{"id":45032,"date":"2017-09-28T05:33:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T05:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=45032"},"modified":"2017-09-28T05:40:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T05:40:27","slug":"nemanja-nikolic-sets-chicagos-goal-record-fire-clinch-playoff-berth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/nemanja-nikolic-sets-chicagos-goal-record-fire-clinch-playoff-berth.html","title":{"rendered":"Nemanja Nikolic sets Chicago&#8217;s goal record, Fire clinch playoff berth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Nemanja Nikolic sets Chicago&#8217;s goal record, Fire clinch playoff berth<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Nemanja Nikolic sets Chicago&#8217;s goal record, Fire clinch playoff berth :- SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Nemanja Nikolic scored twice in the second half to break Chicago&#8217;s season goal record with 20 and the Fire beat the San Jose Earthquakes 4-1 on Wednesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Chicago (15-10-6) clinched a playoff spot with the victory and Montreal&#8217;s loss to New York City. San Jose (11-14-6) lost for the first time at home in eight matches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Nikolic made it 3-0 in the third minute of the second half to break a tie with Ante Razov for Chicago&#8217;s goal record. Nikolic added another in the 65th by heading in a ball that deflected off the crossbar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Nikolic is tied atop the Golden Boot race with Portland&#8217;s Diego Valeri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Niko capitalizes and makes it 2\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e3 goals in 2017. ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niko_nemanja?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@niko_nemanja<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SJvCHI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SJvCHI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cf97?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cf97<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1m9ts45NKh\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/1m9ts45NKh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chicago Fire (@ChicagoFire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChicagoFire\/status\/913253668937494528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Eighteen-year-old Djordje Mihailovic opened the scoring in the 14th minute with his first MLS goal. 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