Former Kansas City Wizard great Preki is back in the coaching ranks in the United States. After leaving the Sacramento Republic for what looked like a job in England, Preki has been without a job for a couple years now. He'll be back coaching in the USL next spring though as today Preki was named the new head coach of St. Louis FC. He'll be returning to a city where he was a star during his playing days, playing with the St. Louis Storm of the old MISL back in the early 90's. He'll try to bring the St. Louis FC franchise, to their first playoff berth as they'll enter their third season next year.
Elsewhere, Yura Movsisyan will be back in MLS next season, Real Salt Lake announced this week that they had completed a deal to turn his loan deal with Spartak Moscow into a permanent move for Movsisyan.
Here is the rest of this week's minimal update due to the international break.
Active without a club or unknown
Vicente Arze
Pablo Escobar
Brian Fekete
Jeferson
Neven Markovic
Victor Munoz
Akeem Priestley
Jordi Quintilla
Brendan Ruiz
MLS
Jalil Anibaba - Houston - Started and played 90 minutes in Houston's 3-2 loss to Colorado.
Teal Bunbury - New England - No game this week.
Servando Carrasco - Orlando City - No game this week.
Aurelien Collin - New York - No game this week.
Marcel de Jong - Vancouver - Dressed but did not play in Canada's 4-0 win over Mauritania. Started and played 90 minutes in Canada's 4-0 loss to Morocco.
Amadou Dia - Montreal - No game this week.
Herculez Gomez - Seattle - No game this week.
Michael Harrington - Chicago - No game this week.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - No game this week.
Kei Kamara - New England - No game this week.
Chris Konopka - Portland - No game this week.
Eric Kronberg - Montreal - No game this week.
Mikey Lopez - NYCFC - No game this week.
Yura Movsisyan - Salt Lake - No game this week.
Amobi Okugo - Portland - No game this week.
Tony Rocha - Orlando - No game this week.
CJ Sapong - Philadelphia - No game this week.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - No game this week.
Sal Zizzo - New York - No game this week.
NASL
Bernardo Anor - Minnesota (loan) - Out injured.
Stefan Antonijevic - Tampa Bay - Did not dress in either of Tampa's games.
Omar Bravo - Carolina - Did not dress in Carolina's 3-0 win over Fort Lauderdale.
Mechack Jerome - Jacksonville - No game this week.
Michael Kafari - Puerto Rico - Started and played 90 minutes in Puerto Rico's 0-0 draw with Minnesota.
James Marcelin - Carolina - Came off the bench and played 15 minutes in Carolina's 3-0 win over Fort Lauderdale.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Oklahoma City - Did not dress in OKC's 1-0 win over Miami.
US
Amer Didic - Swope Park - Started and played 120 minutes in Swope's 2-1 win over Orange County.
Christian Duke - Swope Park - Started and played 120 minutes in Swope's 2-1 win over Orange County.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - Started and played 89 minutes in OKC's 3-2 loss to Vancouver.
Ryan James - Rochester - Started and played 110 minutes in Rochester's 3-3 (5-4) shootout loss to New York.
Alex Martinez - Charlotte - Offseason.
Tyler Pasher - Swope Park - Started and played 120 minutes in Swope's 2-1 win over Orange County.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 3-2 lss to Vancouver.
Kris Tyrpak - Swope Park - Started and played 69 minutes, recording an assist in Swope's 2-1 win over Orange County.
Ualefi - Swope Park - Did not dress in Swope's 2-1 win over Orange County.
Yomby William - Richmond - Offseason.
PDL
Adnan Gabeljic - San Francisco - Offseason.
Faik Hajderovic - St. Louis U23 - Offseason.
Indoor
Jamar Beasley - Cedar Rapids - Offseason.
Mike Jones - Dallas - Offseason.
Boris Pardo - Missouri - Offseason.
International
Korede Aiyegbusi - AFC United- Sweden - No game this week.
Scott Angevine - YPA - Finland - Offseason.
Claudio Bieler - Belgrano - Argentina - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Belgrano's 2-0 win over Juventud Unida G.
Reinaldo Brenes - Belen Siglo XXI - Dressed but did not play in Belen's 4-0 loss to Santos de Guapiles.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - No game this week.
Jorge Claros - Alajuelense - Costa Rica - Started and played 90 minutes in Honduras' 2-1 win over Belize.
Daneil Cyrus - W Connection - Trinidad - Started and played 90 minutes in Trinidad's 4-0 win over the Dominican Republic. Started and played 120 minutes in Trinidad's 2-0 loss to Martinique.
Toni Dovale - CD Leganes - Spain - No game this week.
Luis Gil - Queretaro - Mexico - No game this week.
Will John - RoPS - Finland - No game this week.
Igor Juliao - Fluminense - Brazil - Dressed but did not play in Fluminense's 2-1 loss t Santos.
Igor Kostrov - Slavia-Mozyr - Belarus - No game this week.
Luis Marin - CD Temuco - Chile - No game this week.
Michal Mravec - RoPS - Finland - No game this week.
Krisztian Nemeth - Al-Gharafa - Qatar - Came off the bench and played 14 minutes in Hungary's 3-2 loss to Switzerland. Dressed but did not play in Hungary's 2-0 win over Latvia.
Erik Palmer-Brown - Porto (loan) - Portugal - Out injured
Pablo Punyed - IBV - Iceland - Offseason.
Oriol Rosell - Belenenses (Sporting Club de Portugal)(loan) - Portugal - Did not dress in Belenenses' 1-0 win over Boavista.
Soony Saad - Pattaya United (BEC Tero Sasana) - No game this week.
Daniel Salloi - Gyirmot FC Gyor (loan) - Hungary - No game this week.
Peter Schmetz - Wuppertaler SV - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes in Wuppertaler's 2-1 win over SG Wattenscheid 09.
Yann Songo'o - Plymouth Argyle - Started and played 90 minutes in Plymouth's 2-1 win over Stevenage.
Kevin Souter - Deveronvale FC - Scotland - Lost 9-2 to Buckie Thistle.
Martin Steuble - Ceres-La Salle - Philippines - No game this week.
Milos Stojcev - Atromitos - Greece - No game this week.
Matt Taylor - Kickers Offenbach - Started and played 64 minutes in Kickers' 1-0 loss to Homburg.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Tuesday, April 05, 2016
Sporting KC Best XI - Midfielders
The voting for the midfielders in Sporting KC's "Best XI" has finished up and with that done I'm taking a look at how I selected my team for the Best XI. The first thing I immediately noticed when going in to make my picks was the fact that after selecting three defenders, we were selecting five midfielders, setting up a Bob Gansler-esk 3-5-2 lineup for the Best XI team. With the five spots available, there were 14 players available for selection; Sporting Legends like Preki and Chris Klein were available for selection along with current players Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura, and Graham Zusi. Also included in the list was the club's first draft pick, Matt McKeon and fellow MLS original, Mark Chung, and players from the middle of KC's history, the likes of Davy Arnaud, Chris Brown, Francisco Gomez, Jack Jewsbury, Sasha Victorine, and Kerry Zavagnin. Certainly a difficult vote, but easier for me personally than the last one when it came to the defenders.
First, I'm not even going to attempt to beat around the bush here with the first player I selected, Preki, he is the best player to have ever played for this club, the only player to win the MLS MVP award twice in their career, the second time at 40, he absolutely is on the Best XI.. He's the team's all-time leader in goals (71 league, 81 all) and in assists (98 league, 104 all) appeared in over 200 games, starting over 200 in all competitions, falling just one short of that in league play (199). This whole discussion for the top five midfielders for the Best XI really should have just been done as Preki and the other four midfielders as arguments can be made for or against other candidates, but I don't see a logical way that you can argue against his inclusion in this team.
