MLS : Chicago Fire beats Philadelphia 3-2

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Posted on 15 October 2017

UNITED STATES, Oct. 15, 2017 (AMP) — MLS: After their 1-1 draw against New York City on September 30, the Men in Red bounced back with a 3-2 victory over Philadelphia Union this Sunday.

Nikolic Nemanja scored tripple goals

Philadelphia Union had started off well by taking the lead thanks to goals by Kappelhof Johan ('6 own) and Bedoya Alejandro ('13), while Chicago Fire only scored once Nikolic Nemanja ('3). Trailing 2-1 at half time, the Men in Red nonetheless manage to reverse the direction of the game by scoring twice in the second period (Nikolic Nemanja '64 on penalty, '78).

Chicago Fire SC climbed to third place with 55 points from 33 games, only one point behind New York City FC.

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		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Toronto FC	33	20	8	5	72	35	37	68
2	New York City	33	16	8	9	54	41	13	56
3	Chicago Fire	33	16	7	10	61	44	17	55
4	Atlanta United	33	15	9	9	68	38	30	54
5	Columbus Crew	33	16	5	12	51	47	4	53
6	Vancouver Whitecaps	33	15	7	11	49	47	2	52
7	Seattle Sounders FC	33	13	11	9	49	39	10	50
8	Portland Timbers	33	14	8	11	58	49	9	50
9	Sporting Kansas City	33	12	13	8	39	27	12	49
10	Houston Dynamo	33	12	11	10	54	45	9	47
11	New York Red Bulls	33	13	8	12	51	46	5	47
12	FC Dallas	33	10	13	10	43	47	-4	43
13	San Jose Earthquakes	33	12	7	14	36	58	-22	43
14	Real Salt Lake	33	12	6	15	47	54	-7	42
15	New England	33	12	6	15	50	59	-9	42
16	Philadelphia Union	33	10	9	14	44	46	-2	39
17	Montreal Impact	33	11	6	16	50	55	-5	39
18	Orlando City	33	10	9	14	38	52	-14	39
19	Minnesota United	33	10	6	17	45	67	-22	36
20	Colorado Rapids	33	9	6	18	31	48	-17	33
21	LA Galaxy	33	8	8	17	44	62	-18	32
22	DC United	33	9	5	19	30	58	-28	32