Here are some more stats for you as the Wizards season is now over. Unfortunately most of them are depressing. You'll be seeing more stats this week as I get the information finalized.
KC scored 33 goals this season, tying the 99 and the 01 Wizards for the lowest scoring team in Wizards history. Click to continue reading...

I decided not to comment on our 2-0 loss against Chivas since my arguments are the same as the Houston tie except for the Zoltan goal. This week we didn't even score and it would seem that playing those players in a slump (Wolff, Arnaud, Jewsbury) has brought nothing good.

The game did have a horrible offside non-call on the first Chivas goal, but in all honesty should be blamed on the assistant and not the ref (Mike Kuhn has all the evidence, and the video is clear also).

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Another week with your former Wizards update. The USL season is almost over with the finals coming up this next week. The MLS season as well is starting to get close to the end of the season. We do have a first time appearance for Chris Konopka as he made his debut for Sporting Fingal.
MLS
Nick Garcia - Toronto FC - Toronto did not play this week. Click to continue reading...

STARTERS
Ugh - The USA U20 team laid another egg at the World Cup. Losing 3-0 to South Korea. And again they looked quite inept on the green. Strange team. Horrible in game 1, very good in game 2, horrible in game 3.
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Official Web Site, and video highlights from all the games. Click to continue reading...

With most former Wizards outside of USL off this week due to the international break, there wasn't a whole lot going on, but a few players did make their appearance worth it.
MLS
Nick Garcia - Toronto FC - Started and played 45 minutes in Toronto's 1-0 loss to Colorado.
Taylor Graham - Seattle Sounders FC - Seattle did not have a game this week. Click to continue reading...

Time for this week's weekly update on former Wizards. A few goals were scored this week, but overall not a good week for MLS former Wizards, as the majority did not even get games for their teams this weekend. Also, check out the end of this post, as I'm listing the players that I believe are still playing, but do not know where they are at now. Click to continue reading...

Another week of former Wizards updates. We have the return of a former Wizard, as it appears that Edson Elcock has returned to the game, joining Yomby William again at Richmond. We also have the appearance of another former Wizard who is not playing any more. Dionysius Sebwe, who the Wizards drafted in 1996, is now a Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Defense in Liberia. Click to continue reading...

A good week for many former Wizards, as Stephen Armstrong and Ryan Pore both scored multiple goals this past week, Eddie Johnson seems to have gotten himself a place as a sub on Fulham's bench, and Khari Stephenson is trying to add another cup winner's medal to his 2004 US Open Cup medal. More of the European leagues are kicking off. Click to continue reading...

The Vancouver Whitecaps folded 1-0 to the Portland Timbers in last night's game. The Whitecaps FC were scored on at the 30 minute mark by Portland's Ryan Pore after receiving a great pass from Keita.

Vancouver Whitecaps

Vancouver slipped to 6 place in the United Soccer League 1 standings as a result of their loss.

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The Vancouver Whitecaps folded 1-0 to the Portland Timbers in last night's game. The Whitecaps FC were scored on at the 30 minute mark by Portland's Ryan Pore after receiving a great pass from Keita.

Vancouver Whitecaps

Vancouver slipped to 6 place in the United Soccer League 1 standings as a result of their loss.

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Here's this week's former Wizards update. We have the return of one of our Fall-Spring season former Wizards to play, as Matt Taylor and FSV Frankfurt started their season in the DFB Pokal. We also have news that looks like it will effect two former Wizards, as the Argentine league has suspended the Apertura season. Click to continue reading...

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It was one of those night that the soccer gods had intended in their destiny in order to make a statement to a Friday night crowd of about 400 fans at Florida International University stadium.
It was a match between two teams looking to continue trends as second-place Portland (8-1-7 31 pts. Click to continue reading...

Another week of former Wizards updates. There's a new former Wizard added to this list, as Michael Todd, who the Wizards drafted in the second round of the 2007 Supplemental Draft, is playing with Long Island in the PDL.
MLS
Nick Garcia - San Jose Earthquakes - Started and played 90 minutes in San Jose's 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake. Click to continue reading...

The Islanders and the Portland Timbers drew 1-1 on Friday night at Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium, to keep both teams tied in 5th place of the USL-1 standings with identical 2-3-1 [W-T-L] records.

The Islanders, whose promising start included wins against their Canadian nemeses Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact, are now winless with two 1-1 ties (one with Austin) and a loss to Vancouver in their last 3 matches.

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Another week of updates on former Wizards. The big European leagues are winding down as Eddie Johnson's season is over and Matt Taylor's will be over soon. I'll be providing an update to this write up as Vancouver and Charleston are both playing tonight.
MLS
Nick Garcia - San Jose Earthquakes - The Earthquakes were off this past week. Click to continue reading...

In some weird, nonsensical way Rochester Rhinos are the LA Galaxy of USL1. In the late 90's/early 2000's they were the "model franchise" that won championships and trophies (3 league titles and the US Open Cup between 1998-2001) and seemed destined to take their club to a higher level, that level being Major League Soccer. Click to continue reading...

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League News

USL First Division Team of the Week:
Marlon James was the USL First Division Player of the Week. Making his first-ever start for the Whitecaps, striker Marlon James scored a hat-trick against MN on May 2.

