Justin Reynolds and Brian Gutierrez scored late to lift the visiting Chicago Fire to a playoff-clinching 5-3 victory over Lionel Messi and Inter Miami, bringing a wild end to the league's longest active postseason drought.
Brian Gutierrez scored the tiebreaking goal in the 87th minute, and the Chicago Fire rallied for a 3-2 home victory over St. Louis City on Saturday night in Bridgeview, Ill.
The Chicago Fire struck for three goals in the first half, then held off a frantic comeback attempt by visiting Charlotte FC before holding on for a 3-2 win on Saturday evening.
Brian Gutierrez broke a scoreless deadlock in the 69th minute and the visiting Chicago Fire picked up just their second road win of the year, beating FC Cincinnati 1-0 on Wednesday.
Homegrown midfielder Brian Gutierrez scored the tiebreaking goal just past the hour mark, and the Chicago Fire rallied to snap a nine-match winless rut with Saturday night's 2-1 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy.
Brian Gutierrez scored his third goal of the season in the 78th minute on a finish of Xherdan Shaqiri's service to lift the Chicago Fire to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Houston Dynamo on Saturday night.