There were two other players that I immediately added to my list of five midfielders, Davy Arnaud and Chris Klein. The recently retired, future Sporting Legend and last year's inductee as a Legend, Arnaud and Klein are both no-brainers for me as a fan. Both are in the top 10 in terms of appearances (Arnaud 240, most in club history, Klein 200), and starts (Arnaud 213, Klein 183), they're also both top five in terms of goals (Arnaud 43, Klein 39) and assists (Arnaud 35, Klein 45). While the pair certainly isn’t Preki, the pair is ahead of the rest of the pack of players in the midfield and easy selections for spots two and three in the midfield.
That leaves us with just two spots left and another 11 players still available for selection. From here one thing I looked at to help narrow my list down was a player's longevity with the club. While players like Mark Chung, Paulo Nagamura, and Sasha Victorine have done a lot for the club, I don't think they've done it over a long enough period of time to give them one of the final two spots on the list. And while it may bother a few of the newer fans I feel that Feilhaber falls into that same category. While he has 18 league goals and 25 assists, he's played less than 100 games for KC (91) and started 84. For the last two spots I felt that there were players that have been at a higher level for longer than Feilhaber has.
One of the hardest parts of the midfield selection was giving some credit to those players who don't play an attacking midfield position. Players like Espinoza, McKeon, Nagamura, and Zavagnin never put up great offensive numbers when they played in Kansas City but that shouldn't keep them from being able to be selected to the Best XI in my opinion. At the same time I had to keep reminding myself that this wasn't a team that would actually take the field, so some lack of defensive help, or two to three players that mainly play the right wing is just fine when selecting your players (it's the same issue that I always used to have selecting my fantasy team, building a good well rounded team, but lacking because I tried to build a "team" and not one to just get points).
After eliminating Nagamura earlier due to his lack of longevity, I'm left with Espinoza, McKeon, and Zavagnin among defensive minded midfielders. While Espinoza has had the most success of the three at the national level and McKeon had a strong career for the Wizards, if I'm going with any defensive minded player in the midfield, it's going to be Zavagnin, second behind Arnaud in terms of appearances in league play with 237, but first in appearances in all competitions (291), starts (281), league starts (228), and is the team's leader minutes played in league (20,516) and all competitions (25,290).
While Zavagnin leads the way if I go with one defensive minded midfielder, I still have seven players left with Brown, Gomez, Jewsbury, and Zusi joining Espinoza, McKeon and Zavagnin. Of those seven I feel I can comfortably knock it down to five, because while Chris Brown and Francisco Gomez both played over 140 games across all competitions for Kansas City, when I think of a Best XI midfield for Kansas City, neither one of those players is even close to the discussion. Brown was a consistent performer, but the way that I think would relate him to many newer fans would be that he was Gansler's Jacob Peterson, he worked hard, it did all the things that were asked of him, and he did well in practice, in an earlier MLS without the skill players there are now that was enough to get you consistent starts. As for Gomez, he just never reached the expectations that were there when he was signed as a Project 40 player (the precursor to the Generation Adidas program). He'd been seen as an eventual replacement for Preki at the attacking midfield position, but never got close to that level.
With the remaining five, I just felt that I could cut the final three I needed to so I could get my five midfielders. While Jewsbury appeared almost 200 times in league play for KC, he struggled for a long time even finding a position on the field for KC. While he eventually slotted in mainly as a defensive midfield, Jewsbury spent time as a forward, wingback, and a winger for Gansler. He was a good player, but when KC brought in a better one for that position, he moved elsewhere on the field. He really fit the jack of all trades joke that people made. The last two I cut from my list were Espinoza and McKeon. I stated the reasons for considering Zavagnin above both of them above, but I'd also put Zusi above both of them. Zusi has been a strong performer for Kansas City, a top 20 goal scorer and already in the top five for assists in both league and all competitions for KC. He very likely won't ever catch Preki for number 1 on the list but should easily set himself as second on that list by the time he retires.
So with just the forward line to go, here is my Best XI for Sporting KC so far:
First, I'm not even going to attempt to beat around the bush here with the first player I selected, Preki, he is the best player to have ever played for this club, the only player to win the MLS MVP award twice in their career, the second time at 40, he absolutely is on the Best XI.. He's the team's all-time leader in goals (71 league, 81 all) and in assists (98 league, 104 all) appeared in over 200 games, starting over 200 in all competitions, falling just one short of that in league play (199). This whole discussion for the top five midfielders for the Best XI really should have just been done as Preki and the other four midfielders as arguments can be made for or against other candidates, but I don't see a logical way that you can argue against his inclusion in this team.
There were two other players that I immediately added to my list of five midfielders, Davy Arnaud and Chris Klein. The recently retired, future Sporting Legend and last year's inductee as a Legend, Arnaud and Klein are both no-brainers for me as a fan. Both are in the top 10 in terms of appearances (Arnaud 240, most in club history, Klein 200), and starts (Arnaud 213, Klein 183), they're also both top five in terms of goals (Arnaud 43, Klein 39) and assists (Arnaud 35, Klein 45). While the pair certainly isn’t Preki, the pair is ahead of the rest of the pack of players in the midfield and easy selections for spots two and three in the midfield.
That leaves us with just two spots left and another 11 players still available for selection. From here one thing I looked at to help narrow my list down was a player's longevity with the club. While players like Mark Chung, Paulo Nagamura, and Sasha Victorine have done a lot for the club, I don't think they've done it over a long enough period of time to give them one of the final two spots on the list. And while it may bother a few of the newer fans I feel that Feilhaber falls into that same category. While he has 18 league goals and 25 assists, he's played less than 100 games for KC (91) and started 84. For the last two spots I felt that there were players that have been at a higher level for longer than Feilhaber has.
One of the hardest parts of the midfield selection was giving some credit to those players who don't play an attacking midfield position. Players like Espinoza, McKeon, Nagamura, and Zavagnin never put up great offensive numbers when they played in Kansas City but that shouldn't keep them from being able to be selected to the Best XI in my opinion. At the same time I had to keep reminding myself that this wasn't a team that would actually take the field, so some lack of defensive help, or two to three players that mainly play the right wing is just fine when selecting your players (it's the same issue that I always used to have selecting my fantasy team, building a good well rounded team, but lacking because I tried to build a "team" and not one to just get points).
After eliminating Nagamura earlier due to his lack of longevity, I'm left with Espinoza, McKeon, and Zavagnin among defensive minded midfielders. While Espinoza has had the most success of the three at the national level and McKeon had a strong career for the Wizards, if I'm going with any defensive minded player in the midfield, it's going to be Zavagnin, second behind Arnaud in terms of appearances in league play with 237, but first in appearances in all competitions (291), starts (281), league starts (228), and is the team's leader minutes played in league (20,516) and all competitions (25,290).
While Zavagnin leads the way if I go with one defensive minded midfielder, I still have seven players left with Brown, Gomez, Jewsbury, and Zusi joining Espinoza, McKeon and Zavagnin. Of those seven I feel I can comfortably knock it down to five, because while Chris Brown and Francisco Gomez both played over 140 games across all competitions for Kansas City, when I think of a Best XI midfield for Kansas City, neither one of those players is even close to the discussion. Brown was a consistent performer, but the way that I think would relate him to many newer fans would be that he was Gansler's Jacob Peterson, he worked hard, it did all the things that were asked of him, and he did well in practice, in an earlier MLS without the skill players there are now that was enough to get you consistent starts. As for Gomez, he just never reached the expectations that were there when he was signed as a Project 40 player (the precursor to the Generation Adidas program). He'd been seen as an eventual replacement for Preki at the attacking midfield position, but never got close to that level.
