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Contents

   



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1 Team News  




2 Matches  


2.1  Pre-season  


2.1.1  Saturn Cup  




2.1.2  New Mexico Cup  






2.2  Major League Soccer  


2.2.1  Notes  




2.2.2  Results summary  




2.2.3  Results  




2.2.4  Detailed Summary  






2.3  MLS Cup Playoffs  


2.3.1  Results  




2.3.2  Detailed Summary  






2.4  U.S. Open Cup  


2.4.1  Results  




2.4.2  Detailed Summary  








3 Squad statistics  




4 Squad  


4.1  First-team squad  




4.2  Transfers  


4.2.1  In





4.2.2  Out  








5 References  













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Kansas City Wizards
2008 season
Head coachCurt Onalfo
Major League SoccerEast: 4th
Overall: 6th
USOCQuarterfinals
PlayoffsConference semifinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Davy Arnaud (7)
All: Davy Arnaud (8)
Highest home attendance26,113
Average home league attendance10,686

Home colors

Away colors

← 2007
2009 →
Main article: List of Sporting Kansas City seasons

The 2008 Kansas City Wizards season was the 13th in Major League Soccer and the first season played at the temporary home CommunityAmerica BallparkinKansas City, Kansas. This marked the start of club's longstanding relationship with the city of Kansas City, Kansas, as the eventual new stadium the team sought out was constructed in this city.

Team News[edit]

The Wizards had been seeking sites for a soccer-specific stadium, initially targeting possible locations in Johnson County, Kansas. The Wizards' new ownership identified a site at 159th Street and U.S. Route 69 in south Overland Park, Kansas as its preferred location for a stadium, but this plan was met with numerous difficulties, namely the decision of the town's mayor to pull his support for the financing of the stadium after a vote had failed to secure money for the building of youth fields at the same site.[1]

Due to renovations of Arrowhead Stadium, the Wizards were expected to play at a temporary stadium beginning in 2007, while planning and awaiting the construction of a new facility. Yet on January 31, 2007, it was announced the Wizards would continue to play in Arrowhead in the 2007 season.[2]

The reasons given for the return to Arrowhead were the difficulties in expanding other facilities in the area (the KC Wizards played an exhibition in the beginning of the 2007 season at the District Activities Center owned and operated by the Blue Valley School District in Overland Park, Kansas) and the delay in the Arrowhead renovation plan.

On July 27, 2007, the Kansas City Star reported that Lane4 Property Group, a developer hired by the Wizards, was moving closer to making plans final for a massive redevelopment of now-vacant Bannister Mall that was intended to include a new 18,500-seat stadium for the Wizards and 12 to 18 tournament soccer fields. Under Lane4's plan, the Bannister Mall and Benjamin Plaza shopping centers and the adjoining Benjamin Ranch property would be demolished and replaced with a mixed-use project with retail, office and residential components in addition to a possible Wizards stadium. According to MLS.net on December 14, 2007, the Wizards plans for a new stadium were approved by the Kansas City council. The target date for completion of construction for a new facility had been stated as the beginning of the 2010 season. Team owners are currently collaborating with architecture firm 360 Architecture on the design of the new stadium.

Ultimately, due to the financial crisis among other issues, the Wizards plan failed in Missouri. The aforementioned stadium—now known as Children's Mercy Park—was built in Kansas City, Kansas, near Kansas Speedway and the ballpark.

Matches[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Saturn Cup[edit]

The senior team played its first competitive match of the 2008 campaign in Norman, Oklahoma at John Crain Field on the campus of the University of Oklahoma on March 22, 2008 as part of the Saturn Cup against Real Salt Lake. The Wizards took home the hardware with the only goal of the contest coming from the head of defender Jimmy Conrad off a Carlos Marinelli free kick. This marked the second time in club history that it won the Saturn Cup.

18:05 CST
Kansas City Wizards1–0Real Salt Lake
Conrad 64' (report)[permanent dead link]
Joe Crain Field
Norman, Oklahoma

New Mexico Cup[edit]

2008 Colombian newcomer Iván Trujillo scored twice against CSD Municipal the defending Liga Nacional de Guatemala champions in Albuquerque, New Mexico while the Wizards defense held the Reds scoreless, 2-0. The New Mexico Cup was played at the University of New Mexico.

