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It’s been a tough year for the Chicago Fire. Another wasted year lead to a midseason coach firing and another year of extreme roster turnover. That being said, there were still some excellent individual performances to salivate over. But the player who was the best, the most, was Luka Stojanovic. Luka started the year slowly, clearly still recovering from the surgery that ended his season last year after only 30 minutes. But he battled back to be one of the best players on the squad when they finally got rolling a bit in July. Until a few weeks ago, he was in sole possession of the team golden boot race with 8 goals, a record he would end up sharing with Robert Beric at the end of the season. He was also in the top 10 in pass completion percentage and was 5th when filtering it to players with more than 1000 minutes played.
He was also a contributor off the field, helping with several charitable campaigns including the supporter run Fire for Food drive, earning him the nickname Chef Luka, cooking up both goals and meals for the Chicago community.
For all his contributions, Luka Stojanovic has earned his place as the 2021 Hot Time in Old Town Chicago Fire Player of the Year.
(Now let us know how you saw it. Vote for your choice for Chicago Fire Player of the Year in the poll below. The poll will be open until the end of November, after which we’ll publicize the results. (Note: if you’re viewing this post from AMP or Apple News, you won’t see the poll below. Feel free to tell us your pick in the comments.)
Poll
2021 Chicago Fire Player of the Year
This poll is closed
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10%
Gabriel Slonina
(22 votes) -
5%
Bobby Shuttleworth
(11 votes) -
0%
Kenneth Kronholm
(2 votes) -
0%
Chris Brady
(1 vote) -
5%
Johan Kappelhof
(12 votes) -
0%
Francisco Calvo
(0 votes) -
0%
Wyatt Omsberg
(0 votes) -
2%
Mauricio Pineda
(6 votes) -
0%
Miguel Navarro
(1 vote) -
1%
Boris Sekulic
(3 votes) -
0%
Carlos Terán
(1 vote) -
0%
Jhan Espinoza
(0 votes) -
8%
Álvero Medrán
(18 votes) -
56%
Luka Stojanovic
(123 votes) -
0%
Gastón Giménez
(0 votes) -
0%
Brian Gutierrez
(1 vote) -
0%
Javier Casas Jr
(1 vote) -
1%
Federico Navarro
(4 votes) -
1%
Przemyslaw Frankowski
(4 votes) -
1%
Fabian Herbers
(4 votes) -
0%
Elliot Collier
(1 vote) -
0%
Robert Beric
(2 votes) -
0%
Ignacio Aliseda
(0 votes) -
0%
Alex Monis
(2 votes) -
0%
Chinonso Offor
(0 votes) -
0%
Stanislav Ivanov
(0 votes)