We're down to only 2 former Wizards still playing in MLS, as Chris Klein and LA will meet Yura
Movsisyan and Real Salt Lake Sunday in MLS Cup. Still there was more action around the world this
week with FIFA international games being played. Two former Wizards competed with their respective
national teams as both Shavar Thomas and Eddie Johnson played for Jamaica and the US respectively.
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WVHooligan 17 November @ 09:03 AM EST
Houston has plenty of guys worth protecting here. (Getty Images)
Today we move another day closer to the 2009 expansion draft. Now we turn our focus to the
Houston Dynamo.
The Dynamo are a tough team to figure out due to the number of quality players that are both
young and old.
Protected Available Exempt Corey Ashe Wade Barrett Danny Cruz Bobby Boswell Mike Chabala Geoff
Cameron Ryan Cochrane Brian Ching Tyler Deric Ricardo Clark Tally Hall Brad Davis John Michael
Hayden Andrew Hainault Richard Mulrooney Stuart Holden Dominic Oduro Luis Angel Landin Pat Onstad
Brian Mullan Abe Thompson Eddie Robinson Erik Ustruck Craig Waibel Cam Weaver
Either way they stand to lose a good player this year.
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The former Wizards season in MLS continues to wind down and while there weren't a lot of goals this
week by players, there was some news involving former Wizards. First I've added two new players to
the list, as the Jermaine Hue and the Jamaican league started up a little bit ago. And the Wizards
4th round draft pick this past year, Akeem Priestly is now playing in the top division in
Azerbaijan.
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The list of former Wizards currently playing is getting smaller and smaller as more of the American
team's seasons come to an end. The first round of the MLS playoffs are half over, so next week will
be the end for even more former Wizards.
MLS
Taylor Graham - Seattle Sounders FC - Did not dress in Seattle's 0-0 draw with Houston.
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Here's your end of the MLS regular season former Wizards, more and more former Wizards seasons are
ending as the majority of those players play in spring-fall leagues.
MLS
Nick Garcia - Toronto FC - Dressed but did not play in Toronto's 5-0 loss to New York to end their
season.
Taylor Graham - Seattle Sounders FC - Did not dress in Seattle's 2-1 win over Dallas.
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The Houston Dynamo's 2009 regular season came to an end on Sunday as they beat Chivas USA 3-2 at
the Home Depot Center. Coming into Sunday's match, both teams had secured playoff berths, but the
outcome would decide the seeding of the teams. By beating the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday, the
L.
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Du Nord 26 October @ 04:25 PM EST
STARTERSDon Garber will take calls on Fox Football Fone-In show on Mon Oct 26 from 6-8pm Central. Jesse
Marsch of Chivas USA is also scheduled to appear.
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Minnesota Thunder GM Djorn Buchholz has left the team to become CEO of the Austin Aztex. On a
personal note Buchholz has been a fantastic person to deal with at the team and will be greatly
missed by me as a fan of the team.
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Chivas USA 0 Houston Dynamo 3
This one really is over now. Paulo Nagamura uncharacteristically lost the ball in the box,
Dynamo midfielder Geoff Cameron took advantage and fed Abe Thompson who put the ball in the net at
the far post for the third Dynamo goal.
This will be Chivas USA's worst home loss of the year if the result stands.
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Most former Wizards were back in action this weekend. We're almost done with the regular season for
MLS, meaning some players will be dropping off soon. The USL season is now completely done as
Montreal are the Champions. I've also found two more former Wizards plying their trade in Trinidad.
Both Gary Glasgow and Anthony Noriega are playing for United Petrotrin of the Trinidad Pro League.
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A week with not many former Wizards having games, as once again we have World Cup qualifiers going
on around the world. With that, not many former Wizards got games this past week. Here's your
former Wizards update.
MLS
Nick Garcia - Toronto FC - Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 1-1 draw with San Jose.
