On an early morning in March, Matt Besler summoned his teammates to the Sporting Kansas City weight room. He carried two soccer balls, representing mementos for players who had scored their first goals with the club.
The first one he announced, center back Nuno Coelho, elicited applause from the room. The second one, Brad Davis, drew an entirely different reaction.
Boos.
“They thought that was funny,” Davis says. “I guess they won’t let me forget.”
Forgive, perhaps. But forget? Not yet.
Davis arrived in Kansas City via trade this offseason after spending the past 10 years with the club’s biggest playoff adversary, the Houston Dynamo.