FOXBOROUGH, MASS. — Taylor Twellman’s acrobatic goal Thursday night put the New England Revolution into the MLS championship game for the third straight year in search of an elusive first title.
Twellman, who is third among the league’s career goal scorers, converted a bicycle kick between two defenders in the 38th minute, giving the Revolution a 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire in the Eastern Conference title game.
The Revolution advanced to the MLS Cup on Nov. 18 in Washington. They’ll play the winner of Saturday night’s Western Conference final at Houston between the defending champion Dynamo and the Kansas City Wizards.
Twellman put them there with his third winning goal in his past six playoff games and ended Chicago’s 10-game unbeaten streak (4-0-6).
The Revolution, 6-0 against Chicago in playoff games, eliminated the Fire for the third straight season, having beaten them in the conference final in 2005 and the conference semifinal in 2006.
