Thad at The Back Post and myself have posted on this, but today the team has posted an official preseason camp roster. Missing from the list are the Wizards 3 remaining out of contract players, Kevin Hartman, Eric Kronberg, and Claudio Lopez. And the further along we get the less likely I feel that any of these 3 players will be back with the Wizards for the 2010 season. Click to continue reading...

For those that missed the tweets earlier today, the Wizards have re-signed forward, Kei Kamara. Of the four players that were still out of contract when preseason had started, Kamara was the guy that I thought the least likely to re-sign as he seemed set on going abroad. As preseason started, though, I changed my mind, not because of Kamara specifically, but because of things involving the Wizards other 3 unsigned players (Kevin Hartman, Eric Kronberg, and Claudio Lopez). Click to continue reading...

The Kansas City Wizards stadium project cleared its final hurdles on Tuesday night after funding for the project was approved by� the Unified Government of� Wyandotte County, Kansas.

The vote clears the way for construction to begin today on a stadium that will be the crown jewel of a $400 million development project in Kansas City, Kansas.

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Continuing to update my stat information on this site, now I'm going to take a look at the Wizards players who have started 100 games for the club in both league and in all competitions.
In league starts, two new players hit the 100 start mark in the 2009 season, Jack Jewsbury hit the mark very early in the season, while Josh Wolff joined the list later in the season. Click to continue reading...

Continuing with more of my stat stuff, here's a look at the players with the more appearances for the Wizards both in the league and in all competitions.
On the league list, only Josh Wolff hit the 100 appearance mark this season, becoming the 19th Wizards player to play 100 league games for the club. Click to continue reading...

Continuing my update of some stat stuff, here is an update to the list of the 10,000 minute club for the Wizards.
On the league list of 10,000 minute players, one new player joined the list, as Jack Jewsbury hit the 10,000 minute mark early in the 2009 season. Forward Josh Wolff almost made his way onto the list, but is currently 82 minutes shy of the 10,000 mark. Click to continue reading...

Continuing with the updates to some of my stat stuff, here's the Wizards top 20 goal scorers in all competitions through the 2009 season.
Previous years
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
1. Preki - 81 (71 league, 8 playoff, 1 open cup, 1 international) (-)
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Kansas City Wizards fans will see a familiar sight when they receive the new Yellow Pages in the coming days:
In a press conference today at the Wizards' Swope Park Training center, Wizards Executive Vice President - Revenue Andrew Steinberg, AT&T Area Market Manager Jayne Anglesano and Wizards midfielder Jack Jewsbury gathered to reveal the cover of the latest edition of the Kansas City Yellow Pages, featuring the Kansas City Wizards and its fans. Click to continue reading...

Time to start updating some of my stat stuff that I've gotten into posting in January. Starting it off is the Wizards top league scorers through the 2009 season.
For reference, here are the previous years of the list.
1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008
2009 was not a kind year offensively to the Wizards, they finished with the second worst goals scored total, scoring only 33 goals. Click to continue reading...

Curt Onalfo is the new head coach at DC United. He'll be officially introduced tomorrow. I wonder what the general reaction in DC will be. I'm on the side of, "meh".
He has a solid resume, highlighted by assisting Bruce Arena at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups. When he was announced as the head coach in Kansas City, Onalfo promised an attacking style for the Wizards. Click to continue reading...

Defender Jimmy Conrad, goalkeeper Kevin Hartman and midfielder Roger Espinoza have been called to their respective national teams for January training camps. Conrad and Hartman are two of 30 players to take part in Bob Bradley's camp beginning Jan. 4 to evaluate MLS and Scandinavia-based USA players. Click to continue reading...

Kyle, who normally does the posting on Hillcrest Road has been away the past few days as he's getting married (congrats Kyle). In his place, Rob Thomson has taken over the duties of posting, and has given some great posts the past few days. He's given us some inside stories from the team's earlier years as well as a quiz to win an old Peter Byaruhanga from 2001. Click to continue reading...

Final Record: 8-13-9 (33 pts)
Goals:
10) Zoltan Hercegfalvi
9) Davy Arnaud
8) Josh Wolff
7) Davy Arnaud
6) Davy Arnaud
5) Josh Wolff
4) Josh Wolff
3) Davy Arnaud
2) Claudio Lopez
1) Claudio Lopez
Note: Only goals scored in the 2009 regular season were considered. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards have released the list of the players that are to be protected from the new expansion team, the Philadelphia Union.

Here is the list:

M Davy Arnaud
D Jimmy Conrad
D Michael Harrington
M Jack Jewsbury
F Kei Kamara
D Jonathan Leathers
M/F Claudio Lopez
M Kevin Souter
F Josh Wolff
M Graham Zusi
F Zoltan

Right off the bat I have a couple of issues with the protected list that I feel will come back and bite us very quickly.

