Reliability.
That enviable knack for remaining steadfast, dependable and high-performing, regardless of the circumstances, time and time again.
In many ways, it’s a word that has come to define the decade-long careers of Graham Zusi and Matt Besler, two players who will forever be attached to an era of trophy-laden success at Sporting Kansas City.
A twist of fate would see Zusi and Besler join the club on the exact same day, taken 15 picks apart in the MLS SuperDraft on Jan. 15, 2009, in St. Louis. Since then, their meteoric rises as professionals have mirrored one another uncannily.