With the remaining five, I just felt that I could cut the final three I needed to so I could get my five midfielders. While Jewsbury appeared almost 200 times in league play for KC, he struggled for a long time even finding a position on the field for KC. While he eventually slotted in mainly as a defensive midfield, Jewsbury spent time as a forward, wingback, and a winger for Gansler. He was a good player, but when KC brought in a better one for that position, he moved elsewhere on the field. He really fit the jack of all trades joke that people made. The last two I cut from my list were Espinoza and McKeon. I stated the reasons for considering Zavagnin above both of them above, but I'd also put Zusi above both of them. Zusi has been a strong performer for Kansas City, a top 20 goal scorer and already in the top five for assists in both league and all competitions for KC. He very likely won't ever catch Preki for number 1 on the list but should easily set himself as second on that list by the time he retires.
So with just the forward line to go, here is my Best XI for Sporting KC so far:
Klein - Arnaud - Preki - Zusi
Zavagnin
Besler - Conrad - Garcia
Nielsen
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Preki is Found - Former SKC Wizards Update
Back when Preki resigned as head coach of the Sacramento Republic of the USL, the announcement had stated that he was headed to England to take a position. At the time that had shot him to the top of the list to take over the position at Leicester City in the Premier League. In the end though Preki didn't get that job, and since then, people have been wondering, "where is Preki?"
That question was answered this week when SI caught up with Preki. He is in fact in England, but has not taken a position yet. In fact, he's working with friend Milan Mandaric, who has made a career buying clubs and later selling them. He is on the look out for the next club he'll purchase and Preki is helping him. Eventually Preki would take a position at whichever club Mandaric purchases.
Here's the rest of this week's update.
Active without a club or unknown
Mitchell Cardenas
Michael Kafari
Neal Kitson
Jonathan Leathers
Kyle Miller
Lawrence Olum
Nelson Pizarro
Yann Songo'o
MLS
Davy Arnaud - DC - Did not dress in DC's 1-1 draw with Colorado.
Teal Bunbury - New England - Started and played 62 minutes in New England's 3-1 win over Toronto.
Servando Carrasco - Orlando City - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 3-1 win over KC.
Aurelien Collin - Orlando City - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 3-1 win over KC.
Daneil Cyrus - Chicago (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes in Chicago's 3-2 loss to New York.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Dressed but did not play in Salt Lake's 3-1 win over Houston.
Herculez Gomez - Toronto - Came off the bench and played 13 minutes in Toronto's 3-1 loss to New England.
Michael Harrington - Colorado - Did not dress in either of Colorado's games.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 0-0 draw with KC.
Kei Kamara - Columbus - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring 2 goals in Columbus' 2-1 win over Philadelphia.
Chris Konopka - Toronto - Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 3-1 loss to New England.
Eric Kronberg - Montreal - Dressed but did not play in Montreal's 0-0 draw with LA.
CJ Sapong - Philadelphia - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Philadelphia's 2-1 loss to Columbus.
Khari Stephenson - San Jose - Loaned to San Antonio.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Started and played 90 minutes in Columbus' 2-1 win over Philadelphia.
Sal Zizzo - New York - Did not dress in New York's 3-2 win over Chicago.
NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Tampa Bay - Dressed but did not play in Tampa's 1-0 loss to Edmonton.
James Marcelin - Fort Lauderdale - Did not dress in Fort Lauderdale's 0-0 draw with Ottawa.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Atlanta - Started and played 4 minutes before being red carded in Atlanta's 2-1 loss to Minnesota.
Michal Mravec - Atlanta - Started and played 75 minutes in Atlanta's 2-1 loss to Minnesota.
Khari Stephenson - San Antonio - Did not dress in either of San Antonio's games.
USL
Christian Duke - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 3-3 draw with Colorado Springs.
Brian Fekete - Austin - Did not dress in Austin's 3-0 loss to Colorado Springs.
Adnan Gabeljic - Sacramento - Did not dress in Sacramento's 3-0 win over Portland.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 3-3 draw with Colorado Springs.
Mechack Jerome - Charlotte - Did not dress in Charlotte's 4-1 win over Toronto. Started and played 90 minutes in Charlotte's 2-0 loss to Saint Louis.
Alex Martinez - Charlotte - Did not dress in either of Charlotte's games.
Victor Munoz - Arizona - Did not dress in Arizona's 1-0 loss to Real Monarchs.
Tony Rocha - Austin - Did not dress in Austin's 3-0 loss to Colorado Springs.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 3-3 draw with Colorado Springs.
Yomby William - Richmond - Started and played 90 minutes in Richmond's 1-1 draw with Harrisburg.
Indoor
Jamar Beasley - Ontario - Offseason.
Adnan Gabeljic - St. Louis - Offseason.
Josh Gardner - Missouri - Offseason.
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason.
Mike Jones - Dallas - Offseason.
Michal Mravec - Tacoma - Offseason.
Boris Pardo - Missouri - Offseason.
International
Korede Aiyegbusi - AFC United - Sweden - Started and played 90 minutes in AFC's 3-0 win over Assyriska.
Scott Angevine - KPV - Finland - Dressed but did not play in KPV's 5-1 win over TP-47.
Vicente Arze - Blooming - Bolivia - Did not dress in either of Blooming's games.
Claudio Bieler - Quilmes - Argentina - Started and played 90 minutes in Quilmes' 0-0 draw with Temperley.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Started and played 90 minutes in Chivas' 2-1 loss to Tijuana. Came off the bench and played 31 minutes in Chivas' 1-0 Copa MX loss to Morelia.
Reinaldo Brenes - AD Belen Siglo XXI - Costa Rica - Dressed but did not play in Belen's 5-1 win over Santos de Guapiles. Came off the bench and played 4 minutes in Belen's 2-1 loss to Carmelita.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - Offseason.
Jorge Claros - Qingdao Jonoon - China - Lost 1-0 to Jiangxi Liansheng.
Eloy Colombano - AD Berazategui - No game this week.
Toni Dovale - CD Leganes - Spain - Started and played 90 minutes in Legenaes' 2-0 win over Tenerife. Did not dress in Leganes' 2-1 loss to Osasuna.
Pablo Escobar - Cúcuta Deportivo - Colombia - Started and played 90 minutes in Cucuta's 1-0 loss to Alianza Petrolera. Started and played 90 minutes in Cucuta's 4-1 loss to Medellin.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Drew Humble Lions 1-1.
Jeferson - Boavista - Brazil - Offseason.
Will John - RoPS - Finland - Started and played 76 minuters in RoPS' 0-0 draw wtih Jaro. Started and played 90 minutes, scoring two goals in RoPS 4-0 win over KTP.
Peterson Joseph - Azam FC - Tanzania - Offseason.
Igor Juliao - ABC (Fluminense) - Brazil - Did not dress in either of ABC's games.
Igor Kostrov - Dinamo-Auto - Moldova - Started and played 90 minutes in Dinamo's 1-1 draw with Sheriff.
Luis Marin - CD Palestino - Chile - Started and played 90 minutes in Palestino's 2-0 win over Santiago Wanderers.
Neven Markovic - KS Lechia Gdansk - Poland - Started and played 90 minutes in Lechia's 0-0 draw with Korona Kielce.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Started and played 61 minutes in Spartak's 1-0 win over Rostov.
Akeem Priestley - Sheikh Russel KC - Bangladesh - Offseason.
Pablo Punyed - Stjarnan - Iceland - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Stjarnan's 1-0 win over Fylkir.
Oriol Rosell - Sporting Club de Portugal - Portugal - Did not dress in Sporting's 2-1 win over Rio Ave.
Soony Saad - BCC Tero (loaned from BEC Tero Sasana FC) - Thailand - Offseason.
Peter Schmetz - Wuppertaler SV - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes in Wuppertaler's 1-1 draw with SpVg Schonnebeck.
Martin Steuble - Ceres-La Salle - Philippines - Offseason.
Milos Stojcev - Atromitos - Greece - Came on the bench and played 23 minutes in Atromitos' 1-0 loss to Xanthi.
Matt Taylor - Saarbrücken - Germany - Did not dress in Saarbrucken's 3-1 lossto Waldhof Mannheim.
