The KCW Juniors U-16 and U-18 teams will play their first-ever U.S. Soccer Development Academy
matches over the weekend. Both teams face Texas Rush AJ Auxerre Saturday and Texas SC DTH Sunday in
the suburbs outside of Houston, Texas. Kansas City Wizards ownership group OnGoal created the
Juniors program in 2007 as part of the MLS youth development initiative.
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Watch live video from Hillcrest Road on Justin.tv
Beginning at 2:30 p.m. CT (or just before), you'll be able to watch the press conference announcing
our next Head Coach live from our Swope Park Training Center. This is the first experiment with
Justin.TV, so we'll see how it goes.
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The U-17s shaking hands with the Wizards prior to today's match.
Scoring Summary:
KC – Roger Espinoza (unassisted) 32'
KC – Herculez Gomez (unassisted) 47'
KC – Kevin Souter (unassisted) 88'
(October 13, 2009) – The Kansas City Wizards topped the United States Under-17 Men's National
Team 3-0 Tuesday night in rainy weather at Kansas City's Swope Park Training Center.
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If you can't make it out to Swope Park tonight (or aren't going to due to the weather), check out
our official Twitter page for in-game updates. Visit www.twitter.com/hillcrest_road for more
information.
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We told you this last Friday, but we wanted to remind you today so you can make plans to attend
tomorrow night's friendly between our reserves (and potentially a couple of first 11 guys) at the
U.S. U-17 Men's National Team. The game starts at 7, with a talk from Peter Vermes to area youth
soccer coaches at 6:30 p.
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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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We are holding a season ticket holder event at our Swope Park Training Center from 4:30 pm to 7:30
pm before the Clásico Bud Light match on Wednesday, at 8:30 p.m. CT between Club America and
Chivas Guadalajara.
Wizards Season Ticket Holders will get the opportunity to:
-Watch the Wizards practice
-Take a tour of the Wizards training facility
-Mingle with Wizards players and coaches after practice
-Enjoy complimentary food and beverage
-Attend a briefing on the new stadium development with Wizards President and CEO of OnGoal, Robb
Heineman
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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 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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Talley and Victorine before they joined Chivas USA.
Preki-coached Chivas USA arrives in Kansas City tonight before training tomorrow at our Swope Park
Training Center at noon. The session sets up a training double header at Swope tomorrow. Our
Wizards take the field at 10 a.m., with Chivas training after.
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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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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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Monday at our Swope Park Training Center starting during the second half of the Reserves' match
against UMKC (2:30 p.m. CT). The draft was held today, with President Robb Heineman and Executive
Vice President Greg Cotton making the selections.
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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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Some participants at last year's open tryout.
Open tryouts start tomorrow at 9 a.m. at our Swope Park Training Center and conclude Sunday with 60
players competing to potentially make the Wizards roster. As you know, Kevin Souter and Nelson
Pizarro eventually signed with the club last year after initially impressing at an open tryout held
in February.
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Arnaud.
The folks from MLSnet.com caught up with Davy Arnaud while the team was down in Florida for a few
words (5 minutes worth) on the upcoming MLS season. He spoke, among other things, about how we
finished last year and what that means for us going into the 2009 campaign. Go watch it now.
Don't forget that the guys are now back in town and will be training today at our Swope Park
Training Center at 2 p.
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(l to r) Operations super guru (read Vice President) Chris Wyche, intern Justin, Operations guru
Dan Drelich, intern Joe (open your eyes buddy) and intern Steve.
Ditto. Joe's eyes are still closed.
In recent days, a few of our operations guys and interns have been getting the Swope Park Training
Center all pretty and prepared for when the boys return next week to begin the final push to the
2009 Major League Soccer season.
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Zavagnin will now interact with fans again, this time teaching them how to coach more
effectively.
Last week, the Wizards launched an innovative new program to help fans expand their coaching
horizons. The License to Coach program was born out of the bus trip to and from Columbus for Leg 2
of our playoff series last November.
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Zavagnin will now interact with fans again, this time teaching them how to coach more
effectively.
Last week, the Wizards launched an innovative new program to help fans expand their coaching
horizons. The License to Coach program was born out of the bus trip to and from Columbus for Leg 2
of our playoff series last November.
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Don't forget, if you happen to have Friday off, head over to our Swope Park Training Center for an
11 a.m. practice. The guys are just getting back from Florida, so they're probably nice and tan.
Hopefully the rain and nastiness holds off so that the whole session is played in amicable
conditions.
Read Bob Rusert's take on the Hirsig signing, complete with some quotes from PV about how he sees
the team shaping up this year.
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Don't forget, if you happen to have Friday off, head over to our Swope Park Training Center for an
11 a.m. practice. The guys are just getting back from Florida, so they're probably nice and tan.
Hopefully the rain and nastiness holds off so that the whole session is played in amicable
conditions.
Read Bob Rusert's take on the Hirsig signing, complete with some quotes from PV about how he sees
the team shaping up this year.
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Greetings Hillcrest Road followers. The 2009 season is already upon us, as Wizards training kicks
off tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. CT on the turf field (field 3) at our beautiful Swope Park Training
Center. All sessions are open to the public, so if you're off work, head on over to see the first
training session of the new year in person.
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Look at those hot white Pumas.
Not that kind of Jack folks, a little Jack Jewsbury. As we posted a few days back, Jack has
recently taken up the sport of writing/blogging over at SGFSoccer (soccer site based in
Springfield, MO). This time our favorite #14 checks in regarding some OnGoal-related issues,
including our upcoming stadium project and our beautiful Swope Park Training Center.
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The United States Soccer Foundation is hosting its annual holiday auction to raise funds for their
wonderful programs (which last year included helping fund community events at Field 3 at our
gorgeous Swope Park Training Center). Click here to bid on the jerseys. There are autographed
Wizards jerseys from 2007 and 2008 available, as well as jerseys from other MLS clubs and several
top clubs from around the world.
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It's a couple of days overdue, but the 5th floor utterly dominated the 3rd floor sales staff by a
count of 5-0 Friday at Swope Park. First-half goals from Christian Geidus (German intern) and Kyle
Rogers (Hillcrest) started the scoring with the wind behind the back of the upstairs crew. Geidus
ripped a 20-yard blast into the side netting after a cross bounced around in the area.
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With the season over, our staff is heading out to the Swope Park Training Center for another Staff
Soccer fixture between our 5th floor staff and our 3rd floor staff (sales floor). The match will be
an intense one, with a larger pizza + beer wager on the outcome of the match. Trash talk has been
fervent, so check out the lineups for the 3:30 CT kickoff.
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First of all, the Jimmy Conrad Show takes place tonight at McFadden's instead of on Wednesday due
to a conflict with the K-State-Louisville football game. The show will air tonight from 8-9 on
kcwizards.com and 810 WHB. Head down to McFadden's in the loverly Power and Light District and
listen in person.
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One day after we face Red Bull New York in MLS action, the Wizards will be back at it against
Mexican partner club Atlas AC at CommunityAmerica Ballpark. Tickets are on sale now for the event.
Season ticket holders will use "Special Game B" tickets and parking passes. Buy tickets
here or call us at 913.
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