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League News

USL First Division Team of the Week:
Marlon James was the USL First Division Player of the Week. Making his first-ever start for the Whitecaps, striker Marlon James scored a hat-trick against MN on May 2.

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Once again I'm getting an update out early, which means that there will be an update to this post after tonight's MLS (KC-DC, RSL-LA) and Nutrilite Canadian Championship games (TFC-Vancouver).
MLS
Nick Garcia - San Jose Earthquakes - Started and played 90 minutes in the Earthquakes 1-0 loss to Chivas USA. Click to continue reading...

Conversations with Gavin Wilkinson, David Hayes, Scot Thompson, Ryan Pore and Bryan Farber. Music by The Replacements and XTC. Click to continue reading...

Top games of the weekend and news you may have missed:
Home teams first; times ET
FRIDAY
MLS: D.C. United-New England, 7 p.m. (FSC)
SATURDAY
FA Cup semifinal: Arsenal-Chelsea, noon, Setanta
Italy: Juventus-Inter Milan, 2:30 p. Click to continue reading...

Not any huge news today, but there are a few interesting bits of information out there about the Wizards and former Wizards today.
First dealing with current Wizards.
There's not a big mention of this, but the Star did mention today in an article about Jack Jewsbury, that Wizards midfielder, Herculez Gomez will miss a month of training due to an injury. Click to continue reading...

Back in November, when Don Garber announced the smaller roster sizes, and thus the elimination of the reserve league, I personally was disappointed, as now instead of the Wizards reserve players getting games against other professional players, those players will now have to get basically all their games from local college teams or PDL teams, not exactly the best way to develop talent. Click to continue reading...

Along with today's expansion draft that saw Tyson Wahl head to Seattle, the Wizards waived 3 players today as well. The casualties are Ryan Pore, Carlos Marinelli, and Ivan Trujillo.
Pore was drafted in the second round of the 2005 MLS draft, a Generation Adidas player, Pore had led the nation in scoring at Tulsa. Click to continue reading...

Good luck to you Tyson--except against KC.
Today, the Wizards lost defender Tyson Wahl to Seattle Sounders FC in the expansion draft and waived forwards Ryan Pore and Ivan Trujillo and midfielder Carlos Marinelli. Good luck Tyson in Seattle and the other three in their future endeavors. We appreciate their efforts here in KC and wish them nothing but the best. Click to continue reading...

Two first half goals by Ryan Pore were enough to lead the KC Wizards reserves to a victory over the Chicago Fire this evening at Community America Ballpark, after the first team game against the Fire. Thanks to a season ticket holder perk, I was able to watch the game from the "expensive" seats field side, and sample the Wizards' Drop Kick Ale that they have. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards reserves took care of business in their friendly today, defeating William Jewell College 3-0 out at the training complex this morning. Goals by Ivan Trujillo, Michael Kraus, and Ryan Pore led the team to the win. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

The KC Wizards reserves had no problem taking down the Toronto FC reserves this morning out at the Wizards Swope Park training complex. Ivan Trujillo had a hattrick as the reserves beat Toronto 6-0 today. The first half for the game was fairly quiet, as the Wizards and Toronto didn't have many great chances. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards played a friendly today at their Swope Park training complex against the U-23 Arkansas Wizards. Hillcrest Road has a more indepth write up on the game. The Wizards, though, had no problem taking out their Arkansas counterparts, as they beat them 13-0. All healthy Wizards players got into the game and most played a half. Click to continue reading...

The reserve division stats on MLSnet are incomplete for both 2005 and 2007; the pdf's for those seasons only go up to a certain point in the season. The former is only missing the final four games, but the latter is missing a huge chunk of the season, so I had to go through each match report and add up things by hand. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards reserve players topped UMKC easily this morning out at the Swope Park training center, 8-1. The game was as close as it was, as the reserves dominated the performance for long stretches of the game. Here's how the reserves started out:
Kronberg
Myers - McMahen - Wahl - Watson
Marinelli - Souter - Morsink - Espinoza
Pore - Trujillo
The scoring started early, as in the 9th minute, Kevin Souter overlapped Carlos Marinelli, who backhealed the ball as he went by. Click to continue reading...

Thad over at The Back Post has the story. It looks like Onalfo is going to be switching things up this weekend with Chivas coming to town on Saturday. Roger Espinoza, Kurt Morsink, and Ryan Pore are dropped in favor of Josh Wolff, Kerry Zavagnin, and rookie Matt Marquess. So we can expect something like this on Saturday it looks like. Click to continue reading...

The reserves were able to get something out of the trip to DC this weekend, as the league leaders took down second place DC United 4-2 this morning to increase their lead on top of the division. Ryan Pore opened the scoring from the penalty spot, after Nelson Pizarro was fouled in the box. Early in the second half, the Wizards doubled their lead, when Kevin Souter, let loose a bomb that curled into the corner. Click to continue reading...

Our reserve squad turned in an impressive performance today against D.C. United's, winning 4-2 at the RFK Auxiliary Field. Below is a write-up from DCU's press dude Kyle Sheldon. He summed it up pretty well, so I won't try to squeeze it in before catching the bus to the airport. Note: Souter's goal was an absolute BOMB to start the second half. Click to continue reading...