That question was answered this week when SI caught up with Preki. He is in fact in England, but has not taken a position yet. In fact, he's working with friend Milan Mandaric, who has made a career buying clubs and later selling them. He is on the look out for the next club he'll purchase and Preki is helping him. Eventually Preki would take a position at whichever club Mandaric purchases.
Here's the rest of this week's update.
Active without a club or unknown
Mitchell Cardenas
Michael Kafari
Neal Kitson
Jonathan Leathers
Kyle Miller
Lawrence Olum
Nelson Pizarro
Yann Songo'o
MLS
Davy Arnaud - DC - Did not dress in DC's 1-1 draw with Colorado.
Teal Bunbury - New England - Started and played 62 minutes in New England's 3-1 win over Toronto.
Servando Carrasco - Orlando City - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 3-1 win over KC.
Aurelien Collin - Orlando City - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 3-1 win over KC.
Daneil Cyrus - Chicago (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes in Chicago's 3-2 loss to New York.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Dressed but did not play in Salt Lake's 3-1 win over Houston.
Herculez Gomez - Toronto - Came off the bench and played 13 minutes in Toronto's 3-1 loss to New England.
Michael Harrington - Colorado - Did not dress in either of Colorado's games.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 0-0 draw with KC.
Kei Kamara - Columbus - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring 2 goals in Columbus' 2-1 win over Philadelphia.
Chris Konopka - Toronto - Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 3-1 loss to New England.
Eric Kronberg - Montreal - Dressed but did not play in Montreal's 0-0 draw with LA.
CJ Sapong - Philadelphia - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Philadelphia's 2-1 loss to Columbus.
Khari Stephenson - San Jose - Loaned to San Antonio.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Started and played 90 minutes in Columbus' 2-1 win over Philadelphia.
Sal Zizzo - New York - Did not dress in New York's 3-2 win over Chicago.
NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Tampa Bay - Dressed but did not play in Tampa's 1-0 loss to Edmonton.
James Marcelin - Fort Lauderdale - Did not dress in Fort Lauderdale's 0-0 draw with Ottawa.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Atlanta - Started and played 4 minutes before being red carded in Atlanta's 2-1 loss to Minnesota.
Michal Mravec - Atlanta - Started and played 75 minutes in Atlanta's 2-1 loss to Minnesota.
Khari Stephenson - San Antonio - Did not dress in either of San Antonio's games.
USL
Christian Duke - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 3-3 draw with Colorado Springs.
Brian Fekete - Austin - Did not dress in Austin's 3-0 loss to Colorado Springs.
Adnan Gabeljic - Sacramento - Did not dress in Sacramento's 3-0 win over Portland.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 3-3 draw with Colorado Springs.
Mechack Jerome - Charlotte - Did not dress in Charlotte's 4-1 win over Toronto. Started and played 90 minutes in Charlotte's 2-0 loss to Saint Louis.
Alex Martinez - Charlotte - Did not dress in either of Charlotte's games.
Victor Munoz - Arizona - Did not dress in Arizona's 1-0 loss to Real Monarchs.
Tony Rocha - Austin - Did not dress in Austin's 3-0 loss to Colorado Springs.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 3-3 draw with Colorado Springs.
Yomby William - Richmond - Started and played 90 minutes in Richmond's 1-1 draw with Harrisburg.
Indoor
Jamar Beasley - Ontario - Offseason.
Adnan Gabeljic - St. Louis - Offseason.
Josh Gardner - Missouri - Offseason.
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason.
Mike Jones - Dallas - Offseason.
Michal Mravec - Tacoma - Offseason.
Boris Pardo - Missouri - Offseason.
International
Korede Aiyegbusi - AFC United - Sweden - Started and played 90 minutes in AFC's 3-0 win over Assyriska.
Scott Angevine - KPV - Finland - Dressed but did not play in KPV's 5-1 win over TP-47.
Vicente Arze - Blooming - Bolivia - Did not dress in either of Blooming's games.
Claudio Bieler - Quilmes - Argentina - Started and played 90 minutes in Quilmes' 0-0 draw with Temperley.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Started and played 90 minutes in Chivas' 2-1 loss to Tijuana. Came off the bench and played 31 minutes in Chivas' 1-0 Copa MX loss to Morelia.
Reinaldo Brenes - AD Belen Siglo XXI - Costa Rica - Dressed but did not play in Belen's 5-1 win over Santos de Guapiles. Came off the bench and played 4 minutes in Belen's 2-1 loss to Carmelita.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - Offseason.
Jorge Claros - Qingdao Jonoon - China - Lost 1-0 to Jiangxi Liansheng.
Eloy Colombano - AD Berazategui - No game this week.
Toni Dovale - CD Leganes - Spain - Started and played 90 minutes in Legenaes' 2-0 win over Tenerife. Did not dress in Leganes' 2-1 loss to Osasuna.
Pablo Escobar - Cúcuta Deportivo - Colombia - Started and played 90 minutes in Cucuta's 1-0 loss to Alianza Petrolera. Started and played 90 minutes in Cucuta's 4-1 loss to Medellin.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Drew Humble Lions 1-1.
Jeferson - Boavista - Brazil - Offseason.
Will John - RoPS - Finland - Started and played 76 minuters in RoPS' 0-0 draw wtih Jaro. Started and played 90 minutes, scoring two goals in RoPS 4-0 win over KTP.
Peterson Joseph - Azam FC - Tanzania - Offseason.
Igor Juliao - ABC (Fluminense) - Brazil - Did not dress in either of ABC's games.
Igor Kostrov - Dinamo-Auto - Moldova - Started and played 90 minutes in Dinamo's 1-1 draw with Sheriff.
Luis Marin - CD Palestino - Chile - Started and played 90 minutes in Palestino's 2-0 win over Santiago Wanderers.
Neven Markovic - KS Lechia Gdansk - Poland - Started and played 90 minutes in Lechia's 0-0 draw with Korona Kielce.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Started and played 61 minutes in Spartak's 1-0 win over Rostov.
Akeem Priestley - Sheikh Russel KC - Bangladesh - Offseason.
Pablo Punyed - Stjarnan - Iceland - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Stjarnan's 1-0 win over Fylkir.
Oriol Rosell - Sporting Club de Portugal - Portugal - Did not dress in Sporting's 2-1 win over Rio Ave.
Soony Saad - BCC Tero (loaned from BEC Tero Sasana FC) - Thailand - Offseason.
Peter Schmetz - Wuppertaler SV - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes in Wuppertaler's 1-1 draw with SpVg Schonnebeck.
Martin Steuble - Ceres-La Salle - Philippines - Offseason.
Milos Stojcev - Atromitos - Greece - Came on the bench and played 23 minutes in Atromitos' 1-0 loss to Xanthi.
Matt Taylor - Saarbrücken - Germany - Did not dress in Saarbrucken's 3-1 lossto Waldhof Mannheim.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
#TBT KC All Star MVP Performance
With the all star game on Wednesday this past week, I thought I'd take a look at the last time a Kansas City player scored in the all star game and the only time a KC player has been named the all star game MVP.
In 1999, KC was suffering through their worst season in club history, but KC still had two players named to the all star team for the Western Conference as Alexi Lalas and Preki were named to the team in San Diego.
The game started quick with the East grabbing the lead in the first minute after a give away with Brian McBride feeding Roy Lassiter. Preki got himself on the board in the 13th as he leveled the game after being played through on the counter. Preki chipped his shot over Tom Presthus to tie the game at 1-1. The West was able to take the lead in the 32nd as the West pushed forward, Peter Nowak slid a ball through to Roman Kosecki who slid his shot under Presthus to give the West the lead. Four minutes later, Preki was involved again as he picked up the ball near midfield, dribbled through a couple East defenders, holding off challenges before playing a ball to Cobi Jones who fired a shot into the corner to make it 3-1 in the 36th. Two minutes later, Preki was back on the board again. After a number of passes the ball made it wide to Kosecki who crossed it into the middle for Preki to knock home.
