Another former SKC Wizards Update, plenty of player movement this week. Jonathan Leathers, Rauwshan McKenzie, and Ryan Pore are now without clubs after not being selected in the second stage of the re-entry draft. They're joined by Shavar Thomas who also wasn't selected. Also looking for a new club, is Stephane Auvray whose was let go by the Red Bulls.

The South Asian Football Championship has been taking place in India since the beginning of December. The biannual event retained its recent trend of seeing the Indian national team win the championship this time defeating Afghanistan in yesterday's final by four goals to nil.

In the early stages of the tournament Afghanistan had the early advantage over India with both teams meeting each other in Group A, along with Sri Lanka and Bhutan, and the Afghans finishing top of the group on goal difference.

Here is this week's former SKC Wizards update for you. No really big news this week when it comes to former Wizards, so here's the update.
Active without a club or unknown
Chris Brunt
Doug DeMartin
Mauro Fuzetti
AJ Godbolt
Willy Guadarrama
Santiago Hirsig
Eddie Johnson
Michael Kraus
Ryan McMahen
Michal Mravec
JT Murray
Anthony Noriega
Ofori Sarkodie
Sam Scales
Ivan Trujillo
Lance Watson
MLS
Davy Arnaud - Montreal - Season is over.

This week's former SKC Wizards is up for you. A couple former Wizards could be on the move. Sunil Chhetri is apparently getting ready to go on trial with Scottish club Rangers. Chhetri's had trials in England previously, but had been unable to earn a work permit. Not sure how that will change this time.

The MLS season is winding down. Here's this week's former SKC Wizards update.
Active without a club or unknown
Chris Brunt
Doug DeMartin
Mauro Fuzetti
AJ Godbolt
Willy Guadarrama
Santiago Hirsig
Eddie Johnson
Michael Kraus
Ryan McMahen
Michal Mravec
JT Murray
Anthony Noriega
Ofori Sarkodie
Sam Scales
Ryan Smith
Ivan Trujillo
Lance Watson
MLS
Stephane Auvray - New York - Came off the bench and played 74 minutes in New York's 2-1 loss to LA.

Another week of former Wizards updates. Here is this week's update.
Active without a club or unknown
Chris Brunt
Doug DeMartin
Mauro Fuzetti
AJ Godbolt
Willy Guadarrama
Santiago Hirsig
Eddie Johnson
Nikos Kounenakis
Michael Kraus
Ryan McMahen
Michal Mravec
JT Murray
Anthony Noriega
Ofori Sarkodie
Sam Scales
Ryan Smith
Ivan Trujillo
Lance Watson
MLS
Stephane Auvray - New York - Came off the bench and played 1 minute in New York's 1-0 win over Dallas.

Here is this week's former SKC Wizards update. The only big news this week is that Sunil Chhetri and India are set to begin qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, and they had their last friendly before hand, beating Qatar 2-1.
Still looking for:
Nick Cardenas
AJ Godbolt
Willy Guadarrama
Santiago Hirsig
Michael Kraus
Ryan McMahen
Ivan Trujillo
MLS
Jimmy Conrad - Chivas USA - Did not play in Chivas 0-0 draw with New York.

Here is this week's former Wizards updates. Sunil Chhetri is back on the list, scoring a goal in a friendly against Maldives as they prepare for their World Cup qualifier against UAE.
Still looking for:
Nick Cardenas
AJ Godbolt
Willy Guadarrama
Santiago Hirsig
Michael Kraus
Ryan McMahen
Ivan Trujillo
MLS
Jimmy Conrad - Chivas USA - Did not dress in Chivas' 1-1 draw with KC.

Another week of former Wizards updates, the season is winding down for the those in Europe. Herculez Gomez looks to be on the move again in Mexico, as rumors link him with a move to Tecos this offseason. In other news, former assistant coach, Kris Kelderman has been named the new head coach at University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

Here is this week's former SKC Wizards update.
Still looking for:
Vicente Arze
Nick Cardenas
AJ Godbolt
Willy Guadarrama
Santiago Hirsig
Michael Kraus
Ryan McMahen
Ivan Trujillo
MLS
Jimmy Conrad - Chivas USA - Did not dress in Chivas' 3-0 win over New Englannd.

A day late as I got distracted watching the RSL-Monterrey game last night. So here is this week's update a day late. Akeem Priestley is back on the map as he's now playing with the Los Angeles Blues in the USL-Pro division. Also, Eddie Johnson looks like he could be on his way back to MLS. His contract with Fulham expires this summer so Johnson could find himself coming back to MLS via the allocation order.

