Johan Gomez scores the lone goal in Fire's win at Charlotte
Johan Gómez scored his first career goal to lead the Chicago Fire to a 1-0 victory over Charlotte FC. The win allowed Chicago to pull within one point of Charlotte in the Eastern Conference standings.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Johan Gómez scored his first career goal in the second half to back a clean sheet from Josh Cohen in his first start for Chicago, and the Fire finished a season sweep of Charlotte FC with a 1-0 victory on Saturday night.Chicago (12-8-6) pulled within a point of fourth-place Charlotte (12-8-7) in the Eastern Conference. The top four earn homefield advantage in the best-of-3 first round of the playoffs.Charlotte had gone 5-0-3 since losing 2-1 to the Fire at Soldier Field to…
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