight when Real Salt Lake travels to Columbus to battle to defending champion Crew. With this weekend chock full of postseason action, there’s plenty of prognostication in the press …

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After taking two days to recover from last Sunday afternoon’s thrilling 2-1 victory over the Fire, the entire squad was back on the training field this morning to begin preparing for the decisive second leg of the Eastern Conference Semifinal Series on Saturday night in Chicago. While everyone is pleased with the home victory in the first leg - and the one-goal advantage that came with it - every single player and staff member is fully aware that there are 90 more minutes (or more) of hard-fought soccer to be played on Saturday night before the job is done.

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