He was just getting started.
It’s the 88th minute and the 18-year-old in the baggy red long-sleeved jersey surges down the left wing and sends over a hopeful low cross that hapless Miami Fusion defender Tyrone Marshall turns into his own net.
Arms aloft in triumph, the kid sprints to the stands to celebrate with the delirious Chicago Fire fans who know in that moment that the 2000 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is theirs.
DaMarcus Beasley, then a swift and lithe attacker three months away from winning his first U.S. cap, played the full 90 minutes in that 2-1 victory in the final at Soldier Field.