BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – One goal. One assist. One Man-of-the-Match performance in a rare 3-1 victory over playoff-chasing opponents.
Second-year Homegrown Djordje Mihailovic on Saturday gave the Chicago Fire a timely reminder of what they have been missing with a display of confidence and maturity that belied his age.
It’s perhaps a little poetic that the 19-year-old delivered it on the night his picture adorned the centerfold in the matchday program at Toyota Park. The Lemont, Ill. native had been sidelined for almost a year by a torn ACL suffered during last year's Audi MLS Cup Playoffs, but he is quickly recapturing the form that earmarked him as a potential star in his maiden season.