Chicago Fire FC midfielder Brian Gutiérrez used to be one of the kids in the stands at SeatGeek Stadium, admiring the 2017 team — the last Fire team to reach the postseason .

Fast forward to 2020 and Gutiérrez graduated from the Chicago Fire Academy to the first team as a 16-year-old. He’s been on the Fire ever since.

Playoff success eluded both him and the team until Wednesday. It was Gutiérrez, a Berwyn native, who got things started with his 10th goal of the season, setting the tone for a 3-1 win over Orlando City in the Eastern Conference wild-card game.

“It was a good emotion, an emotion that I’ve been waiting for,” Gutiérrez said. “It was an incredible feeling because I was once in those stands. I always wanted to do that.

“Doing it in person and living it was honestly incredib

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