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 …

1. Revs’ Phelan succeeding in reserve role (MLSnet.com)
2. Revolution on the verge (Boston Metro)
3. Anxious days (ESPN Boston/Chicago)
4. Ralston; Chicago Fire Win MLS Fair Play Awards (Goal.com)
5. East preview: Don’t call it a comeback (MLSnet.com)
6. Fire put focus on Saturday (MLSnet.com)
7. Playoff favorites on shaky ground (ESPN Soccernet)
8. Columbus will rely on Schelotto to salvage its season (ESPN Soccernet)
9. New script ready to be written in MLS Playoffs (Fox Soccer)

With just two more days until the Revs visit the Fire in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series, the coverage is sure to ramp up even further on Friday and Saturday …