CHICAGO (Nov. 7, 2017) – The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced its annual award winners on Tuesday, naming Nemanja Nikolic Most Valuable Player and Golden Boot winner, and defender Johan Kappelhof as Defensive Player of the Year.
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER/GOLDEN BOOT: Forward Nemanja Nikolic was named the Chicago Fire Most Valuable Player in his first season with the Men in Red. The only Fire player to appear in all 34 regular season matches, Nikolic scored a league-high 24 goals, breaking a club record of 18 goals set in 2000 by Ante Razov. Nikolic led the league with six multi-goal games, with five of his strikes being game-winners.