Next Tuesday night at 7 p.m. CT, the U.S. U-17 National Team will take on our KCW Reserves (Swope
Park Rangers) on Field 3 (the turf field) at our Swope Park Training Center. The general public is
welcome to attend, and Peter Vermes will be speaking to area soccer coaches before the match starts
at 6:30 p.
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Though it's a little blurry, here is a picture of Michael Kraus scoring the game-winning goal
against his former club.
Our Swope Park Rangers topped the Creighton University Bluejays 4-2 this morning on the strength of
goals from Adam Cristman (2), former Creighton standout Michael Kraus and Aaron Hohlbein.
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The Swope Park Rangers take on Michael Kraus' Creighton University this morning at 11 a.m. at our
Swope Park Training Center. We first told you of the game a few weeks back but wanted to make sure
everyone knew this morning. If you're off of work this morning or know of a way to sneak out of the
office early, we'll see you at Swope.
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The Wizards (and probably the Swope Park Rangers at some point) will face the Brass today at Swope
Park at 10:30 a.m. If you can't make it out to the friendly, follow us over on Twitter (or look at
our "tweet roll" on the right side of this page often) to see how it's going.
http://www.twitter.com/hillcrest_road.
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The KCW Reserves/Swope Park Rangers will get back at it this Friday at 10:30 a.m. CT at our Swope
Park Training Center with a match against the Kansas City Brass. They will then be back in action
Monday, August 24 with a match against Creighton at 11 a.m. CT. As Mike so eloquently stated,
Friday's match will be the first opportunity to see the team under the direction of Peter Vermes as
Interim Head Coach.
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The Star ran a picture today of Hirsig keeping his feet healthy.
This week, the Kansas City Star will be spending a week up close and personal with the Kansas City
Wizards. Ryan Young had access to the locker room and bench Saturday, something a reporter seldom
gets to see. His first report came out today, and he plans on writing one each day of the week.
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Yesterday, our KCW Reserves/Swope Park Rangers crushed the Springfield Demize of the PDL 11-0.
Wizards goals scored by: Thompson (5), Zusi (2), Wolff, Kraus, Leathers and Morsink. Boris Pardo
was in goal for the full 90, recording the shutout. For a full rundown of the game, visit Down the
Byline or go back and read through the Wizards Twitter feed at www.
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Today, our KCW Reserves/Swope Park Rangers host the Springfield Demize of the PDL at our Swope Park
Training Center at 1 p.m. If you're not busy, feel free to stop by for a little football
friendly.
As you'll see from the quotes below, the tie Saturday night in LA was a bit disappointing after
Arnaud hit for his 4th strike of the year.
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The Reserves take on the Kansas City Brass today at our Swope Park Training Center beginning at
10:30 this morning. It's a little mid-week scrimmage so that we're not training against ourselves
all the time, but Hillcrest will provide running commentary via our Twitter. So will Mike of Down
the Byline.
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Hillcrest unfortunately didn't make it out for the match, but Mike Kuhn of Down the Byline was
there and saw all the action. Our Swope Park Rangers came out on top 7-0, through goals, in this
order, from Gomez (2), Kraus, Marquess, Leathers, Thompson and Zusi.
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Swope Park Rangers and MSU pose for pre-game picture.
Abe Thompson plays a cross between his two goals.
Kurt Morsink poses as teammate Jack Jewsbury snaps a picture during the first half.
If you were following along via our Twitter account, you already know this, but the KCW
Reserves/Swope Park Rangers defeated a well-organized Missouri State team 3-0 today on the strength
of first-half goals from Abe Thompson and a second-half strike from Kurt Morsink.
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Greetings everyone, we've got information on the next Swope Park Rangers match. They will host
Missouri State this Wednesday at 11 a.m. CT at our Swope Park Training Center. If you're not
working that day or feel like watching some soccer over a long lunch, join us to watch first-team
training at 10 and the reserve game at 11.
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It was a good day for the KCW Reserves/Swope Park Rangers and Cotton's Fighting Ishii's. The former
defeated UMKC 2-0, while the latter defeated Heineman's Flying Strombolis 3-1. For the full reserve
recap, I'm going to send you over to Mike Kuhn and Down the Byline since he did a great job of
following the action.
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Just wanted to remind you all that the Swope Park Rangers will be facing UMKC today at 2:30 at our
(and their) Swope Park Training Center. After that game, the front office staff (including
technical staff members) will engage in a staff soccer match on the turf field at Swope. For
details, including rosters for each team, view this post from last week.
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div style="text-align: justify;"Hey guys, some of you have already seen, but we will be taking on
UMKC Monday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. CT in the KCW Reserves' second match of the season. The Swope
Park Rangers, as some fans have dubbed them, tied Creighton University 2-2 after the Home Opener.
Michael Kraus, in a sign of things to come, scored two in that match.
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div style="text-align: justify;"Tough one to lose, though Davy Arnaud's two goals were
things of beauty. The crowd was magnificent tonight...thanks to all of you in attendance! At the
moment, Davy is tied with Fredy Montero and Amado Guevara for the League lead. Hopefully he stays
at the top of that list all year.
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So Mr. Garber speaks and the whole League listens. Yesterday, the Wizards found out that due to the
new qualification procedures, we will qualify for SuperLiga during the 2009 season.
We've also found out the MLS Reserve Division won't be back next year. The KCW Reserves (Swope Park
Rangers) have, thus, finished 2nd in their last-ever RD season.
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Houston won 3-0 today against Chivas USA's second team on three second-half goals to secure the MLS
Reserve Division crown. We finish 2nd with an 8-1-2 record on the season. Claudio Lopez's former
club Racing is currently up 2-0 on Argentine league-leading San Lorenzo on a pretty 2nd minute goal
and a PK in the 20th minute.
