In the 82nd minute of Thursday night’s match against Columbus Crew SC, Chicago Fire Homegrown product Brian Gutiérrez got his first taste of MLS.
Subbing in for fellow 2020 Homegrown signee Mauricio Pineda, the 17-year-old became the 13th Fire Homegrown player to earn his professional debut with the Club and the second of the season, following Pineda’s debut back on March 1 against Seattle.
Fire play-by-play man Tyler Terens was on the call:
The Bridgeview, Ill. native spoke earlier this week about how earning his first professional minutes had been driving him throughout what has been a unique and unusual rookie season in MLS
“That’s my goal right now -- my pro debut,” Gutiérrez told ChicagoFireFC.