Preki came off at half time, and as the second half went on the East made their come back. In the 62nd minute Marcelo Balboa brought down McBride in the box. Joe-Max Moore stepped up and beat Matt Jordan to make it 4-2. The next two East goals came due to some poor defense by the West as they failed to get the ball out of their own end. First in the 73rd Carlos Valderrama received a ball in the box, danced around Jordan before sliding the ball into the corner. Then after a poor back pass in the 83rd, Moore tried to beat Jordan to the ball. Jordan won the ball, but only knocked the ball into the path of Columbus' Stern John who scored to tie the game at 4-4. The tied score only lasted for a minute though as Mauricio Wright picked the ball up at midfield dribbled at the East defense before playing it wide to Ronald Cerritos who crossed it back to Wright who beat Walter Zenga to give the West the lead again. The West added to their lead in the 89th as Mauricio Cienfuegos cross into the box was turned in Cerritos to finish off the scoring at 6-4.
Preki was named the MVP of the game for his two goals and assist performance.
You can check out the full match below.
In 1999, KC was suffering through their worst season in club history, but KC still had two players named to the all star team for the Western Conference as Alexi Lalas and Preki were named to the team in San Diego.
The game started quick with the East grabbing the lead in the first minute after a give away with Brian McBride feeding Roy Lassiter. Preki got himself on the board in the 13th as he leveled the game after being played through on the counter. Preki chipped his shot over Tom Presthus to tie the game at 1-1. The West was able to take the lead in the 32nd as the West pushed forward, Peter Nowak slid a ball through to Roman Kosecki who slid his shot under Presthus to give the West the lead. Four minutes later, Preki was involved again as he picked up the ball near midfield, dribbled through a couple East defenders, holding off challenges before playing a ball to Cobi Jones who fired a shot into the corner to make it 3-1 in the 36th. Two minutes later, Preki was back on the board again. After a number of passes the ball made it wide to Kosecki who crossed it into the middle for Preki to knock home.
Preki came off at half time, and as the second half went on the East made their come back. In the 62nd minute Marcelo Balboa brought down McBride in the box. Joe-Max Moore stepped up and beat Matt Jordan to make it 4-2. The next two East goals came due to some poor defense by the West as they failed to get the ball out of their own end. First in the 73rd Carlos Valderrama received a ball in the box, danced around Jordan before sliding the ball into the corner. Then after a poor back pass in the 83rd, Moore tried to beat Jordan to the ball. Jordan won the ball, but only knocked the ball into the path of Columbus' Stern John who scored to tie the game at 4-4. The tied score only lasted for a minute though as Mauricio Wright picked the ball up at midfield dribbled at the East defense before playing it wide to Ronald Cerritos who crossed it back to Wright who beat Walter Zenga to give the West the lead again. The West added to their lead in the 89th as Mauricio Cienfuegos cross into the box was turned in Cerritos to finish off the scoring at 6-4.
Preki was named the MVP of the game for his two goals and assist performance.
You can check out the full match below.
Wednesday, July 08, 2015
Preki Off to the EPL? - Former SKC Wizards Update
It was a really weird day in news for former KC players. The news centers around the club's all time leading scorer, and probably the greatest player to play for the club, Preki. First early in the day, bookies in England made Preki the favorite to replace Nigel Pearson as manager at Premier League side, Leicester City at 3/1 odds. Then Preki resigned from his position as coach of USL side, the Sacramento Republic after this weekend's game, where he'd gotten back into coaching after a three year hiatus. It's certainly not official yet, but the news all right back to back would certainly point to it. It's crazy to think that after coaching both Chivas USA and Toronto FC that Preki will now be off to the Premier League.
Here's the rest of this week's update.
Active without a club or unknown
Scott Angevine
Federico Bessone
Bobby Convey
Will John
Michael Kafari
Neal Kitson
Jonathan Leathers
Carlos Marinelli
Nelson Pizarro
Ivan Trujillo
Konrad Warzycha
MLS
Davy Arnaud - DC - Started and played 90 minutes in DC's 1-0 loss to Seattle.
Teal Bunbury - New England - Started and played 76 minutes in New England's 3-0 loss to Dallas.
Aurelien Collin - Orlando City - Did not dress in Orlando's 1-1 draw with RSL.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Started and played 90 minutes in Salt Lake's 2-0 win over Porland. Started and played 90 minutes in RSL's 1-1 draw with Orlando.
Michael Harrington - Colorado - Did not dress in Colorado's 2-1 win over Vancouver.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 2-0 loss to Salt Lake. Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Portland's 1-0 win over San Jose.
Kei Kamara - Columbus - Started and played 89 minutes, recording 2 assists in Columbus' 2-1 win over New York.
Chris Konopka - Toronto - Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 4-0 loss to LA.
Eric Kronberg - Montreal - Dressed but did not play in Montreal's 2-1 loss to NYC.
CJ Sapong - Philadelphia - No game this week.
Khari Stephenson - San Jose - Started and played 45 minutes in San Jose's 1-0 loss to LA. Dressed but did not play in San Jose's 1-0 loss to Portland.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Dressed but did not play in Columbus' 2-1 win over NEw York.
Sal Zizzo - New York - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in New York's 4-1 win over the Cosmos. Came of the bench and played 23 minutes in New York's 2-1 loss to Columbus.
NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Tampa Bay - Started and played 90 minutes in Tampa's 2-1 win over Atlanta.
James Marcelin - Fort Lauderdale - Started and played 71 minutes in Haiti's 1-1 draw with Panama.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Atlanta - Started and played 90 minutes in Atlanta's 2-1 loss to Tampa.
Kyle Miller - Atlanta - Did not play in Atlanta's 2-1 loss to Tampa.
Michal Mravec - Atlanta - Started and played 90 minutes in Atlanta's 2-1 loss to Tampa.
USL
Christian Duke - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 1-0 loss to Orange County. Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 1-1 draw with LA.
Brian Fekete - Austin - Did not play in Austin's 2-0 loss to Colorado Springs.
Adnan Gabeljic - Sacramento - Dressed but did not play in Sacramento's 1-1 draw with the Real Monarchs.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - Came off the bench and played 30 minutes in OKC's 1-0 loss to Orange County. Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 1-1 draw with LA.
Mechack Jerome - Charlotte - Started and played 90 minutes in Haiti's 1-1 draw with Panama.
Alex Martinez - Charlotte - Started and played 81 minutes, recording an assist in Charlotte's 2-1 loss to St. Louis.
Victor Munoz - Arizona - Did not play in Arizona's 3-1 loss to Portland. Started and played 75 minutes in Arizona's 2-0 win over Orange County.
Tony Rocha - Austin - Started and played 90 minutes in Austin's 2-0 loss to Colorado Springs.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 1-0 loss to Orange County. Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 1-1 draw with LA.
Yomby William - Richmond - Started and played 90 minutes in Richmond's 3-0 loss to Louisville.
Indoor
Jamar Beasley - Ontario - Offseason.
Adnan Gabeljic - St. Louis - Offseason.
Josh Gardner - Missouri - Offseason.
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason.
Mike Jones - Dallas - Offseason.
Michal Mravec - Tacoma - Offseason.
Boris Pardo - Wichita - Offseason.
International
Korede Aiyegbusi - Auerbach - Germany - Offseason
Vicente Arze - Blooming - Bolivia - Offseason.
Claudio Bieler - Quilmes - Argentina - No game until 7/12.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Offseason.
Reinaldo Brenes - Saprissa - Costa Rica - Offseason.
Mitchell Cardenas - Atlético Coatzacoalcos - Mexico - Offseason.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - Offseason.
Jorge Claros - Qingdao Jonoon - China - Dressed but did not play in Honduras' 2-1 loss to USA.
Eloy Colombano - AD Berazategui - Defeated Juventud Unida.