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Our boys won in the second match as well, earning a comprehensive 3-0 victory over the Revs' second
team. We finished the year 8-1-2 and will be Reserve Division champions if Houston loses or ties
tomorrow against the Chivas USA reserves. We'll keep you updated.
Scoring:
Trujillo (Hohlbein) 31
Watson (Pore) 42
Kraus (Marquess) 65
Espinoza left late in the first half with an injured ankle after a hard tackle from NE.
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KC took care of business tonight up two men to secure a 3-1 victory to close the regular season on
fine form. We're now 5-1-1 in our last seven and will face Columbus next Saturday in the first game
of a home-and-away total goals playoff series against the Supporters' Shield winners. Buy tickets
for that game here.
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So now that we're in the playoffs, let's take a look at that other championship we have a chance to
win: the MLS Reserve Division crown. Heading into the final weekend, only the Wizards and Houston
Dynamo can possibly win the title. Our game against D.C. from a few months back will not be
rescheduled or count as a forfeit, so the championship will be decided on a points-per-game basis.
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KCW Reserves Defeat Chicago Fire Reserves 2-1 Sunday
Ryan Pore Scores 2 for Kansas City, Peter Lowry Tallies for Chicago in Second Game of MLS
Doubleheader
MLS Reserve Division Match
Sunday, October 5, 2008 – 4:30 p.m. (CT)
CommunityAmerica Ballpark – Kansas City, Kansas
Weather: 75 and clear
Scoring Summary:
KC – Ryan Pore 8 (Michael Kraus 3, Roger Espinoza 1) 39
KC – Ryan Pore 9 (Michael Kraus 4, Roger Espinoza 2) 41
CHI – Peter Lowry 5 (Patrick Nyarko 4) 72
(October 5, 2008) – The KCW Reserves improved to 7-1-2 Sunday afternoon with a 2-1 victory
over the Chicago Fire Reserves at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.
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A couple of fun feature stories came out today regarding our players. First, this one from Bob
Luder of the KC Star about Kevin Hartman and his children's book Boots Saves the Day (purchase
online at www.kcsoccerstore.com).
Also, the Des Moines Register checks in with a feature on our favorite (or second-favorite)
open-tryout participant Kevin Souter.
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The KCW Reserves play local NAIA school William Jewell College today at 10 a.m. at our Swope Park
Training Center. Come on out to see our boys in blue take on the perennial contender for NAIA
honors.
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We looked good for long stretches but couldn't get that final goal (though the foul call certainly
didn't help) to pull back level with Chivas USA. After big wins for Real Salt Lake and Colorado
Rapids, the East isn't assured of five playoff teams anymore. Read the last sentence from the press
release to see how things stack up now.
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Ok all, I wanted to answer a question posed as a comment yesterday on the reserve recap from the
Toronto match. Someone asked if fans will be able to stick around after the Chicago Fire match and
watch as our reserves look to improve upon their 6-1-2 record. The answer is yes, please stay. We
will be keeping at least a couple of concession stands open and would very much like for fans to
stay and watch the reserve squad.
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Sorry for the delayed post, here's the release about the match. On the Marinelli goal, I've seen
elsewhere that Souter scored, but the refs said the initial fumble by Edwards went over the line
and Souter pushed it in afterward. Enjoy the rest of the rundown.
KCW Reserves Defeat Toronto FC Reserves 6-0 Sunday
Kansas City Gets Hat Trick from Ivan Trujillo, Two Goals from Ryan Pore
MLS Reserve Division Match
Sunday, September 21, 2008 – 10:00 a.
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For all you fans wanting some last-minute plans for this evening, head on out to the Borders
Bookstore location in Lee's Summit where goalkeeper Kevin Hartman will do a reading of his
children's book Boots Saves the Day and autograph copies of the book for fans. He'll appear from
7-8 p.m. at the store located at 1664 NW Chipman Rd in Lee's Summit.
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Hello all, after a comment in a post below, I wanted to come on and remind everyone that Saturday's
game will be played at 4 p.m. CT at Arrowhead Stadium. The match was originally scheduled for 7
p.m. CT at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, but it was moved in mid-July. Tell all your friends and
family who may be planning to attend to make sure they know of the change.
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Good late equalizer tonight...back later or tomorrow morning with full tidbits and quotes from the
match. Forgot to post earlier that the reserves play tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. against UMKC at
Swope. See some of you there!
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Coach Kelderman meets with the reserves before beating D.C. 4-2
Our friend Bob Luder of the KC Star checked in today with a story on our reserve squad and their
success so far this season. Read it here, then click on the tag below for "KCW Reserves"
to re-live some of the match recaps. Also in Bob's story is a link to an interesting one about our
Technical Director PV.
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Our KCW Reserve squad took on the University of Creighton today at our Swope Park Training Center,
winning 1-0 on a goal from Ivan Trujillo. Creighton grad Michael Kraus provided the assist after
coming on as a second-half substitute. Our reserves are now 6-0-0 against college and PDL teams in
friendlies, including a 26-1 combined score line.
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Note: Attempted posting this yesterday before leaving Colorado, but Blogger held me up for some
reason. Here's what I said...extra apologies now for the lack of posts.
Apologies for the lack of posts over the last two days. Friday, travel kept me busy and there were
technical difficulties last night.
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One night after the first team got back to its winning ways with a 3-2 win over Chivas USA, the
reserve squad took on a group of local college players with much success. The reserves won 4-0, on
goals from Espinoza, Marinelli, Kraus and Pizarro. Jonathan Leathers left the game early in the
first half and colliding with an opponent and cutting his head.
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