Chicago Fire defeating Philadelphia Union 3-2 couldn’t have left the fans any happier to end the regular season at home. Sunday night being the last home match of the regular season, it had fans wanting the Fire to get their last home win in 2017 before the playoffs. An intense full 90 minutes kept fans on their feet cheering on the men in red. Nemanja Nikolic trying his best to defend his golden boot run scored in the 3rd minute assisted by defender Brandon Vincent. With the Fire looking off their game’s first half, it didn’t take the Union long to strike back. An attack by the Union, in the 6th minute, led to Fire’s defender Johan Kappelhof to strike the ball into his own net, failing to clear it. Philadelphia looking like the better team first half added another goal to the lead making it 2-1, by the midfielder Alejandro Bedoya scoring in the 13th minute. Fire’s coach Veljko Paunovic made a change to the attack hoping to boost the team’s morale, by subbing in David Accam for Drew Conner. Twenty minutes after the change, David Accam made a great run which had the Union’s defense nervously trying to shove Accam off the ball. This led to a penalty in the 64th minute where Nemanja Nikolic evened the score 2-2. But Niko wasn’t finished yet, by securing the Golden Boot and the win, Nemanja Nikolic managed to end the match with a hat trick, scoring in the 78th minute. Soon after he subbed out, he had all the fans on their feet cheering and clapping, thanking Nemanja Nikolic for his outstanding performance.

Even though the First half did not look like a secured win, the Fire managed to come back during the second half to take control of the game and ending the regular season at home with a win. This win is going to give the Fire more confidence entering their last game of the season and playoffs being just around the corner.

Chicago Fire will be playing their last regular season match away against Houston Dynamo Sunday, October 22.