Daneil Cyrus - Ha Noi T&T (W Connection) - Vietnam (Trinidad) - With Trinidad national team.
Toni Dovale - CD Lugo - Spain - Offseason.
Pablo Escobar - Cúcuta Deportivo - Colombia - No game until 7/11.
Herculez Gomez - Puebla - Mexico - Offseason.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Offseason.
Jeferson - Boavista - Brazil - Offseason.
Peterson Joseph - Azam FC - Tanzania - Offseason.
Igor Juliao - ABC (Fluminense) - Brazil - Dressed but did not play in either of ABC's games.
Igor Kostrov - FK Kyzyl-Zhar - Kazakhstan - Lost 1-0 to Maqtaaral.
Luis Marin - CD Palestino - Chile - Offsason.
Neven Markovic - Servette FC - Switzerland - Offseason.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Offseason.
Lawrence Olum - Kedah FA - Malaysia - Defeated Kuantan FA 3-2. Defeated PBDKT T-Team 2-0.
Akeem Priestley - Sheikh Russel KC - Bangladesh - Offseason.
Pablo Punyed - Stjarnan - Iceland - With the El Salvador national team for the Gold Cup.
Oriol Rosell - Sporting Club de Portugal - Portugal - Offseason.
Soony Saad - BCC Tero (loaned from BEC Tero Sasana FC) - Thailand - Offseason.
Peter Schmetz - Wuppertaler SV - Germany - Offseason.
Yann Songo'o - Blackburn - England - Offseason.
Martin Steuble - Ceres-La Salle - Philippines - Game postponed.
Milos Stojcev - FK Sarajevo - Bosnia - Offseason.
Matt Taylor - Saarbrücken - Germany - Offseason.
Here's the rest of this week's update.
Active without a club or unknown
Scott Angevine
Federico Bessone
Bobby Convey
Will John
Michael Kafari
Neal Kitson
Jonathan Leathers
Carlos Marinelli
Nelson Pizarro
Ivan Trujillo
Konrad Warzycha
MLS
Davy Arnaud - DC - Started and played 90 minutes in DC's 1-0 loss to Seattle.
Teal Bunbury - New England - Started and played 76 minutes in New England's 3-0 loss to Dallas.
Aurelien Collin - Orlando City - Did not dress in Orlando's 1-1 draw with RSL.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Started and played 90 minutes in Salt Lake's 2-0 win over Porland. Started and played 90 minutes in RSL's 1-1 draw with Orlando.
Michael Harrington - Colorado - Did not dress in Colorado's 2-1 win over Vancouver.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 2-0 loss to Salt Lake. Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Portland's 1-0 win over San Jose.
Kei Kamara - Columbus - Started and played 89 minutes, recording 2 assists in Columbus' 2-1 win over New York.
Chris Konopka - Toronto - Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 4-0 loss to LA.
Eric Kronberg - Montreal - Dressed but did not play in Montreal's 2-1 loss to NYC.
CJ Sapong - Philadelphia - No game this week.
Khari Stephenson - San Jose - Started and played 45 minutes in San Jose's 1-0 loss to LA. Dressed but did not play in San Jose's 1-0 loss to Portland.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Dressed but did not play in Columbus' 2-1 win over NEw York.
Sal Zizzo - New York - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in New York's 4-1 win over the Cosmos. Came of the bench and played 23 minutes in New York's 2-1 loss to Columbus.
NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Tampa Bay - Started and played 90 minutes in Tampa's 2-1 win over Atlanta.
James Marcelin - Fort Lauderdale - Started and played 71 minutes in Haiti's 1-1 draw with Panama.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Atlanta - Started and played 90 minutes in Atlanta's 2-1 loss to Tampa.
Kyle Miller - Atlanta - Did not play in Atlanta's 2-1 loss to Tampa.
Michal Mravec - Atlanta - Started and played 90 minutes in Atlanta's 2-1 loss to Tampa.
USL
Christian Duke - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 1-0 loss to Orange County. Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 1-1 draw with LA.
Brian Fekete - Austin - Did not play in Austin's 2-0 loss to Colorado Springs.
Adnan Gabeljic - Sacramento - Dressed but did not play in Sacramento's 1-1 draw with the Real Monarchs.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - Came off the bench and played 30 minutes in OKC's 1-0 loss to Orange County. Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 1-1 draw with LA.
Mechack Jerome - Charlotte - Started and played 90 minutes in Haiti's 1-1 draw with Panama.
Alex Martinez - Charlotte - Started and played 81 minutes, recording an assist in Charlotte's 2-1 loss to St. Louis.
Victor Munoz - Arizona - Did not play in Arizona's 3-1 loss to Portland. Started and played 75 minutes in Arizona's 2-0 win over Orange County.
Tony Rocha - Austin - Started and played 90 minutes in Austin's 2-0 loss to Colorado Springs.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 1-0 loss to Orange County. Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 1-1 draw with LA.
Yomby William - Richmond - Started and played 90 minutes in Richmond's 3-0 loss to Louisville.
Indoor
Jamar Beasley - Ontario - Offseason.
Adnan Gabeljic - St. Louis - Offseason.
Josh Gardner - Missouri - Offseason.
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason.
Mike Jones - Dallas - Offseason.
Michal Mravec - Tacoma - Offseason.
Boris Pardo - Wichita - Offseason.
International
Korede Aiyegbusi - Auerbach - Germany - Offseason
Vicente Arze - Blooming - Bolivia - Offseason.
Claudio Bieler - Quilmes - Argentina - No game until 7/12.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Offseason.
Reinaldo Brenes - Saprissa - Costa Rica - Offseason.
Mitchell Cardenas - Atlético Coatzacoalcos - Mexico - Offseason.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - Offseason.
Jorge Claros - Qingdao Jonoon - China - Dressed but did not play in Honduras' 2-1 loss to USA.
Eloy Colombano - AD Berazategui - Defeated Juventud Unida.
Daneil Cyrus - Ha Noi T&T (W Connection) - Vietnam (Trinidad) - With Trinidad national team.
Toni Dovale - CD Lugo - Spain - Offseason.
Pablo Escobar - Cúcuta Deportivo - Colombia - No game until 7/11.
Herculez Gomez - Puebla - Mexico - Offseason.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Offseason.
Jeferson - Boavista - Brazil - Offseason.
Peterson Joseph - Azam FC - Tanzania - Offseason.
Igor Juliao - ABC (Fluminense) - Brazil - Dressed but did not play in either of ABC's games.
Igor Kostrov - FK Kyzyl-Zhar - Kazakhstan - Lost 1-0 to Maqtaaral.
Luis Marin - CD Palestino - Chile - Offsason.
Neven Markovic - Servette FC - Switzerland - Offseason.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Offseason.
Lawrence Olum - Kedah FA - Malaysia - Defeated Kuantan FA 3-2. Defeated PBDKT T-Team 2-0.
Akeem Priestley - Sheikh Russel KC - Bangladesh - Offseason.
Pablo Punyed - Stjarnan - Iceland - With the El Salvador national team for the Gold Cup.
Oriol Rosell - Sporting Club de Portugal - Portugal - Offseason.
Soony Saad - BCC Tero (loaned from BEC Tero Sasana FC) - Thailand - Offseason.
Peter Schmetz - Wuppertaler SV - Germany - Offseason.
Yann Songo'o - Blackburn - England - Offseason.
Martin Steuble - Ceres-La Salle - Philippines - Game postponed.
Milos Stojcev - FK Sarajevo - Bosnia - Offseason.
Matt Taylor - Saarbrücken - Germany - Offseason.
Thursday, July 02, 2015
#TBT Hattricks for KC.
For Throw Back Thursday this week I thought I'd go through all the hattricks in KC's history before last night's four goal performance by Dom Dwyer against FC Dallas.
