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.
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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.
Goal of the Year voting
Save of the Year voting
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WVHooligan 17 November @ 03:18 PM EST
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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The Back Post 17 November @ 12:00 PM EST
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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That jersey is currently for sale here.
After some technical difficulties, our player jersey auction is up and running in the auction
section at kcwizards.com. Bid on your favorite player's jersey for a good cause. Proceeds from most
will go to the Kansas City Soccer Foundation, with Kevin Hartman's pink jersey benefiting the Susan
G.
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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.
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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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For those clubs already in the thick of the offseason -- and after last weekend, the tally grew
to 11 -- there are plenty of issues to wrestle with. Some clubs, like D.C. United, New York Red
Bull and Toronto FC, high on the list is finding a head coach for next season.
One club checked head coach off the list, as the Kansas City Wizards named Peter Vermes as their
top man.
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So now that the passion/disappointment has simmered a bit after a below mediocre season, I
figured I's sit and look at the team as a whole and write about what I thought should happen for
2010.
Peter Vermes = Technical Director: After 3 seasons in this position I
feel Vermes has done a less than stellar job.
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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.
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The big Zach attack. (AP Photo)
Readers of this blog didn't agree, but Chivas USA's Zach Thornton was named MLS Goalkeeper of
the Year today, 11 years after first taking the honor with the Chicago Fire.
That time span between awards was undoubtedly one of the reasons the 34-year-old took the honor,
beating out the Galaxy's Donovan Ricketts and Seattle Sounders veteran Kasey Keller (both in their
first MLS seasons).
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The Back Post 04 November @ 10:47 AM EST
Save of the year voting is now open. Wizards keeper Kevin Hartman is nominated 3 times. Week 8,
week 11 and my favorite week 32.Go vote for Kevin!!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Yeah I'm almost a week behind on this, but was thinking the team may actually announce more winners
than just MVP, Golden Boot and Humanitarian of the Year. Anyways, this year, the award winners
consisted of 2 players, Josh Wolff and Jimmy Conrad.
Wolff won both the MVP award and the Golden Boot.
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Before the last game, a few players and front office people came out to the tailgates to socialize
and drop off some "refreshments". Adam Cristman is injuried so he was out there...Kevin Souter,
currently on the DL and doing a great job as a fill in broadcaster stopped by also. Here is posing
with Mike of Down the Byline fame.
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Marquess and Besler chasing down Gomez who is sporting the huge bandage.Kevin Hartman directing the
defense...Shot goes wide past the KC goal...Wolff taking a shot while being tackled in the
box...Fred blocks the shot with his arm. This only feeds the Wizards fans calling them Handball
United...The ball just bounced off of Fred's arm and Roger already asking for the call.
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Let's just post the press release:
Kansas City Wizards goalkeeper Kevin Hartman received MLS Save of the Week honors for the final
week of the 2009 MLS regular season for an outstanding save to deny D.C. United's Ben Olsen.
Hartman won two MLS Save of the Week awards on the season, taking home the honor in Week 11 and
Week 32.
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Kevin receiving the mounted jersey and gloves to commemorate setting the All Time Saves record
early in the year.As soon as Kevin spoke in the interview I could tell he was a speaking with
emotion. It was obvious that the season being over and missing the playoffs pained him. He speaks
candidly about the team and himself.
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Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman finished the season in style, ranking 2nd in MLS in saves on the year with
105. His acrobatic recovery to deny a rebound effort from Ben Olsen Saturday has him up for the MLS
Save of the Week honor once again. He won the award in Week 11, but has 't captured the "trophy"
since.
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Previous Updates
#1 4/12 68 players remaining #2 5/25 34 players remaining #3 6/25 23 players remaining #4 7/19 11
players remaining #5
8/17
5 players remaining
OTFATT is short for "On the field, all the time." In these updates throughout the season, I've kept
track of which MLS players have played every minute of every game (regular season only).
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Vote for Kevin for Save of the Week. His jumping across the goal and knocking a shot over the top
was incredible.Here is Kevin giving directions to his defense...
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Not surprisingly, Kevin Hartman's diving save on Ben Olsen is up for Save of the Week. It's an
absolutely amazing save. Check the save out here. And vote for it here.
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Wow, what a save by Hartman around the 2:18 mark!
This announcer needs to trademark is line, "It's in the NET... It's in the NET!"
JM
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Kevin Hartman made his 100th start in all competitions for the Wizards. He's the 19th Wizard to hit
that mark.
The 33 goals scored by the Wizards in league play, ties for the lowest goal output in team history.
The 1999 and the 2001 Wizards both scored 33 league goals.
Claudio Lopez's goal was his 13th in league play for the Wizards, moving him into a tie for 12th
place all time with Matt McKeon, Jose Burciaga, and Sasha Victorine.
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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.
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Well, the comeback was a nice one that severely hampers D.C. United's playoff hopes. Claudio's
stoppage-time PK sent the crowd here at CAB into a frenzy on Fan Appreciation Night. Check out the
notables below for more, including info on Kamara's first goal for KC and Zusi's first MLS
assist.
Notables:
• Kansas City finished the season 0-1-2 against D.
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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.
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Lots of stuff for Wolff again this week, who is having a career year in terms of goals and minutes
played.
Josh Wolff's goal was his 11th of the season, a career high in MLS play for Wolff.
Wolff's goal was his 73rd in MLS play in his career, tying him with Edson Buddle for 13th all time.
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It took a lot longer than I think many people expected it to, but the Wizards are now officially
eliminated from the playoff race. The Wizards were eliminated before they even took the field
against Seattle after Toronto's win over Salt Lake yesterday. Still it wouldn't have mattered, as
the Wizards blew another lead and once again lost at home, this time to Seattle, 3-2 last night.
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It seems to be an every week occurance, but once again, Kevin Hartman is up for Save of the Week
this week for his finger tip save on Maykel Galindo Chivas USA in the Wizards 2-0 loss. Check out
the save here, and go vote.
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