"When I reflect on it myself, I think a lot about the last game we played in the postseason,"
"I was there. I was in the stands. We went as a team in the academy; I think I was 13 or 14. It is crazy to think that would have been the last time we would appear [in the postseason] until now."
"And that little bit of realisation has been crazy to me, that now I'm in this position to help the team and help this club do something incredible."
"The fact that we are here, I am very proud to be a part of it."
Chicago Fire will host Orlando City in the Eastern Conference Wild Card after finishing eighth following a Decision Day draw with New England. This marks Chicago's first postseason appearance since 2017, when the club were knocked out in the opening round. Twenty-one-year-old goalkeeper Chris Brady, a Chicago academy graduate, reflected on attending that 2017 game as a 13- or 14-year-old and said he is proud to represent the club and help it achieve something incredible. Orlando lost 4-2 to Toronto on Decision Day, have won once in their last six matches and finished the regular season with back-to-back defeats. Philip Zinckernagel recorded 15 goals and 15 assists for Chicago, totaling a club-record 30 goal contributions this season. Martín Ojeda set an Orlando club record with 30 goal contributions and registered 14 assists.
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