MLS Cup Betting - Chicago Fire at Columbus Crew Odds

There will be a new MLS Cup betting champion this season as the New York Red Bulls took out the defending champion Houston Dynamo, winning 3-0 on Sunday. Dane Richards had a goal and an assist to lead the Red Bulls. New York tied the Dynamo 1-1 in the first leg so the winner of Sunday’s game advanced. New York will now play Real Salt Lake in the MLS Cup semifinals on Saturday. It is the second time that New York will have advanced to the Conference finals.

Odds makers at Bodog sportsbook have Real Salt Lake +110 favorites at home in MLS betting odds against the New York Red Bulls +210 for Saturday's game at 8:30pm EST. There will also be a new runner-up this season as the New England Revolution lost to the Chicago Fire. The Fire defeated New England 3-0 to advance to the conference finals. "It's a big relief," Fire coach Denis Hamlett said. "These are the guys that have knocked us out of the playoffs — I keep losing track of how many years."  New England had knocked out Chicago the last three seasons.

"It was huge," said Justin Mapp, "For most of the time I've been here, we've ended up playing them and, more often not, they've knocked us out." New England was playing without Steve Ralston, who led the team in goals and assists and without Taylor Twellman who had tied for the team lead in goals. Chicago will now travel to Columbus in the Conference final. Brad Evans and Robbie Rogers scored as Columbus took out Kansas City 2-0 on Saturday. The teams had tied 1-1 in the first leg. Evans' goal came in the seventh minute. "It took a fortunate bounce and actually bounced really high," Evans said. "I kind of got lucky in that sense." Rogers scored in the 57th minute. "We scored two timely goals. We were able to exploit the space behind the defense," said Crew coach Sigi Schmid.

"That's something I was very pleased with." Columbus had the league’s best record with 57 points and will be favored over Chicago. Columbus will be appearing in their fifth MLS Cup semifinal match. They have never made it to a MLS Cup final in their history. The other match in MLS Cup betting on Saturday had Real Salt Lake playing to a 2-2 tie with Chivas USA and advancing 3-2 on aggregate since they won the first leg 1-0. Dema Kovalenko and Javier Morales scored for Real Salt Lake. Odds makers have the Columbus Crew -105 favorites on the road in odds against the Chicago Fire +255 with a total of 2.5 goals under -140 for Thursday's game at 6:30pm EST.