For the first time since 2017, the Chicago Fire are going to the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs.

Chicago rolled to their first postseason berth in nearly a decade in style, taking down Lionel Messi and Inter Miami in a breathtaking 5-3 win at Chase Stadium.

Not only was Tuesday night's performance thrilling on its own - five different Fire players got on the scoreboard as the visitors withstood a pair of Miami rallies before pulling away with two late goals - but a milestone for the club undergoing a massive transformation under first-year head coach Gregg Berhalter.

"It was an objective of ours to reach the playoffs. We achieved it with two games left, so that's nice," Berhalter told MLS Season Pass after the result that ended the league's longest postseason drought.

"For us, it's abou

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