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Yesterday we learned the rules for this year's expansion draft, where the Philadelphia Union will select 10 players from the 15 current MLS teams to help to begin their process for building their roster. The Wizards are allowed to protect 11 players and 3 of the team's 4 international players will have to be protected. Click to continue reading...

Voting for the AT&T Goal of the Year and Degree Men Save of the Year awards ends TODAY. Get your last-minute votes in and help Claudio Lopez, Davy Arnaud and Kevin Hartman in their quest for an end-of-season Play of the Year honor.
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Jimmy Conrad and Josh Wolff will certainly be protected in the upcoming expansion draft. (WVH Photo Correspondent Brian Stevens)

Staying with the two-a-day structure for the expansion draft lists, earlier in the day we looked at the Houston Dynamo now we turn our focus to the Kansas City Wizards.

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Go here to vote for Davy or Claudio for goal of the year.Go here to vote for Kevin for save of the year. Click to continue reading...

The voting for the AT&T Goal of the Year and Degree Men Save of the Year awards ends tomorrow. Get your last-minute votes in and help Claudio Lopez, Davy Arnaud and Kevin Hartman in their quest for an end-of-season Play of the Year honor.
Goal of the Year voting
Save of the Year voting

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The Wizards season is over and it's time to take a look at how the Wizards players stacked up this season grade wise. It wasn't a good season and many of the players grades reflect that. Some fan favorites suffered for the way the team had played this season as well. You can check out the midseason grades here. Click to continue reading...

Speaking of highlights, don't forget to vote for Davy Arnaud or Claudio Lopez for the AT&T Goal of the Year award and for Kevin Hartman for the Degree Men Save of the Year award.
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The Wizards had 4 goals up for Goal of the Year, and 2 of those goals have made it to the final 10, one from each Davy Arnaud and Claudio Lopez. Arnaud's goal is his blast from the first game of the season against Toronto. Lopez's goal is his shot from midfield that looped in over Donovan Ricketts. Click to continue reading...

That's right folks, both Davy Arnaud and Claudio Lopez remain in the running for the AT&T Goal of the Year. Kevin Hartman is also a finalist for the Degree Men Save of the Year. Help them win the first end-of-season Play of the Year award in Wizards history!
Vote for Goal of the Year
Vote for Save of the Year
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La MLS había seleccionado 40 goles de los cuales va a salir el mejor del año. Ahora sólo quedan 10 en competencia... Y uno de ellos es el del salvadoreño Arturo Álvarez, jugador del San Jose Erathquakes. Un gran noticia.Los 10 elegidos son:Davy Arnaud, Kansas CityClint Mathis, Real Salt LakeArturo Alvarez, San JoseMarco Pappa, ChicagoPatrick Ianni, SeattleAlecko Eskandarian, Los Ángeles Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

Vote for Claudio or Davy. They both are nominated twice. Claudio's goals include his beautiful free kick in week 10 against Chivas and week 19's shot from the middle of the field against LA. Davy's goals include the week 1 blast against Toronto and the week 13 goal against New England. I have hard time deciding my favorite. Click to continue reading...

Year end award nominees are coming out, and while no Wizards players are up the big awards, 3 Wizards are nominated for 2 awards.
Davy Arnaud and Claudio Lopez are both up twice for goal of the year. Arnaud's first blast against Toronto on the opening week of the season is one of his two nominated goals. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards have handed out their year end awards, and it's now time for me to hand out my end of the year awards to Wizards players. I'm going to hand out the same awards I did last year, I'm also adding a Performance of the Year award to the best single game performance by a player this season.
Rookie of the Year
Matt Besler
Not really a surprise, it was either going to be Besler or Graham Zusi getting this years award, and I don't think that Zusi got enough time this year to be considered for the award. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards ended the 2009 season without a playoff berth, but they went out by helping to kill DC United's season. Along with other results around the league, KC's 2-2 draw with DC last night eliminated DC from making the playoffs as well. A late penalty kick by Claudio Lopez proving to be the tying goal. Click to continue reading...

Davy Arnaud signing autographs after the San Jose game last season.
Saturday night's match against D.C. United will serve as Fan Appreciation Night for the 2009 season. For the second-straight year, we will host a full-team autograph session on the field at CAB after the match. The Police will be playing the Fire Department on the field after the game, so you can enjoy that while autographs are taking place. Click to continue reading...

It's bad enough we have had a horrible season. It's bad enough that we played basically the same lineup that has given us little to cheer about throughout the season (with Zusi and Zoltan being the exceptions). Saturday we decided to give the Sounders some help by giving away 3 goals on big mistakes.

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Kansas City dropped a 3-2 result to Seattle Sounders FC tonight at CAB after falling behind early and surrendering a late lead. The Wizards had been eliminated from playoff contention earlier in the day by other results but could have put Seattle's playoff future in question with a win. As it turned out, Sounders FC clinched a playoff berth after a great performance from Designated Player and #10 Freddie Ljungberg. Click to continue reading...