20:00 CST
Guatemala CSD Municipal0–2United States Kansas City Wizards
(report)[permanent dead link] Trujillo 31' 37'
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Major League Soccer[edit]

Notes[edit]

• Kansas City has now qualified for the playoffs in nine of their 13 seasons, both seasons since OnGoal bought the team in 2006.
• Kansas City finished the season 5-1-1 in their final seven matches, including a 3-0-0 record in their last three.
• Claudio López finished his first MLS season tied for second on the team in league goals (6) and tied for the team lead in assists (7).
• Davy Arnaud clinched the team Golden Boot after scoring two goals in his final two games.
• Five times throughout the season Kansas City scored three or more goals.
• Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman and defender Jimmy Conrad are the only Wizards to play all 2,700 minutes this season.
• Hartman, Conrad and defender Michael Harrington are the only three players to start in all 30 MLS games.
• Hartman now has 138 career wins, an MLS all-time record.
• Kerry Zavagnin's final MLS appearance came away to the Revs in the season finale and was his 237th appearance for the Wizards, a club record. He finished with 20,516 minutes played in league play, also a club record.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
30 42 11 10 9 37 39  −2 9 2 4 22 15  +7 2 8 5 15 24  −9

Last updated: Oct 25, 2008
Source: Major League Soccer
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
March 29, 2008 D.C. United H 2–0 Trujillo
López 		10,385
April 5, 2008 Colorado Rapids H 3–2 Conrad2
Sealy 		8,731
April 9, 2008 New England Revolution H 1–3 Jewsbury 8,096
April 12, 2008 Houston Dynamo H 0–0 9,627
April 20, 2008 Chicago Fire S.C. A 1–0 Jewsbury 17,121
April 26, 2008 Toronto FC A 0–2 20,045
May 3, 2008 Columbus Crew A 1–2 López 10,447
May 17, 2008 New York Red Bulls A 1–1 Conrad 15,755
May 24, 2008 Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–3 López 24,176
June 7, 2008 Real Salt Lake A 0–0 11,327
June 14, 2008 Columbus Crew H 0–3 10,385
June 21, 2008 Toronto FC A 0–0 20,293
June 28, 2008 Real Salt Lake H 1–0 Own Goal 10,385
July 4, 2008 FC Dallas A 1–1 Sealy 16,765
July 10, 2008 New York Red Bulls H 2–1 Conrad
Arnaud 		8,773
July 17, 2008 Columbus Crew A 3–3 Own Goal
Espinoza
Wolff 		16,117
July 27, 2008 Chicago Fire S.C. H 0–0 10,385
August 2, 2008 D.C. United A 0–2 18,731
August 9, 2008 Chivas USA H 3–2 Victorine
López
Arnaud 		9,597
August 16, 2008 Colorado Rapids A 1–2 Harrington 10,609
August 23, 2008 FC Dallas H 1–1 Conrad 9,825
August 30, 2008 San Jose Earthquakes A 1–2 Arnaud 10,089
September 7, 2008 Houston Dynamo A 1–3 Arnaud 14,297
September 13, 2008 Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–0 Wolff
Arnaud 		26,113
September 20, 2008 Toronto FC H 2–0 Jewsbury
Souter 		8,270
September 27, 2008 Chivas USA A 1–2 Wolff 14,783
October 5, 2008 Chicago Fire S.C. H 1–1 Harrington 10,385
October 11, 2008 New England Revolution H 1–0 Conrad 9,488
October 18, 2008 San Jose Earthquakes H 3–2 López
Arnaud
Gomez 		9,841
October 25, 2008 New England Revolution A 3–1 López
Arnaud
Own Goal 		16,764

Detailed Summary[edit]

MLS Cup Playoffs[edit]

Results[edit]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
November 1, 2008 Conference Semi-finals Columbus Crew H 1–1 Arnaud 10,385
November 8, 2008 Conference Semi-finals Columbus Crew A 0–2 11,153

