KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent -- Matt Besler emerged from the U.S. locker room with a smile brighter than the pink, yellow and white match ball that he cradled in his arm. That's what happens on a day of firsts.
Besler celebrated the birth of his first child, daughter Parker Rhea, by scoring his first international goal in the Americans' 6-0 win over St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
"It's a day that I'm always going to remember, and there's a couple different things that made it special," said Besler. "I'm glad I get to take this [ball] home, because this doesn't happen very often for me, and I'm going to make sure Parker's name goes on this ball, and we put in the nursery.