Fansided · Apr 13, 2016
Key Matchups: Colorado Rapids versus Sporting Kansas City
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of first kick in 1996—Major League Soccer’s inaugural season—Sporting Kansas City and the Colorado Rapids are re-creating the matchup of that 1996 season opener.
The then-Kansas City Wiz (seriously, even back in the kitschy mid-90s, who thought a name like the Wiz was a good idea?) emerged victorious, with Vitalis “Digital” Takawira, who along with Preki was my favorite Wizard of the early 1996-1998 teams, scoring the historic first goal in franchise history.