Fire midfielder's competitive drive started on Chicago's Southwest Side
CHICAGO â The Chicago Fire have more than a handful of homegrown players on the roster.Altogether, nine are from the Chicago area, including Brian Gutierrez. The midfielder already has three goals in his fifth season with the club, and has become one of the faces of the team.Gutierrez credited his MLS success to growing up in a home that was filled with soccer players.'It gives me goosebumps everytime I hear that roar from the crowd,' Gutierrez said. 'Them cheering me on.
'I would always play with my brother and sister, mainly my brother downstairs in the basement and it would get crazy,' he said. 'Always trying to beat my brother in those little games that we would always play. That competitive drive that we always had growing up, I think that's what helped me reach my goals.'Gutierrez said his parents helped shape that competitive drive as well as they both played the game.
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