The first hattrick in KC history actually didn't come until the team's third season, when Digital Takawira hit a second half hattrick for KC in their 3-1 win over New England on May 16th of 1998. Takawira scored three goals in the span of nine minutes to help KC to the 3-1 win. His first goal came in the 76th, with the second coming three minutes later in the 79th. In the 83rd, New England pulled one back from the penalty spot before Takawira finished off his hattrick two minutes later in the 85th.
The team's second hattrick came later in the same year as Preki scored his only hattrick in his KC career on September 5th of 1998 in a 5-1 win over San Jose. After going down 1-0 in just the 7th minute, Mo Johnston scored in the 12th to tie the game off an assist from Preki. In the 18th minute, Preki got his first goal of the game. He added his second just three minutes after the half time break. After a Paul Wright goal in the 59th, Preki finished off his hattrick in the 80th minute.
KC had to wait almost six full years for their next hattrick, which came almost 11 years ago tomorrow, July 3rd 2004 against the same Dallas team, back when they were still the Dallas Burn. Davy Arnaud scored that hattrick in his break out season in a 5-1 win. Arnaud opened the scoring in the 22nd before Jason Kreis equalized less than 10 minutes later. A Kreis red card though just before half time changed the game. Chris Klein made it 2-1 in the 72nd in the second half, Josh Wolff added one three minutes later before Arnaud added his second in the 79th. Arnaud finished his hattrick in stoppage time of the rout.
Up to this point there has been an inability to find highlights, but from here we now have highlights of the goals.
The next hattricks for KC came in back to back games in the 2007 season, both for Eddie Johnson. The first came against the New England Revolution on the road again. After falling behind 2-0 early in the first half, Davy Arnaud scored in the 25th to pull KC within one and a minute later in the 26th, Johnson got his first goal of the game. Johnson got his second goal of the game in the 38th minute as he beat Jay Heaps for a second time and beat Matt Reis at the near post to make it 3-2 KC. New England pulled it back level in the 69th on a Sharlie Joseph penalty kick before Johnson finished off his hattrick in the 82nd on a through ball from Carlos Marinelli. Johnson rounded Reis and put the ball in the net for his hattrick and the 4-3 win.
The very next week at Arrowhead, Eddie Johnson hit a second hattrick, the first natural hattrick in KC history. New York had an 8th minute goal by Juan Pablo Angel hold up through the first half, even with a Clint Mathis red card in the 36th minute. KC struck early in the second half though to level the score on a long ball over the top by Michael Harrington for Johnson who chipped Jon Conway in the New York net to level the game. Johnson added his second just before the hour on a cross by Jose Burciaga that found Johnson unmarked at the back post. Johnson finished his hattrick in the 85th after being played in by Sasha Victorine he slotted the ball into the corner past Conway. A late Dema Kovalenko goal made it 3-2 but KC won the game.
The final hattrick before last night's Dom Dwyer four goal performance came from the most unlikely of sources, Birahim Diop. The "Diop Game" had occurred earlier in the year when Diop scored twice in his first start for KC. This game, the finale of the 2010 saw KC already eliminated from playoff contention against the San Jose Earthquakes. Diop opened the scoring for KC in the 36th minute as he headed a long ball by Jonathan Leathers past an onrushing Jon Busch to put KC up 1-0. Diop added a second on the hour mark, after he missed a Roger Espinoza cross, the ball came back to Diop who headed the ball past push and into the net. 10 minutes later, San Jose pulled one back through Chris Wondolowski. Diop though finished off his hattrick in the 76th off a long ball from Craig Rocastle, Diop brought the ball down and fired a curling shot into the net to give KC a 3-1 lead. KC added a fourth on an own goal in second half stoppage time to make it 4-1 KC.
The first hattrick in KC history actually didn't come until the team's third season, when Digital Takawira hit a second half hattrick for KC in their 3-1 win over New England on May 16th of 1998. Takawira scored three goals in the span of nine minutes to help KC to the 3-1 win. His first goal came in the 76th, with the second coming three minutes later in the 79th. In the 83rd, New England pulled one back from the penalty spot before Takawira finished off his hattrick two minutes later in the 85th.
The team's second hattrick came later in the same year as Preki scored his only hattrick in his KC career on September 5th of 1998 in a 5-1 win over San Jose. After going down 1-0 in just the 7th minute, Mo Johnston scored in the 12th to tie the game off an assist from Preki. In the 18th minute, Preki got his first goal of the game. He added his second just three minutes after the half time break. After a Paul Wright goal in the 59th, Preki finished off his hattrick in the 80th minute.
KC had to wait almost six full years for their next hattrick, which came almost 11 years ago tomorrow, July 3rd 2004 against the same Dallas team, back when they were still the Dallas Burn. Davy Arnaud scored that hattrick in his break out season in a 5-1 win. Arnaud opened the scoring in the 22nd before Jason Kreis equalized less than 10 minutes later. A Kreis red card though just before half time changed the game. Chris Klein made it 2-1 in the 72nd in the second half, Josh Wolff added one three minutes later before Arnaud added his second in the 79th. Arnaud finished his hattrick in stoppage time of the rout.
Up to this point there has been an inability to find highlights, but from here we now have highlights of the goals.
The next hattricks for KC came in back to back games in the 2007 season, both for Eddie Johnson. The first came against the New England Revolution on the road again. After falling behind 2-0 early in the first half, Davy Arnaud scored in the 25th to pull KC within one and a minute later in the 26th, Johnson got his first goal of the game. Johnson got his second goal of the game in the 38th minute as he beat Jay Heaps for a second time and beat Matt Reis at the near post to make it 3-2 KC. New England pulled it back level in the 69th on a Sharlie Joseph penalty kick before Johnson finished off his hattrick in the 82nd on a through ball from Carlos Marinelli. Johnson rounded Reis and put the ball in the net for his hattrick and the 4-3 win.
The very next week at Arrowhead, Eddie Johnson hit a second hattrick, the first natural hattrick in KC history. New York had an 8th minute goal by Juan Pablo Angel hold up through the first half, even with a Clint Mathis red card in the 36th minute. KC struck early in the second half though to level the score on a long ball over the top by Michael Harrington for Johnson who chipped Jon Conway in the New York net to level the game. Johnson added his second just before the hour on a cross by Jose Burciaga that found Johnson unmarked at the back post. Johnson finished his hattrick in the 85th after being played in by Sasha Victorine he slotted the ball into the corner past Conway. A late Dema Kovalenko goal made it 3-2 but KC won the game.
The final hattrick before last night's Dom Dwyer four goal performance came from the most unlikely of sources, Birahim Diop. The "Diop Game" had occurred earlier in the year when Diop scored twice in his first start for KC. This game, the finale of the 2010 saw KC already eliminated from playoff contention against the San Jose Earthquakes. Diop opened the scoring for KC in the 36th minute as he headed a long ball by Jonathan Leathers past an onrushing Jon Busch to put KC up 1-0. Diop added a second on the hour mark, after he missed a Roger Espinoza cross, the ball came back to Diop who headed the ball past push and into the net. 10 minutes later, San Jose pulled one back through Chris Wondolowski. Diop though finished off his hattrick in the 76th off a long ball from Craig Rocastle, Diop brought the ball down and fired a curling shot into the net to give KC a 3-1 lead. KC added a fourth on an own goal in second half stoppage time to make it 4-1 KC.
Thursday, May 07, 2015
#TBT Highest Scoring Game in KC History
On May 2nd, 1996, the then KC Wiz played at the time, the highest scoring MLS game in the league's short history. Against the Columbus Crew at Arrowhead Stadium, KC came from behind to top the Crew 6-4.
Played in front of 8,848, KC jumped out to an early 1-0 lead thanks to a rocket of a shot by Mark Chung after a patented cut back by Preki drew three defenders to him in the fifth minute. Columbus was ale to find the equalizer in the 20th minute when Brian McBride headed home a corner from Billy Thompson, deflecting off of defender Tommy Reasoner who tried to keep the ball out with his knee. The score would stay at 1-1 headed into the half time break.
