Roth Regatta

Eastern Conference rivals take the pitch on Wednesday night at 8:30pm EST when the Chicago Fire face the New England Revolution at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill. Chicago currently sits in fourth place of the Eastern Conference going 5-5-6 on the season with 21-points while New England sits in fifth place also with 21-points going 6-9-3 on the season. Online bookmakers have the Fire -130 money line favorites in MLS soccer betting odds vs Revolution +320 while a draw or tie would return +

250. The game can be seen on MLS Direct Kick or Matchday Live with Chicago leading the all-time series 16-13-8. Bookmakers also favor the Fire -1/2 goal (-130) vs the Revolution +1/2 goal (EV) in soccer betting point-spread odds while the over under total is listed at 2.5 UNDER (-150).

This will be the third meeting this season between the Revolution and Fire as the two split the series with New England winning the first encounter 1-0 at home in June while Chicago also won at home 1-0 in July.

New England heads into tonight’s game having won their last eight matches in MLS soccer odds while Chicago is also on a winning streak winning their last three games but but teams need a win if they expect to make the playoffs. Freddie Ljungberg is expected to make his third start in a Fire uniform after being traded from the Seattle Sounders last Friday.

“New England is a big team and they play quite a physical game,” Ljungberg said this week about plying the Revolution. “It’s important

that we keep the ball on the floor and play through them because I think they might be too heavy to cope. But if we try to make it into a physical challenge, then it’s going to be a very tough game.” Chicago will need to watch New England’s Sharlie Joseph prowling center field as most scoring opportunities are through his tough tackles and brilliant runs. If Chicago can shut down Joseph, then they could be looking at a win and an outside shot of the playoffs.