Clarence Goodson and Chris Wondolowski may have grown up on opposite ends of the country, but on April 6th, 1996, they were connected with one game.
Goodson is an Alexandria, VA native. The historic waterfront town is just a 22-minute drive across the Potomac River to RFK Stadium, home of D.C. United. Wondolowski is from Danville, a short drive from Spartan Stadium & the San Jose Clash.
Coincidentally, those two teams played each other in the first MLS game ever on that day, and though only Wondolowski was present at the game in San Jose, Goodson wouldn’t miss a second of the action either; he just had to watch on television.