The are a professional
Soccer club based in
Kansas City, Missouri that participates in
Major League Soccer . The Wizards won the
MLS Cup in 2000 and the
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2004. They are owned by
Lamar Hunt , who also owns the
Kansas City Chiefs ,
F.C. Dallas and the
Columbus Crew . The Wizards were known as the ''Kansas City Wiz'' during the
1996 season but changed names due to a copyright dispute. The club's home field is
Arrowhead Stadium , which they share with the Chiefs. The team colors are blue and white.
On
December 9 ,
2004 Hunt announced plans to sell the team following the 2005 season. However, in December 2005, the club is still not sold with Hunt announcing at least another year in Kansas City, in order to help close a deal with a local ownership group.
The team's official supporters' group is called the Mystics.
''As of April 13, 2006''
Source: http://kc.wizards.mlsnet.com/MLS/players/roster.jsp?club=kcw
The Wizards were invited to participate in the 2001
Copa Merconorte , where they competed in Group C against
Sporting Cristal of
Peru ,
Santos Laguna of
Mexico , and
Barcelona of
Ecuador .
The
August 8 road match against Mexican Champions Santos Laguna resulted in controversy when the officiating crew from
Trinidad And Tobago failed to arrive. A team of Mexican referees was brought to the stadium. The Wizards filed a formal protest, despite which play commenced, resulting in two questionable penalty kicks awarded for fouls outside the box, and the questionable ejection of
Nick Garcia in the 35th minute.
- Sporting Cristal 2-1 Kansas City Wizards ( 1 August , Arrowhead Stadium ); ''Goals'': Onandi Lowe 7' (KC), Erick Torres 31' (SC), Gastón Córdoba 79' (SC)
- Santos Laguna 4-2 Kansas City Wizards ( Torreón , Mexico ) ( 8 August ); ''Goals'': Héctor Altamirano 28' PK (SL), Robson Luiz 36' (SL), Matt McKeon 53' (KC), Eduardo Lillingston 83' PK (SL), Carlos Augusto Gomes 84' (SL), Roy Lassiter 88' (KC)
- Barcelona 2-3 Kansas City Wizards; ''Goals'': Carlos Alfaro Moreno 13' (BAR), (31') Roy Lassiter 31' (KC), (46') Chris Brown 46' (KC), Chris Brown 50' (KC), Fricson George 76' (BAR)
- Sporting Cristal 2-1 Kansas City Wizards ( 12 September ); ''Goals'': Luis Bonnet (SC) 23', 2-0 (25') Luis Bonnet (SC) 25', Onandi Lowe (KC) 40'
- Kansas City Wizards 1-1 Barcelona ( 17 October ); ''Goals'': Roy Lassiter 32' (KC), Clovis Bento 41' (BAR)
- Kansas City Wizards 0-1 Santos Laguna ( 21 November ): ''Goals'': Eduardo Lillingston 12' (SL)
Having won the 2000 MLS Championship, Kansas City qualified for one of four spots allocated to US teams in the 2002
CONCACAF Champions Cup . (note: the US is now allocated two spots in the Champions Cup).
Kansas City defeated
W Connection of
Trinidad And Tobago and
Santos Laguna before being knocked out by
Monarcas Morelia of Mexico.
- First Round First Leg: ( 3 March ) W Connection 0-1 Kansas City Wizards: ''Goals'': Francisco Gomez 85' (KC)
- First Round Second Leg: ( 16 March ) Kansas City Wizards 2-0 W Connection; ''Goals'': Mike Burns 52' (KC), Preki 53' (KC)
- Quarterfinals First Leg: ( 14 April ) Santos Laguna 2-1 Kansas City Wizards: ''Goals'': Eduardo Lillingston 2', 35' (SL), Gary Glasgow 81' (KC)
- Quarterfinals Second Leg: ( 24 April ) Kansas City 2-0 Santos Laguna; ''Goals'': Carey Talley 33' (KC), Chris Brown 71' (KC)
- Semifinals First Leg: ( 7 August ) Morelia 6-1 Kansas City Wizards; ''Goals'': Alex Fernandes 50', 75', 83' PK (MOR), Hernán Buján 57' (MOR), Adolfo Bautista 62' (MOR), Javier Saavedra 73' (MOR), Dario Fabbro 85' (KC)
- Semifinals Second Leg: ( 28 August ) Kansas City Wizards 1-1 Morelia; ''Goals'': Chris Brown 68' (KC), José Noriega 36' PK (MOR)
After making the 2004 MLS Cup, the Wizards qualified for the 2005
CONCACAF Champions Cup ; they were eliminated by
Deportivo Saprissa of
Costa Rica in the first round.
- First Round First Leg: ( 9 March ) Kansas City Wizards 0-0 Deportivo Saprissa
- First Round Second Leg: ( 18 March ) Deportivo Saprissa 2-1 (OT) Kansas City Wizards
''regular season/playoffs''
- 1996: 12,878
- 1997: 9,058
- 1998: 8,073
- 1999: 8,183
- 2000: 9,112
- 2001: 10,954
- 2002: 12,255
- 2003: 15,573/10,712
- 2004: 14,819/10,977
- 2005: 9,691/missed playoffs
- All-Time: 11,211
