At the mid-way point of the 2017 season, the Chicago Fire rest atop the Eastern Conference and Supporters' Shield Standings with 38 points through 18 matches played as MLS breaks for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament.
Alongside the club's ascension over the season's first half, there have been a number of individual accolades to go around, including a pair of MLS Player of the Week winners in Nemanja Nikolic (twice) and David Accam. So while no single statistic is more important than that No. 1 spot in the table, have a look at how head coach Veljko Paunovic and his players stack up among the rest of the league in various statistical categories heading into the second half of the season.
On offense (MLS rank in parentheses):
GOALS
SCORED |
ASSISTS |
SHOTS |
SHOTS
ON GOAL |
CHANCES
CREATED |
PASSING
ACCURACY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37 (2) |
40 (1) |
224 (13) |
96 (5) |
177 (9) |
81.93 (4) |
On defense (MLS rank in parentheses):
GOALS
ALLOWED |
SHUTOUTS |
SHOTS
FACED |
SHOTS ON
GOAL FACED |
FOULS WON |
FOULS
CONCEDED |
YELLOW CARDS
EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 (3) |
9 (T-1) |
217 (5) |
62 (2) |
261 (T-4) |
222 (T-6) |
22 (Fewest in MLS) |
Individual Leaders via Opta (MLS rank in parentheses):
- Goals scored:
- Nemanja Nikolic 16 (1)
- David Accam 10 (T-4)
- Assists:
- Accam 6 (T-3)
- Goals + Assists:
- Nikolic 18 (1)
- Accam 16 (2)
- Shots on Goal:
- Nikolic 37 (1)
- Accam 21 (T-8)
- Passing Accuracy (Minimum 900 minutes played):
- Joao Meira 89.23 (7)
- Juninho 88.87 (9)
- Johan Kappelhof 86.93 (16)
- Minutes Played:
- Brandon Vincent 1710 (T-4), Meira 1710 (T-4)
- Touches/90 minutes:
- Bastian Schweinsteiger 94.48 (2)
- Dax McCarty 86.6 (6)
What numbers surprise you? Any trends you'd like to see continued or reversed?
The Fire resume their MLS campaign on Saturday, July 22, with a visit to Yankee Stadium to take on NYCFC (1 pm CT, CSN Chicago Plus).
