Wayne Rooney's start to life as manager of DC United has hardly gone to plan, but one positive has emerged in the form of exciting 15-year-old debutant Matai Akinmboni.
The teenager wrote his name into the Major League Soccer history books when he was named in the starting XI for the 0-0 draw against Real Salt Lake. In turn, Akinmboni became the third youngest-player to ever to feature in an MLS game at 15 years and 328 days, behind Freddy Adu and current Bayern Munich sensation Alphonso Davies.
While it could be some time before Adu's record is broken, given the former DC United star got his first minutes under his belt at 14 years, 334 days, Akinmboni was just one day out from levelling Davies' record of 15 years and 328 days when he first donned the Vancouver Whitecaps shirt.