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Another week with your former Wizards update. The USL season is almost over with the finals coming
up this next week. The MLS season as well is starting to get close to the end of the season. We do
have a first time appearance for Chris Konopka as he made his debut for Sporting Fingal.
MLS
Nick Garcia - Toronto FC - Toronto did not play this week.
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MLS Debris 01 October @ 09:25 PM EST
When I saw that Kei Kamara had been traded for Abe Thompson, I was a bit surprised. If you take a
closer look at the numbers, it makes a little more sense. Here's the stat lines involved:
77 gm 14 g 12 a .18 gpg (3547 min)
58 gm 9 g 2 a .15 gpg (2957 min)
There's not too much to distinguish these players, other than the fact that one of them seems to be
a much better passer than the other.
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Another week of former Wizards updates. The USL playoffs are inn full swing right now. Still
looking for a few former Wizards still, and since Carlos Marinelli hasn't even appeared for
Argentinos Juniors at all, I'm doubting he actually signed for them, so he joins the list of former
Wizards I'm searching for, along with Alex Zotinca, Doug DeMartin, Jose Burciaga, Neal Kitson,
Scott Sealy, and Will John.
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Here's another one of your weekly update on former Wizards. The USL regular season is now over,
meaning all the former Wizards with Miami, Austin, and Minnesota are done for the season. I've also
found out where Eloy Colombano is playing now. He's playing in the Argentine 4th division with
Ferro Carril Sud.
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Today, the Carling Cup was in play for members of the Football League in England. Former Wizards
striker Eddie Johnson got the start for Fulham, playing 90 minutes** so far in a contest against
Manchester City that is in extra time. For the full round of results that included a big Everton
win over Hull City (without Altidore in the 18), click here.
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After what appeared to be a whole mess of home cookin' the last time these two teams faced
eachother, the weather seems to favor the road team this time around. Here's a brief lesson in
climatology... Arabe Unido hails from Colon, a city in Panama that averages 129 inches of rain each
year. Houston averages 54 inches per year.
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MLS Debris 19 September @ 11:08 PM EST
There seems to be something about Houston that awakens the scoring touch of forwards. Here are
three recent examples of players who reaped the rewards of joining one of Major League Soccer's
best teams.
Kei Kamara
Houston 19 gm 5 g 3 a .26 gpg
SJ/Clb 48 gm 7 g 0 a .15 gpg
Nate Jaqua
Seattle 12 gm 3 g 4 a .
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Abe Thompson was with the Wizards for a little less than a year before he was traded this past week
for Kei Kamara. Thompson was brought in last year by the Wizards to help with their scoring issues
down the stretch. He didn't find net, but his bigger presence in the forward position did allow the
Wizards to show something different on the field than they had been previously.
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It's a day late due to the Chivas-Club America game I went to yesterday.. There's a new former
Wizard after Abe Thompson was traded to Houston. I'm still looking for Alex Zotinca, Doug DeMartin,
Eloy Colombano, Jose Burciaga, Neal Kitson, Scott Sealy, and Will John. Here's this week's
update.
MLS
Nick Garcia - Toronto FC - Started and played 90 minues in Toronto's 3-2 win over Colorado.
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WVHooligan 17 September @ 06:57 PM EST
Luis Angel Landin is one of the new faces in MLS. (Getty Images)
I guess you could really say its just been a rather slow week in terms of news. Sure rosters
were finalized on Tuesday night for the rest of the year and the league announced their big break
next summer but other than that it's been rather calm in Major League Soccer this week.
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The Netminder 15 September @ 09:14 PM EST
MLS Daily 15 September @ 06:49 PM EST
On the final day before MLS teams' rosters are frozen for the remainder of the season, the Houston
Dynamo have traded forward Kei Kamara to the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for forward Abe
Thompson and allocation money.
"We would like to thank Kei for his contributions to the Dynamo, both in 2008 and this year," said
Dynamo Chief Operating Officer Chris Canetti.
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With a full stable of forwards, and a player in the final year of his contract, the Houston
Dynamo did what it always seems to do: finds a way to make a deal that helps the club.
