Chicago Fire striker Nemanja Nikolic may not have scored a goal in the team’s final game of the season, but he still made history as his team sealed the third seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Nikolic, who scored 24 goals this season for the Fire, became the first player in team history to win the MLS Golden Boot award, given to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
Nikolic’s 24 goals are a team record for a single-season, and are the fifth-most that any player has scored in the 20-plus year history of the league.
The scorer tweeted his thanks to the fans and the organization after Chicago’s final match concluded on Sunday afternoon:
Thanks to their prodigious scorer, the Fire will get to host a home playoff game later this week, when they welcome the New York Red Bulls to Toyota Park. If they are able to win the game, then they will take on New York City FC in a home-and-home series in the MLS Cup quarterfinals.