The American game is in full swing now for all but the PDL here in the US, so plenty more former Wizards are playing now. Here's the rest of this week's former Wizards update.
Still looking for:
Vicente Arze
Nick Cardenas
AJ Godbolt
Willy Guadarrama
Santiago Hirsig
Ryan McMahen
Akeem Priestley
Ivan Trujillo
MLS
Jimmy Conrad - Chivas USA - Did not dress in Chivas' 0-0 draw with Columbus.

Another week of former SKC Wizards update. There's been no big news this week outside of the games so we'll just get right to the updates.
Still looking for:
Vicente Arze
Nick Cardenas
AJ Godbolt
Willy Guadarrama
Santiago Hirsig
Ryan McMahen
Akeem Priestley
Ivan Trujillo
MLS
Jimmy Conrad - Chivas USA - Did not play in Chivas 0-0 draw with Toronto.

Back for another week of former Wizards updates this week. A week of international games for many former Wizards, including Khari Stephenson, Sunil Chhetri, and Yura Movsisyan. In other former Wizards news, former Wizards midfielder, Amir Lowery has signed with the Montreal Impact to play in for the NASL side next season.

Another week of former SKC Wizards update here. First of all some news on two of the newest former SKC Wizards. Second round draft pick, JT Murray was waived shortly after the team's first preseason game. He's landed on his feet as he's been picked up by the Rapids for their preseason. The other former player is Sunil Chhetri who has signed with Chirag United in India.

So a few days ago K.C. cut Sunil Chhetri. Now there are reports that La Liga's Racing Santander is after him. Really?
You're telling me that a guy that only appeared as a sub twice --once in the Open Cup and once against Manchester United-- is being seriously looked at by a La Liga side?

Sporting KC made some mroe roster moves today, as they officially waived two more players from last year's team, and let go of two of the team's six draft picks this year. Officially gone now are Sunil Chhetri and Nikos Kounenakis. Both weren't expected to be back and rumors had been floating around for a while.

Sunil Chhetri juggling the ball in practice...Chhetri (#19) heading ball against Man UThe news: Sporting Kansas City announced four roster moves Monday. Sporting did not pick up the option for Sunil Chhetri, Nick Kounenakis was released by "mutual consent" and pre-season cuts of draft picks JT Murray and Sam Scales.

Photo: Donald Montague, courtesy of the Philadelphia Union.

Beginning on Tuesday, the PSP will begin running two article series. One series will examine possible tactical formations for the Union. The other is a series of interviews with some of the groups that, following in the footsteps of the Sons of Ben, have formed to support the Union, including the Tammany Saints, the IllegitimateS, the Corner Creeps and the Bridge Crew.

I think most SKC Wizards fans realize at this point that it's extremely unlikely that Sunil Chhetri will be back in KC this season. While me may still be listed on the team's roster on their website, and while the team hasn't "officially" released him, they've made comments that his option was not picked up.

Late last night, Thad at The Back Post got an interview with Peter Vermes up on his blog where he discusses a lot of things involving the preseason. So far Vermes seems to be pretty high on all of the team's draft picks, including supplemental draft pick, Mike Jones. Vermes (and people at training) confirmed that the Julio Cesar Santos is the same one that was guessed by people, the one that's played in England, Mexico, Spain, and multiple other places around the world.

Another week of former SKC Wizards updates for you. Will John's time with the Missouri Comets is over, the team had hoped to extend the deal but were unable to. Two bits of news that have come out today on former Wizards players, first Carey Talley, who was apparently a finalist for the Real Salt Lake assistant coach position has announced his retirement, ending his long career.

Already eliminated, India took on South Korea in their final group game of the Asian Cup. After falling behind 2-0 inside the first ten minutes, Sunil Chhetri was able to get India back into the game after he was fouled in the box. Chhetri stepped up and buried the penalty kick making it 2-1 and giving India a little bit of hope.

India put in a strong second half, but lost to Bahrain 5-2 and saw their AFC Asian Cup tournament chances end as well. The loss by India and the Australia-South Korea draw means that India was eliminated from the tournament. India fell behind in the 8th minute due to a penalty kick, but came back a minute later to equalize.

Sunil Chhetri went the full 90 minutes for India, and had their best chances, but India fell 4-0 to Australia in their opener of the AFC Asian Cup. The Australians, the highest ranked team in the Asian Confederation easily outclassed the lowest ranked Indian side. Three goals in the first half put the game well out of reach for India.

With Sunil Chhetri still technically a member of Sporting KC and India getting ready to kick off their AFC Asian Cup campaign tomorrow against Australia, I figured it was a good time to update the list of most capped players in a Wizards uniform. There's been no change at the top of the list, as Josh Wolff and Jimmy Conrad are the top players on the list.

Sunil Chhetri and the Indian national team get their AFC Asian Cup campaign started this week when they take on Australia. It appears that Chhetri will have another set of eyes looking at him in the game. Word out of Australia is that A-League side, Perth Glory, will be watching Chhetri with an eye towards signing the forward.