Season-openers can almost always be counted on to be unpredictable and a little outside the norm. Saturday’s curtain-raiser was certainly that for the Chicago Fire, who came all the way back from a 2-0 second-half deficit to claim a 3-2 advantage, only to leave empty-handed as visitng Sporting KC erased a deficit of its own to win 4-3. Here are some news and notes to take away from the Fire’s opening match of 2018:
- Reigning MLS Golden Boot winner Nemanja Nikolic wasted no time beginning his pursuit of another league scoring title, bagging a second-half brace with his typically clean and opportunistic finishing close to goal.