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Crew host Fire in Eastern Conference Final
For the Eastern Conference Championship, the Crew will have to come back on a short week after finishing their semifinal series on Saturday. After back-to-back shutouts of New England in their semifinal series, the Fire feel they have regained their form.For the Eastern Conference Championship, the Crew will have to come back on a short week after finishing their semifinal series on Saturday. After back-to-back shutouts of New England in their semifinal series, the Fire feel they have regained their form.

Goal: Red Bulls’ Richards Has Key Role in Upset
Dane Richards, who missed the first month of the M.L.S. season with a knee injury, resurfaced in the starting lineup Sunday to oust the two-time defending champion Houston Dynamo.

Fiery Coach Builds a Team Even He Can Like
Four years after leaving the Los Angeles Galaxy, Sigi Schmid is back in the playoffs as coach of the decidedly less glamorous Columbus Crew.

David Beckham's Style Fits Badly With Milan Chic
London Times: To the exhaustive CV of Fabio Capello, the England manager, can be added another main skill: that of master salesman. For if David Beckham truly was taken on by AC Milan after recommendations from Capello, this is a man who will never be short of career opportunities in the high street if it does not work out for him at the World Cup finals in 2010.

Literally A Hollywood Story
Yanks Abroad: One third of the way through his initial season in Germany's second division, former UCLA player and Hermann Trophy finalist Matt Taylor has successfully made the jump overseas and is enjoying a resurgence with his new club TuS Koblenz.