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...

Two Wizards had the honor of being called up to their respective national teams during this international break. Jimmy Conrad (along with former Wizard Eddie Johnson) were in Bratislava as the US took on Slovakia. Conrad was on the bench for the United States, but did not see the field in the United States 1-0 loss to the Fighting Jondas. Click to continue reading...

I've been sitting on this story for a few days looking for confirmed news of it, but it appears that Wizards forward, Kei Kamara has been called up by the Sierra Leone national team for their upcoming friendly in Holland against Willem II of the Eredivisie. Kamara's Facebook status talks about going to the game in Holland. Click to continue reading...

STARTERS
Don 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. Click to continue reading...

Saturday, striker Kei Kamara scored his first goal since joining the club and has now been nominated for the MLS Goal of the Week award for the first time as a Wizard. Kamara converted a diving header in the first half off a free kick from Graham Zusi. Vote for the award here http://web.mlsnet. Click to continue reading...

Kei Kamara's flick on header from Graham Zusi is up for Goal of the Week this week. Check out the video below, and vote here.

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Has there ever been a final weekend of league games in the history of the universe where every single match actually meant something?
I bet Don Garber lit himself a big old Red Auerbach style victory cigar last night. All the other commissioners over at the Commissioner's Club are getting set to throw him a roast. 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...

For those of you who didn't get a close-up of Kei Kamara's hair this weekend. Check out this picture. He was also rocking pink gloves for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The new 'do.
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The next-to-last weekend of MLS action sees the teams broken down into three groups:
1. In the playoffs, still alive for Supporters Shield
2. Not yet in the playoffs
3. Out of the playoffs
Every contending team has two games left except Chivas USA, which has three.
We'll update this glance as the day goes on, pressbox wi-fi permitting (wi-fi or not, check Twitter updates). Click to continue reading...

The Wizards are back home to close out the MLS season with 2 home games against Seattle and DC. They start tomorrow against Seattle. While they are extremely slim, the Wizards are still barely in the playoff picture. By the time they take the field, though, KC could be eliminated if either Toronto or Salt Lake win. Click to continue reading...

It'll take a full on miracle, but some how the Wizards are still alive in the race to get into the playoffs, but after last night's performance in LA, those hopes are basically gone. Needing a win, KC laid an egg and lost 2-0 to Chivas USA. On a night when Columbus even gave KC a helping hand by defeating New England (that win is what is keeping the Wizards faint playoff hopes alive). Click to continue reading...

The Wizards fell to Chivas USA 2-0 tonight, limiting our faint chances for the MLS Cup Playoffs. With Columbus beating NE earlier in the day, we had a chance to pull within three points of the final playoff spot but could not get three points at The Home Depot Center, something that is never easy for the road team. Click to continue reading...

Tomorrow night in LA the Wizards will be facing a must win as they take on Chivas USA at the Home Depot Center. Should the Wizards lose, their playoff chances go to almost none existent (and will be completely gone if New England beats Columbus. Basically, there are two ways the Wizards can be eliminated from the playoffs this weekend. Click to continue reading...

If you missed the Jimmy Conrad Show last night, Robb Heineman joined Dave Borchardt for the first two segments with Jimmy away with the U.S. National Team. Robb and Dave discussed a wide variety of topics, including the proposed stadium project in KCK, the potential of hosting an MLS All-Star Game once we're in our own home and some tidbits on players such as Josh Wolff and Kei Kamara. Click to continue reading...

Former Dynamo Player Kei Kamara

Going into Sunday's home match against the Kansas City Wizards, the Houston Dynamo knew the needed a result to secure their fourth straight playoff berth since moving to the Bayou City, but when forward Cam Weaver received a red card in the 17th minute hopes of an easy victory were quickly dashed.

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It's getting close to just saying "let's prepare for 2010". After today's result down in Houston, the Wizards playoff hopes get even more faint. Up a man for over 70 minutes, the Wizards had to fight back from a goal down to salvage a draw against the Houston Dynamo this afternoon.
KC came out and tried to push the game from the start getting into Houston's end multiple times early on. Click to continue reading...

After watching the Palos Verdes Peninsula's Kevin Hartman, the former Galaxy goalkeeper, and Lawndale's Kei Kamara, who was playing against former club Houston, help Kansas City to a 1-1 draw today against the Dynamo, I'd be remiss in not acknowledging the exploits of another South Bay boy this weekend.

