He didn't know it at the time, but Sporting Kansas City defender Matt Besler was gazing upon his future at Arrowhead Stadium on April 13, 1996. Then nine-years-old, the future captain of the club was in attendance for the Kansas City Wizards' inaugural MLS match.
The Wiz won 3-0 over the Colorado Rapids, Digital Takawira scored the club's first-ever goal. It remains as Besler's lasting memory from that day.
"I don't remember too much from the game," Besler said on a conference call with reporters Thursday. "But I remember Digital Takawira scoring the very first goal and doing the Digital crawl.