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Only 18 players may dress for a game. The seven players, all of whom saw Confederations Cup action, can join the team at any time during the tournament.

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Marco Pappa and Wilman Conde scored and the Chicago Fire ended a three-game losing streak - and a 10-game skid in Colorado - with a 2-1 victory over the Rapids on Saturday night.

The Chicago Fire returns to Major League Soccer action for the first time in three weeks on Saturday when the club travels to Dick's Sporting Goods Park to meet the Colorado Rapids.

Former Charlotte 49ers men's soccer All-American and Major League Soccer's Chicago Fire goalkeeper Jon Busch was just named to the United States Soccer Senior National team roster for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Former SMU men's soccer player Colin Clark has been named to the U.S. Men's National Team for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which is slated to begin on July 3. Clark is one of 23 players named to Bob Bradley's squad, which is fresh off a second-place finish at the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Chivas USA was on top of Major League Soccer in late May, having gone 11 matches and absorbing only one defeat along the way.

Also selected was Jay Heaps , a former national college player of the year at Duke.

Justin Mapp scored on a left-footed strike in the 35th minute and Jon Busch recorded his second shutout in SuperLiga play as the Chicago Fire beat Chivas USA 1-0. The Fire has six points in group play and can advance to the semifinal round on July 15 with a draw or better in the first-round finale against Tigres UANL on Saturday.

CARSON, California - Mexico's UANL Tigres used a youth team to record an away win while the Chicago Fire won at home in the opening games of the 2009 North American SuperLiga on Saturday.

Brian McBride scored on a pass from Cuauhtemoc Blanco in the 69th minute to give the Chicago Fire a 1-0 win over San Luis in the opening game of the SuperLiga on Saturday night.

D.C. United's meeting with the Chicago Fire tonight at RFK Stadium affords an opportunity to claim first place in the Eastern Conference, which would be a notable achievement for a club that failed to qualify for the MLS playoffs last year. But the importance of the match is magnified by the fact that United will not host another league game for five weeks and play six of its next seven on the road.

'It's a vital result,' United Coach Tom Soehn said yesterday. 'We have a lot of games coming up on the road after this one, so we have to make sure we take the points at home.'

D.C. United's lead -- and bid for first place in MLS's Eastern Conference -- hung in the balance early in the second half last night at RFK Stadium. United's Josh Wicks, an unheralded goalkeeper entering the season, shifted on the goal line as Brian McBride, one of American soccer's most prolific scorers the past decade, prepared to take a penalty kick.

Considering the conversion rate of such situations and the characters involved, there was barely a doubt that the Chicago Fire would draw even.

Christian Gomez and Jaime Moreno scored, Josh Wicks stopped Brian McBride's second-half penalty kick, and D.C. United beat the Chicago Fire 2-1 Saturday night.

President Obama may have courted sports fans last November through his love of basketball, but America's first daughters prefer the world's game.

The Chicago Fire are leading the Eastern Conference despite some less-than-impressive play at home, including losses in their last two games.

The Chicago Fire head to D.C. United for a Major League Soccer clash at RFK Stadium on Saturday evening.

Carolina RailHawks midfielder Brian Plotkin knows what it's like to get beaten by a lower-level team in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, a national soccer tournament that pits 16 amateur and 24 professional teams against each another.

Toronto FC midfielder Dwayne De Rosario battles Chicago Fire defender Bakary Soumare during MLS action in Toronto on May 16, 2009.

The Chicago Fire are back in action, three days after earning a 3-2 win at current Major League Soccer leaders Chivas USA, when they host FC Dallas on Sunday afternoon at Toyota Park.