Go Fire!

The Chicago Fire are beating the New York Red Bulls 4-1! (soccer) The Fire are already guaranteed a spot in the play offs. New York is in the hunt for one of two wild card spots. They still have some hope if they lose tonight (which they look like they'll do) but they'll have to rely on D.C. United either loosing or tying. Chris Rolfe of Chicago got a hat trick in the first half alone. His second goal was really, really pretty. He received a cross from another player, bounced it off his chest, then volleyed it straight into the goal without the ball touching the ground.

Oo. New York just had a really good scoring chance but the Fire goalie just had a big save.

I'm sort of rooting for the Fire. If New York looses then D.C. United has a better chance of getting in. I'm not sure why I like D.C. but I do for some reason. They had a really good season last year but this year they've had a lot of injuries to all their good players and they didn't play well either. It's rather doubtful that they'll get in though. Oh well.

Chicago just scored again! It was a first career goal for one of their players. Good for him. Now the score is 5-1. And they just almost scored again. Wow. Now it's a corner kick . . . that didn't end up being very dangerous. I'm pretty sure Chicago will win though. :)

Arg. A N.Y. player just ran through the defense, got past the goalie, and passed to another guy who got his shot blocked. Yikes, a close one. That was some bad defending.

There are only 10 minutes left now. A win for Chicago.