Detailed Summary[edit]

U.S. Open Cup[edit]

Results[edit]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
June 4, 2008 Qualification Final Colorado Rapids H 2–2
(AET/PSO) (5–3) 		Pore
Trujillo 		5,228
July 1, 2008 Third Round Carolina RailHawks A 4–2
(AET) 		Trujillo2
López
Pore 		3,116
July 8, 2008 Quarterfinals Seattle Sounders (USL) A 0–0
(AET/PSO) (5–6) 		4,674

Detailed Summary[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

No. Pos. Name MLS Playoffs USOC Total Minutes Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals League Total
2 DF United States Michael Harrington 30 2 2 0 3 0 35 2 2597 3029 4 0
12 DF United States Jimmy Conrad 30 6 2 0 2 0 34 6 2700 3075 4 0
1 GK United States Kevin Hartman 30 0 2 0 0 0 32 0 2700 2880 0 0
14 MF United States Jack Jewsbury 29 3 2 0 1 0 32 3 2548 2848 7 0
7 FW Argentina Claudio López 28 6 2 0 2 1 32 7 2265 2619 4 0
22 FW United States Davy Arnaud 24 7 2 1 1 0 27 8 2019 2289 8 1
17 MF Honduras Roger Espinoza 22 1 2 0 2 0 26 1 1169 1487 3 2
11 MF Costa Rica Kurt Morsink 21 0 0 0 2 0 23 0 1215 1313 6 0
20 DF United States Tyson Wahl 16 0 2 0 3 0 21 0 1327 1790 1 0
25 DF United States Jonathan Leathers 15 0 2 0 3 0 20 0 1093 1596 1 0
5 MF United States Kerry Zavagnin 17 0 0 0 3 0 20 0 1116 1378 4 0
23 FW Colombia Iván Trujillo 17 1 1 0 2 3 20 4 700 814 2 0
29 FW United States Ryan Pore 14 0 0 0 3 2 17 2 485 807 1 0
9 MF United States Sasha Victorine* 16 1 0 0 0 0 16 1 1126 1126 3 0
10 MF Argentina Carlos Marinelli 15 0 0 0 1 0 16 0 778 823 4 0
15 DF United States Aaron Hohlbein 14 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 1158 1278 1 0
16 FW United States Josh Wolff 12 3 2 0 0 0 14 3 949 992 1 0
19 FW Trinidad and Tobago Scott Sealy* 13 2 0 0 1 0 14 2 853 929 0 0
3 DF United States Chance Myers 10 0 0 0 3 0 13 0 681 890 0 0
4 FW United States Abe Thompson 8 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 545 673 1 0
21 MF United States Herculez Gomez 8 1 1 0 0 0 9 1 594 669 0 1
26 MF Scotland Kevin Souter 7 1 2 0 0 0 9 1 417 596 0 0
24 DF United States Matt Marquess 5 0 1 0 2 0 8 0 381 634 0 0
16 FW Argentina Eloy Colombano* 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 131 186 0 0
6 MF United States Lance Watson 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 59 122 2 0
33 FW United States Nelson Pizarro 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 40 103 0 0
18 GK United States Eric Kronberg 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 360 0 0
8 MF United States Ryan McMahen* 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 102 0 0
30 MF United States Michael Kraus 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 88 0 0
13 DF United States Rauwshan McKenzie 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 45 0 0

Final Statistics
*left club in season

Squad[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of OCT 25, 2008 [3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Kevin Hartman
2 DF United States USA Michael Harrington
3 DF United States USA Chance Myers
4 FW United States USA Abe Thompson
5 MF United States USA Kerry Zavagnin
6 MF United States USA Lance Watson
7 FW Argentina ARG Claudio López
10 MF Argentina ARG Carlos Marinelli
11 MF Costa Rica CRC Kurt Morsink
12 DF United States USA Jimmy Conrad (Captain)
13 DF United States USA Rauwshan McKenzie
14 DF United States USA Jack Jewsbury
15 DF United States USA Aaron Hohlbein
16 FW United States USA Josh Wolff
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Honduras HON Roger Espinoza
18 GK United States USA Eric Kronberg
20 DF United States USA Tyson Wahl
21 FW United States USA Herculez Gomez
22 MF United States USA Davy Arnaud
23 FW Colombia COL Iván Trujillo
24 DF United States USA Matt Marquess
25 DF United States USA Jonathan Leathers
26 MF Scotland SCO Kevin Souter
29 FW United States USA Ryan Pore
30 MF United States USA Michael Kraus
31 GK United States USA Boris Pardo
32 GK United States USA Andrew Kartunen
33 MF United States USA Nelson Pizarro

