At Columbus, Ohio:
Second-half goals from Chad Marshall (49') and Eddie Gaven (55') enabled the Columbus Crew to come back from a 1-0 halftime deficit at home Thursday night to defeat the Chicago Fire 2-1 to win the Eastern Conference championship game and reach the Major League Soccer MLS Cup final for the first time in their 13-year history. Brian McBride scored the lone Chicago goal in the 29th minute.
The Crew will face the winner of Saturday's Western Conference final between the New York Red Bulls and Real Salt Lake at Sandy, Utah.
Regardless of what happens Saturday, the November 23 final at Carson, California's Home Depot Center will be a matchup of two teams making their MLS Cup final debuts. It will be first time that has happened since DC United defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy in the inaugural edition, played at Foxboro, Massachusetts in 1996.
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