Welcome to Anatomy of a Goal, where each week we dissect one goal (or near goal) from the previous week’s Columbus Crew SC match.
For Week Six of the 2017 MLS Season, we take a look at Nemanja Nikolic’s 22nd minute one-timer that gave the Chicago Fire its only goal in a 1-0 win over Crew-SC on Saturday.
Here’s a look at the finish from the Fire striker.
Columbus started this match in a new formation: A 4-3-3 with three central midfielder’s. Without the dynamic wide play of Harrison Afful, Crew SC defended much more narrowly than usual, here providing very little pressure on the Chicago offense.