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF United States USA Chance Myers (2008 MLS SuperDraft, 1st Overall[4])
7 FW Argentina ARG Claudio López (from Racing Club de Avellaneda, Signed Designated Player[5])
13 DF United States USA Rauwshan McKenzie (from 2008 MLS SuperDraft, 53rd Overall[4])
17 MF Honduras HON Roger Espinoza (from 2008 MLS SuperDraft, 11th Overall[5])
23 FW Colombia COL Iván Trujillo (from La Equidad, Signed[6])
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF United States USA Matt Marquess (from 2008 MLS SuperDraft, 39th Overall[4])
25 DF United States USA Jonathan Leathers (from 2008 MLS SuperDraft, 25th Overall[4])
26 MF Scotland SCO Kevin Souter (from Free[7])
33 MF United States USA Nelson Pizarro (from Free[7])
16 FW United States USA Josh Wolff (from 1860 Munich, Signed[8])
4 FW United States USA Abe Thompson (from FC Dallas, Trade[9])
21 FW United States USA Herculez Gomez (from Colorado Rapids, Trade[10])

Out[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW United States USA Eddie Johnson (toFulham FC, Transfer[11])
3 DF United States USA Nick Garcia (toSan Jose Earthquakes, Trade for 1st Overall 2008 MLS SuperDraft[12])
6 DF United States USA Jose Burciaga Jr. (toColorado Rapids, Trade for 2nd Round 2008 MLS SuperDraft[13])
16 FW Argentina ARG Eloy Colombano (Released[14])
19 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Scott Sealy (toSan Jose Earthquakes, Allocation Money[15])
8 MF United States USA Ryan McMahen (Released)
9 MF United States USA Sasha Victorine (toChivas USA, Allocation Money)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bullers, Finn; Cooper, Brad. "OP mayor pulls his support of stadium", The Kansas City Star, November 12, 2006. Retrieved December 23, 2006.
  • ^ Wizards set to face Beckham Sept. 27 Kansas City Star, 6 February 2007.
  • ^ "Kansas City Wizards: Roster: Main". Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2009.
  • ^ a b c d "Kansas City Wizards News". MLSNET. January 18, 2008. Archived from the original on May 24, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2008.
  • ^ a b "Kansas City Wizards News". MLSNET. March 10, 2008. Archived from the original on May 24, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
  • ^ "Kansas City Wizards News". MLSNET. March 4, 2008. Retrieved March 4, 2008.
  • ^ a b "Transactions". Hillcrestroad. April 29, 2008. Archived from the original on May 25, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
  • ^ "Striker Josh Wolff rejoins Wizards". MLSNet. June 30, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  • ^ "Wizards Acquire Thompson". MLSNet. September 5, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2008.[dead link]
  • ^ "Wizards Acquire Gomez". MLSNet. September 3, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2008.[dead link]
  • ^ "Johnson transfers to Fulham of EPL". MLSNET. January 23, 2008. Retrieved January 23, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  • ^ "Decision to move Garcia difficult one". MLSNET. January 16, 2008. Archived from the original on July 2, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2008.
  • ^ "DBurciaga heads west for the Rockies". MLSNET. January 25, 2008. Archived from the original on March 16, 2008. Retrieved January 25, 2008.
  • ^ "Wizards release midfielder Colombano". MLSNET. June 20, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  • ^ "Wizards Swap Sealy for Allocation Money". MLSNET. July 14, 2008. Retrieved July 14, 2008.[permanent dead link]

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