The Wizards 2009 season on the field wasn't that great, but off the field, the team has had a good offseason. Jimmy Conrad brought home the Humanitarian of the Year, Chet North brought home Head Athletic Trainer of the Year, and now the Wizards grounds crew has been awarded the Field of the Year for the Wizards home field, Community America Ballpark. Click to continue reading...

Tomorrow night the Wizards will end what's been a lackluster 2009 season when they take on DC United at Community America Ballpark. While this game means nothing for KC, it means everything for DC. DC needs a win and some help to get themselves one of the two remaining playoff spots. They're competing with 5 other teams for those 2 remaining spots. Click to continue reading...

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Columbus has won the Supporters Shield for the 2nd year in a row!
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Chicago got the win they needed last night to secure their spot in the playoffs.
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This leaves 6 MLS teams battling it out this weekend for just 2 playoff spots. Click to continue reading...

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ADVANCE NOTICE: Don Garber will take calls on Fox Football Fone-In show on Mon Oct 26 from 6-8pm Central.
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
This is ti! The last round of the group stage.
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Official Web Site, and video highlights from all the games. Click to continue reading...

Guest post time! In keeping with AMSL's series on MLS, Elliot Tucker, author of the fantastic futfanatico.com, tells the story of how the fan culture irrevocably changed after the Wizards moved from MO to KS. Enjoy!
When you hear the word cauldron, a host of cool words come to mind. Click to continue reading...

Random notes from the Colorado Rapids' third draw in nine days, a 0-0 tie with the Kansas City Wizards on Saturday night at Community America Ballpark:

SIZE MATTERS: The official dimensions of the pitch at Dick's Sporting Goods Park are 120 yards long by 80 yards wide. In contrast, the fields surrounding Dick's are 110 by 70.

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The Colorado Rapids travel to Kansas City to face the Wizards at 6:30 p.m. (MT) on Saturday night at Community/America Ballpark. Following their second consecutive 1-1 tie with the San Jose Earthquakes, the Rapids are looking to hold on to a shot at the playoffs. With a potential 12 points to gain in the final four games, Colorado head coach Gary Smith feels his team needs a minimum of four. Click to continue reading...

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The Derby du Nord between Lens & Lille this past weekend ended in a 1-1 draw.
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Portsmouth became the first team in Premiership history to open the season with 6 straight defeats. Oof.
USL FIRST DIVISION PLAYOFFS
The regular season ended on Sunday, with Portland claiming the Commissioner's Cup. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards still are very unlikely to qualify for the playoffs this year, but they're not going down this year without a fight. KC came back from being a goal down to take all 3 points last night out at Community America Ballpark against Dallas, winning 3-2. Jimmy Conrad picked up the winner after having a howler of a night in the defensive third of the field giving the ball away for both of Dallas' goals last night. Click to continue reading...

Well it seems the Three Trail Project is either dead or very close. Kansas City Kansas is quickly moving to make the Wizards Stadium a reality out at the Legends at Village West. An open space in between Nebraska Furniture Mart and the Kansas Speedway is being targeted to build the Wizards new home. It is very close to Community America Ballpark where the Wizards have been playing since last Click to continue reading...

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Soccer By Ives Twitters: "Michael Bradley is suspended for today's Moenchengladbach's match after his reaction to being pulled at halftime last week."
-Is Michael Bradley a total psycho just waiting to explode or what? He seems to be getting worse.
USL SECOND DIVISION
FINAL
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 29
Richmond Kickers v Charlotte Eagles - 10pm Central on FSC
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
-Sat Aug 29
Manchester United v Arsenal - 11:15am Central on FSC
Milan v Inter - 1:30pm Central on FSC
-Sun Aug 30
Roma v Juventus - 11am Central on FSC
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Official Web Site, and video highlights from all the games. Click to continue reading...

This idea has been making the rounds on Bigsoccer the past few days and it's something that I think is a fantastic idea. I am personally getting behind it and would love to see this made into a big event, not just for this year, but potentially for years in the future. Here is the gist of the idea. Click to continue reading...

Peter Vermes made his first appearance on the sidelines as the Wizards interim coach today as the Wizards took on the Fire at Community America Ballpark. Unfortunately for Vermes and the Wizards, the team continued their losing trend, falling 2-0 to the Fire. KC is now winless in 5 in the league and winless in 10 in all competitions (the PK win over Minnesota is officially a draw). Click to continue reading...

After a very slow week off (as the lack of posts show) the Wizards are back in action tomorrow against the Chicago Fire at Community America Ballpark. The Wizards stole a 2-2 draw in Chicago earlier this season, and can win the season series against the Fire with a win or a lower scoring draw tomorrow. Click to continue reading...

The Galaxy flew into Kansas City Friday afternoon. They stopped by Community America Ballpark for a quick practice so they could take a look at the most interesting soccer venue in MLS.Beckham bravely faces The Cauldron where Wizards supporters groups stand. Think he is contemplating another handshake fine? Click to continue reading...

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Well, that's not the way it was supposed to go: Oguchi Onyewu made his AC Milan debut last night coming on as a second half sub, then promptly slipped on a banana peel and got badly burned for a goal. Oof. It's all good from here on out though.
TEAM USA GOLD CUP
Tonight - Semifinal Match:
-Thu Jul 23
USA v Honduras
Venue: Soldier Field - Chicago IL
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Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America previews. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards return to MLS play for the first time in about 3 weeks when they take on the Houston Dynamo Saturday night at Community America Ballpark. For those attending, remember tomorrow's game starts a half an hour later, at 8pm. Houston has their defensive midfielder, Ricardo Clark returning for this game most likely (although there is a chance he could be called up for the Gold Cup game, as he was named as one of 7 alternates for the US), but will be without Stuart Holden and Brian Ching, which will certainly have an effect on the Dynamo offense. Click to continue reading...

