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Preview: First-place Fire look for ninth win in 10 games Wednesday at Portland

Chicago Fire at Portland Timbers
2017 MLS Regular Season
Providence Park - Portland, Ore.
Wednesday, July 5 - 9:30 p.m. CT
WATCH: CSN Chicago

If the Portland Timbers hope that Nemanja Nikolic might be less effective on an artificial surface than on grass, they could be in for a big disappointment.

The Chicago Fire's high-scoring forward has only played once on turf since joining MLS – but he netted one of his 16 goals this season in that match, a 2-1 victory at New England on June 17.

There's not much else slowing Chicago's roll in 2017, either.