While you're enjoying your crazy-mild November weekend in KC, take some time to sign the petition
to bring the FIFA World Cup to town, and invite all your friends. We're now past the 5400-signature
mark, in 9th place among the 27 cities bidding to host World Cup matches. Help us pass Dallas, then
move toward Tampa Bay and Cleveland.
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The highlight video shown at the final match of the regular season when Conrad was named Team
Humanitarian of the Year.
For the second time this season, Jimmy Conrad has received a Humanitarian of the Year honor. This
time, it's the League-wide U.S. Soccer Foundation/MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Year.
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The U-18 and U-16 KCW Juniors teams are about to begin their existence in the U.S. Soccer
Development Academy. To follow the Juniors this season, visit the official page at
www.kcwizards.com/kcwjuniors or the Juniors blog at www.kcwjuniors.blogspot.com. Both teams kick
off DA play Saturday, November 21 at Texas Rush AJ Auxerre.
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First of all, go vote for the AT&T Goal of the Year and Degree Men Save of the Year awards. Both
Arnaud and Lopez are up twice for the Goal of the Year honor and Hartman is up three times for the
Save of the Year award. You can find links to the highlights of these plays at previous posts
below.
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The U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team continued their quest for the FIFA U-17 World Cup this
morning with a Round of 16 match-up against Italy. Italy took a lead in the 29th minute through AC
Milan's Giacomo Beretta. Follow the match at U.S. soccer's Twitter, ESPN360.com or the U.S. Soccer
match tracker.
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Attackers Davy Arnaud and Claudio Lopez are both up twice for the AT&T Goal of the Year award. Davy
is nominated for his long-range, left-footed bomb in Week 1 and a give-and-go and give-and-go
effort in Week 13. Lopez is up for his free kick in Week 10 and his past-the-halfline bomb in Week
19.
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Conrad celebrating after the USA clinched qualification in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Photo courtesy
of Andy Mead/Yellow Card Journalism.
Tonight, the final Jimmy Conrad Show of the 2009 season takes place live from Fox and Hound in
Overland Park from 8-9 p.m. CT. As an added incentive for fans who come out to the show, Conrad
will be raffling off an autographed U.
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Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman has three nominees up for the Degree Men Save of the Year honor. His stops
from Week 8, Week 11 and Week 32 are among 40 nominees for the award. Go vote here to help narrow
the field to the top 10 saves of the year for another round of voting. The top 10 saves will be
announced November 11.
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The good ol' Wiz jerseys on Carlos Valderrama day.
This one is worth a chuckle. The folks over at UniWatch have put us up against the Colorado
Caribous and the USMNT from 1994 for the worst-ever soccer jerseys. What do you think? Were they
right? Which of our former jerseys is your favorite awesomely bad uniform?
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Join us next Tuesday, November 3 at The Sports Radio 810 Zone in Leawood for a UEFA Champions
League watch party. Watch Atlético Madrid take on Chelsea starting at 1 p.m. CT on Fox Soccer
Channel. There will be prize give-aways, and fans will be able to get all the insight on the game
from Nate Bukaty from Sports Radio 810 WHB as well as midfielders Davy Arnaud and Jack Jewsbury.
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You might notice a new counter on the right-hand side of the page (and just above in this post). We
have now embedded the counter for folks who have signed up specifically to support Kansas City's
bid to host World Cup matches in 2018 or 2022. As of this posting, 3239 folks support the effort
here in KC.
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Let's just post the press release:
Kansas City Wizards goalkeeper Kevin Hartman received MLS Save of the Week honors for the final
week of the 2009 MLS regular season for an outstanding save to deny D.C. United's Ben Olsen.
Hartman won two MLS Save of the Week awards on the season, taking home the honor in Week 11 and
Week 32.
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Right now, the USMNT U-17s are taking on Malawi in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. The game is
being telecast live on ESPNU, ESPN360.com and Galavision. You can also follow along via the match
tracker at ussoccer.com, the U.S. Soccer Twitter feed or at Ives Galarcep's running commentary.
Let's see if the young USA team can bounce back from a 2-1 loss to Spain Monday.
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