The 18 year old following a quartet of years in their highly successsful academy is now with the first team who hold a 3 year option on him, he had ben in the U-14, 16, 17 & 19 age groups. Over his time with the academy, he had 61 games starting 58 USSDA games, from fall of 2016-Spring of '17, he was also in the residnecy program for the U-17 NT. His brother Gabriel signed in Mar., as the youngest Homegrown signee in MLS history at 14. Cedric Cattenoy stated, "Nicholas is a solid central defender who is able to play under pressure with both feet. Nick has been a leader for our Academy teams and we're pleased to see him take this next step in his career." Chicago now has 5 Homegrowns on their first team roster, these brothers, Jeremiah Gutjahr, Andre Reynolds II and USMNT regualr Djordje Mihallovic, in total then now have 17 players on their coming roster.