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July 4, Kamara scored for Houston at CAB and pulled out a white glove as a tribute to the late
Michael Jackson.
Today, we acquired striker Kei Kamara from the Houston Dynamo for striker Abe Thompson and
allocation money. Kamara comes to the Wizards with 14 career goals and three career assists in 80
MLS games (50 starts) over four seasons.
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I complain about lack of movement and the next day, what happens? The Wizards make a move. Today
(as I tried to post on Twitter, but apparently it didn't go through) the Wizards acquired Houston
Dynamo forward, Kei Kamara for Abe Thompson and some allocation money. Kamara is joins the Wizards
having scored 5 goals in 20 starts this year for the Dynamo.
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In a battle of teams sitting at the bottom of the Eastern Conference the Wizards made the most
of a huge Jorge Rojas mistake to score the only goal in a game where the winning team just made one
less mistake than the loser.
A Josh Wolff goal that came off a Claudio Lopez breakaway rebound allowed the Wizards to come
home with 6 points out of a possible 9 in this 3 game East coast swing.
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The Houston Dynamo traded forward Kei Kamara to Kansas City today for forward Abe Thompson and
allocation money. "We would like to thank Kei for his contributions to the Dynamo, both in 2008 and
this year. We feel this is a good move that will help our team remain competitive for the remainder
of this season and beyond," Dynamo COO Chris Canetti said.
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The Back Post 15 September @ 03:26 PM EST
The Kansas City Wizards acquired Kei Kamara from the Houston Dynamo for Abe Thompson and allocation
money.Abe hanging out in the Cauldron at a recent game...I was talking to Technical Director and
acting Head Coach Peter Vermes and he revealed the trade. He mentions the trade at the end of this
short interview.
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WVHooligan 15 September @ 12:12 PM EST
A late season trade is underway. The Houston Chronicle is reporting that the Houston Dynamo are
set to trade forward Kei Kamara to Kansas City in exchange for Abe Thompson and possible allocation
money.
The deal isn't totally finished but boy it is an interesting one to see. Thompson hasn't really
done a thing in KC since being traded last season from Dallas.
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During the Chicago game, Abe Thompson stopped by the Cauldron in the second half. So I had to ask
about his experiences with the Wizards most rabid fans. I also talked with Morsink and I got a
little help from a guest interviewer...
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MIKE JACOBS 14 August @ 07:55 AM EST
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America previews the MLS matchup between the Kansas City Wizards and the
Chicago Fire, which will be the debut of technical director Peter Vermes as the interm head
coach.
KANSAS CITY (5-7-6) vs. CHICAGO (8-4-8), 3 p.m., TeleFuturaInterim head coach Peter Vermes takes charge of a game for the first time since the sacking of
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The Wizards once again defeated Kansas City's PDL team, the Brass today at the Swope Park training
complex 7-1. KC started their first game under Peter Vermes with what could potentially be a
starting lineup against Chicago a week from Sunday.
Hartman
Watson - Conrad - Hohlbein - Besler
Hirsig
Harrington - Jewsbury - Gomez
Zoltan - Wolff
Adam Cristman apparently missed the game due to being sick, while Davy Arnaud, Claudio Lopez, and
Roger Espinoza are recovering from minor injuries.
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That one sure stings. Not the way we wanted post #999 at Hillcrest Road to go. Hopefully post #1000
will be a little more cheery. Well, you guys saw the result. It was 6-0 to FC Dallas. Take a look
at the notables below, and feel free to use the comment section. That's what it's there for.
Highlight of the night is that Kevin Hartman made his 100th consecutive MLS start.
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We're a whole lot of stats at the midweek game against Seattle, but plenty of stats from last
night's game against New England.
In the 54th minute, Josh Wolff went over the 10,000 minute mark in all competitions for the
Wizards. He's the 14th Wizards player to hit that mark. He finished the game with 10,031 minutes
played.
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