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Here are the Twitterverse Players League groups, A through G, after Friday night's draw. If you want to listen to the recorded audio of the draw, the podcast is available for download by clicking here.
GROUP A Charlie Davies Taylor Twellman Carl Robinson Brian Jordan
GROUP B Danny Dichio Dwayne DeRosario Danny Cruz Hunter Freeman
GROUP C JozyAltidore17 Alecko Eskandarian Michael Chabala Brad Knighton
GROUP D Sacha Kljestan Robbie Rogers Kei Kamara Bobby Rhine
GROUP E Brian Ching Bobby Boswell Lee Nguyen Vincenzo Bernardo
GROUP F Stuart Holden Rohan Ricketts Brian Namoff Chris Tierney
GROUP G Freddy Adu Giuseppe Rossi Edson Buddle Joe Cannon
GROUP H Maurice Edu Brad Guzan Jim Brennan Taylor Graham
Voting begins Monday, October 5th, with groups A through D. Click to continue reading...

Above is a quick video of our players and students from New Stanley Elementary cleaning up Ruby Park in KCK during our Greener Goals event on Tuesday. The kids sure love Kei! Artist Steve Curtis speaks about the process of putting this event together.
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Today, Wizards players and staff members and children from nearby New Stanley Elementary School took part in a clean-up event at Ruby Park in KCK called "Greener Goals". As part of the event, players and children painted a mural on a concrete wall under a bridge, picked up trash, painted benches, painted lines on a basketball court and played soccer with one another. Click to continue reading...

For the first time this season, Herculez Gomez did not appear in a game for the Wizards. Up until last night, Gomez had appeared in all 25 league games and all 5 in the Wizards other competitions.
Kei Kamara appeared in his 100th game in all competitions in him MLS career last night.
In the 38th minute, Claudio Lopez hit the 5,000 minute mark in all competitions for the Wizards. 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...

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. Click to continue reading...

My old dad had a simple saying for me: "When you start something, finish it."
The Houston Dynamo could use a little bit of that right about now. Check out this little stat:
Red cards issued to Houston Dynamo in all competitions since the MLS All-Star Game: Eight
Red cards issued to Dynamo in all competitions before MLS All-Star Game: One (to Mike Chabala against NYRB in the 93rd minute April 11)
That truly is an amazing statistic. Click to continue reading...

Americans Abroad / USMNT
Jones Will Not Have Another Surgery - Soccer By Ives
No Additional Surgery For Jones - Yanks Abroad
Joy Signs Ingolstadt Contract - Yanks Abroad
Gooch And Milan: A Bad Deal? - MLS Talk
Europe's Not Always Better - Yanks Abroad
Chicago Fire
Chivas USA
Chatting With The ChivaGirls: Liz - Dentro del Rebano
Colorado Rapids
Friday's Rapids At San Jose Game Notes Guide - Undercurrent
Supporters Tailgate Details For Next Wednesday - Undercurrent
MLS Endgame: Rapids Head To San Jose - American Soccer News
Columbus Crew
Crew Make History In Costa Rica - Match Fit USA
An Unexpected Victory - Covering The Crew
Marshall: 'Moderate' Knee Sprain - Covering The Crew
DC United
Video: Access United, Episode 27 - Behind The Badge
FC Dallas
FC Dallas Signs First Academy Player - Soccer By Ives
Practice Observations: A Problem - 3rd Degree
Preview: FC Dallas at Kansas City Wizards - The FCD Blog
Pearce Excited By MLS Challenge - Soccer365
Houston Dynamo
Kansas City Wizards
New KC Stadium Renderings - WVHooligan
Former Wizards Update - Down The Byline
Kei Trains - Hillcrest Road
Video: Kei Kamara Interview - The Back Post
Los Angeles Galaxy
Galaxy Doin' Work - The LA Galaxy official blog
New England Revolution
Broadcast Booth Bits: New Snark, New Snark - Revolution official site
New York Red Bulls
Preview: Red Bulls vs. Click to continue reading...

Went to practice today to see Kei Kamara, the newest Wizard. He chose 23 as his number in Kansas City. Here he is in Wizards blue...Stretching out and wondering why some guy keeps taking photos of him...I talked to him about the trade, why he chose the number, Hartman's hair color and goal celebrations. Click to continue reading...

Dude has some RIPPED legs.
Today, new acquisition Kei Kamara trained with the team for the second time. He is a big, powerful guy with a fun personality. Thad over at The Back Post did a video interview with him after training. Make sure to head over there for details on why Kei choose #23 among other things. Click to continue reading...

OK, so I'm more than a bit late with this, but it's interesting that Kei Kamara, a product of Leuzinger High and Cal State Dominguez Hills, is on his third MLS club in three years.

Is his attitude a problem? Or maybe it's his production - just 14 goals in 80 games for the Dynamo.

Read the story behind his latest move here.

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Finances are finances and realities are realities. I personally think that Kei Kamara had his limitations as a striker, and we all know what they were and need no further enumeration.
However, the man's sense of fun is something I'll definitely miss. That big kid sure knows how to entertain. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

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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. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...