BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – Nemanja Nikolic scored two goals and the Chicago Fire beat the Seattle Sounders 4-1 in a Major League Soccer match Saturday night.
The Sounders (2-4-4) have one victory in their last seven matches and are 1-3-3 during that span.
Clint Dempsey provided the main highlight for the Sounders, blasting a left-footed shot into the top-right corner in the 28th minute, three minutes after Nikolic connected on a penalty kick to open the scoring.
The Fire (4-3-3) had a second chance on that penalty kick after a controversial encroachment call on the Sounders nullified a save by goalkeeper Stefan Frei on a shot by David Accam.