The performance the entire tournament was lacking, there was little dangerous attack, and poor play overall doomed the Wizards over the course of the SuperLiga tournament. That came to an end 3-1 on Sunday at Community America Ballpark to Santos Laguna. The crowd was overwhelmingly in support of the Mexican side. Click to continue reading...

KC takes on Santos this Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at Community America Ballpark. By the time the game takes place KC will know what result it needs to qualify to the next round. A win and KC is in regardless; a tie will have the Wizards hoping for a New England win or at least a tie (goal differential will come into play at that time).

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MLS has responded to the latest pontificating by the FIFA boss. In case you missed it, here it is:

PRETORIA, South Africa - (AP) FIFA president Sepp Blatter renewed his call for Major League Soccer to adopt an August-May schedule, saying it will struggle to persuade more star players to follow David Beckham to the United States unless it matches its season to those in Europe.

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The 2010 World Cup starts one year from today!
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Give a listen to myself and Beau Dure of USA Today talk turkey with Kartik Krishnaiyer at Major League Soccer Talk. We spend the entire hour talking Team USA as the Confederations Cup arrives. Those two guys are smart, I babble. Click to continue reading...

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Larry King lays his infinite wisdom on us via Twitter: "Just saw Woody Allen's new movie "Whatever Works", It's his greatest movie, even better than "Annie Hall" I can't say good enough about it!" Yes, he has been smoking crack! Catch me on Twitter at: dunord
US OPEN CUP
The tournament proper kicks off tonight all over the country. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards welcome the defending MLS Cup Champion, Columbus Crew to town tomorrow at Community America Ballpark. Like the Galaxy last week, the Crew come into the game tomorrow on an extended unbeaten run. The Crew is unbeaten in 7 games, but like the Galaxy that is not as good as it actually sounds, as they've only won 2 games out of those 7, the other 5 have been draws. Click to continue reading...

Columbus and KC battle it out this weekend at the CAB. KC is coming from giving up a tie vs. a 10 man Galaxy team while the Crew tied its away game vs. a 10 man Seattle team.

The big story this weekend, as the Crew try to sweep the season series, is if the Crew will be able to overcome the international absences of Alejandro Moreno (Venezuela), Duncan Oughton (New Zealand) and Frankie Hejduk (USNT) for this game at Community America Ballpark.

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Another full week of games in Major League Soccer and Chivas USA and the Chicago Fire remain the top 2 teams. Both lead their respective conferences and continue to get results. Here's the results from this past weekend along with the latest MLS Rankings through May 25, 2009.�

Saturday, May 23, 2009 Status Home Score Away
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Another full week of games in Major League Soccer and Chivas USA and the Chicago Fire remain the top 2 teams. Both lead their respective conferences and continue to get results. Houston has continued their good form and climbed up the rankings and the Western Conference standings. KC was able to hold onto a draw after two red cards against Chivas and Toronto got another home victory.

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The Wizards took the lead, gave it up, then held on after going down 2 men to earn a 1-1 draw with league leading Chivas last night at Community America Ballpark. Both Kansas City and Chivas got up and down the field fairly quickly early on in the game, but neither team was able to get many good chances early on. Click to continue reading...

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USA June 3 & 6 World Cup qualifying matches roster to be announced on ESPN on Sun May 24 at 9am, along with a feature story on Tim Howard! Right on. Set your DVR, cuz you'll still be asleep like me.
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Boca Juniors were knocked out of the Copa Libertadores last by losing 0-1 at home to Defensor Sporting of Montevideo, Uruguay. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards return home tomorrow to take on the league leaders, Chivas USA at Community America Ballpark at 7:30. Chivas sits 8 points clear in the race for the Supporters' Shield with about 1/3rd of the season played. The Goats arrived in KC yesterday and trained out at the Wizards' Swope Park training facility today. Click to continue reading...

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Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine are the 2009 UEFA Cup Champions! Congrats or as they say in Ukrainian: вітання
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Luis Figo: "I am ready to consider offers from American clubs or Japanese sides. Click to continue reading...

I've received a few emails today asking why the SuperLiga game against Atlas is being played in St. Louis and not in Kansas City. I've been told that there are a few reasons why the Wizards will be playing this game on the opposite side of the state.
1. The obvious reason is that Community America Ballpark is unavailable due to the T-Bones already having a home game scheduled for that date. Click to continue reading...

So there is a very credible rumor that has been ciculating for days that due to availability at the Community America Ballpark (CAB), the temporary home of the Wizards, one of the Superliga games against a Mexican team will be played in Saint Louis instead of KC. If this turns out to be true, Wizards fans, like myself, who show up at all home games, regardless of the weather (and if you were at the San Jose game you know what I'm talking about) will be denied an international match at home.

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The Wizards are back in action again on Saturday when they travel to Columbus to take on defending MLS Cup Champions, the Columbus Crew. The Crew, though, have had a rough go of it to begin the season as they are currently winless with 5 points (0-2-5) through their first 7 games. They will be getting a few players back from suspension and injury it would appear though. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards and DC United played to an uninspiring 1-1 draw last night out at Community America Ballpark. DC played without some of their bigger guns, including Ben Olsen and Fred who didn't travel, and Luciano Emilio and Christian Gomez who started the game on the bench. Still with the younger lineup out there for DC, KC couldn't take advantage of it. Click to continue reading...

Two games on the slate for Wednesday night, as United travel out to Kansas City to face the Wizards and the Galaxy take a trip to Sandy, Utah for a match against Real Salt Lake. Big implications in both games. Let's take a look.

Wednesday, May 6
Kansas City v D.

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