The second half started with a bang as KC jumped back out in front in just the 47th minute. Preki received the ball out wide and tried to curl a shot into the net. He succeeded in beating goalkeeper, Bo Oshoniyi, but didn't beat the cross bar. The rebound though fell to Mo Johnston who knocked the rebound home for a goal in his debut for KC. This time the lead lasted only a minute as a long throw in from McBride found Todd Yeagley in the box, he was able to bring the ball down and bury it. Columbus would take the lead for the first time a little after the hour mark as Mike Clark beat Reasoner to a cross by Thompson and headed the ball into the net to make it 3-2.
Only a minute after making it 3-2, Columbus made it 4-2 as McBride crossed the ball into the box looking for Adrian Paz, but Reasoner in an attempt to cleared the ball, fired the ball into his own net. The two goal lead would only last a couple minutes though as KC won a penalty kick as Digtal Takawira tried to dribble around a Crew defender on the ground who hit the ball with his hand. Preki stepped up to take the penalty, pulling a Panenka, softly chipping the ball past Oshoniyi and into the net to make it 4-3. Only a couple minutes after the penalty kick, KC was level with Johnston again the scorer. After a partial clearance out wide, Takawira headed the ball back into the middle where Johnston knocked it home to make it 4-4. KC wasn't done and in the 77th minute, Mike Sorber got in on the act firing a shot from long range that beat Oshoniyi and put KC in front 5-4. With Columbus chasing the game late, KC found a sixth to seal the game on the counter in the 88th minute. Takawira led the counter dribbling against two Crew defenders. At the top of the box, Takawira took a bit of a big touch and Preki pounced on the ball, one timing it into the corner right in front of Takawira.
The game would stand as the highest scoring game in league history for just two years before being surpassed by the LA Galaxy's 7-4 win over the Colorado Rapids in 1998. The game is still the highest scoring in KC history and tied for the record for most goals score in a game.
Played in front of 8,848, KC jumped out to an early 1-0 lead thanks to a rocket of a shot by Mark Chung after a patented cut back by Preki drew three defenders to him in the fifth minute. Columbus was ale to find the equalizer in the 20th minute when Brian McBride headed home a corner from Billy Thompson, deflecting off of defender Tommy Reasoner who tried to keep the ball out with his knee. The score would stay at 1-1 headed into the half time break.
The second half started with a bang as KC jumped back out in front in just the 47th minute. Preki received the ball out wide and tried to curl a shot into the net. He succeeded in beating goalkeeper, Bo Oshoniyi, but didn't beat the cross bar. The rebound though fell to Mo Johnston who knocked the rebound home for a goal in his debut for KC. This time the lead lasted only a minute as a long throw in from McBride found Todd Yeagley in the box, he was able to bring the ball down and bury it. Columbus would take the lead for the first time a little after the hour mark as Mike Clark beat Reasoner to a cross by Thompson and headed the ball into the net to make it 3-2.
Only a minute after making it 3-2, Columbus made it 4-2 as McBride crossed the ball into the box looking for Adrian Paz, but Reasoner in an attempt to cleared the ball, fired the ball into his own net. The two goal lead would only last a couple minutes though as KC won a penalty kick as Digtal Takawira tried to dribble around a Crew defender on the ground who hit the ball with his hand. Preki stepped up to take the penalty, pulling a Panenka, softly chipping the ball past Oshoniyi and into the net to make it 4-3. Only a couple minutes after the penalty kick, KC was level with Johnston again the scorer. After a partial clearance out wide, Takawira headed the ball back into the middle where Johnston knocked it home to make it 4-4. KC wasn't done and in the 77th minute, Mike Sorber got in on the act firing a shot from long range that beat Oshoniyi and put KC in front 5-4. With Columbus chasing the game late, KC found a sixth to seal the game on the counter in the 88th minute. Takawira led the counter dribbling against two Crew defenders. At the top of the box, Takawira took a bit of a big touch and Preki pounced on the ball, one timing it into the corner right in front of Takawira.
The game would stand as the highest scoring game in league history for just two years before being surpassed by the LA Galaxy's 7-4 win over the Colorado Rapids in 1998. The game is still the highest scoring in KC history and tied for the record for most goals score in a game.
Wednesday, October 01, 2014
Kamara Still Searching for a Club, Preki Wins USLPro Title - Former SKC Wizards Update
Since his release from Middlesbrough, former KC forward, Kei Kamara has been looking for a club. There were rumors of a return to MLS, except he couldn't return to MLS until January. This week, Kamara has been on trial with Championships side, Wolverhampton. Unfortunately Kamara is leaving Wolves without a contract after work permit questions came out. Sierra Leone's current world ranking with FIFA is likely the main reason for the questions on his work permit.
In other former Sporting Player update, former midfielder, Preki just won the USL-Pro title for the expansion Sacramento Republic. The Republic had a fantastic first season from at the gate to on the field where the team beat the Harrisburg City Islanders 2-0 to win the championship. Preki, in his first coaching stint since coaching Toronto FC in 2010 also won the league's coach of the year award.
Here's the rest of this week's update.
Active without a club or unknown
Vicente Arze
Federico Bessone
Jose Burciaga
Julio Cesar
Edson Elcock
Adnan Gabeljic
Mechack Jerome
Peterson Joseph
Kei Kamara
Neal Kitson
Michal Mravec
Nelson Pizarro
Akeem Priestly
Peter Schmetz
Scott Sealy
Konrad Warzycha
MLS
Davy Arnaud - DC - Started and played 90 minutes in DC's 1-0 win over Philadelphia.
Teal Bunbury - New England - Started and played 80 minutes in New England's 3-2 win over KC.
Bobby Convey - New York - Did not dress in New York's 4-0 loss to LA.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Started and played 69 minutes in RSL's 2-1 loss to Vancouver.
Michael Harrington - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 3-2 loss to Toronto.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 3-2 loss to Toronto.
Eddie Johnson - DC - Came off the bench and played 22 minutes in DC's 1-0 win over Philadelphia.
Chris Konopka - Toronto - Dressed but did not play in Toronto's 3-2 win over Portland.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Portland - Did not dress in Portland's 3-2 los to Toronto.
Khari Stephenson - San Jose - Dressed but did not play in San Jose's 1-1 draw with Colorado.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Started and played 90 minutes in Columbus' 2-0 win over Montreal.
NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Fort Lauderdale - No game this week.
USL
Brian Fekete - Pittsburgh - Offseason.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - Offseason.
Jonathan Leathers - Charlotte - Offseason.
Alex Martinez - Orange County - Offseason.
Kyle Miller - Oklahoma City - Offseason.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - Offseason.
Yomby William - Richmond - Offseason.
John Wilson - Charleston - Offseason.
Indoor
Jamar Beasley - St. Louis - Offseason.
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason.
Paul Wright - San Diego - Offseason.
International
Korede Aiyegbusi - Auerbach - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes in Auerbach's 4-0 loss to Union Berlin II.
Scott Angevine - Vasa - Finland - Did not play in Vasa's 3-2 win over P-Iirot.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Did not dress in Chivas' 0-0 draw with Tijuana. Started and played 45 minutes in Chivas' 0-0 draw with Puebla.
Mitchell Cardenas - Atlético Coatzacoalcos - Mexico - Lost 1-0 to Ocelotes UNACH.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - Offseason.
Eloy Colombano - AD Berazategui - Argentina - Lost 2-1 to Defensores de Belgrano.
Daneil Cyrus - Ha Noi T&T (W Connection) - Vietnam (Trinidad) - Offseason.
Pablo Escobar - Cúcuta Deportivo - Colombia - Did not play in Cucuta's 5-0 win over Depor FC. Started and played 90 minutes in Cucuta's 3-0 win over Deportes Quindio.
Roger Espinoza - Wigan - England - Did not dress in either of Wigan's games.
Herculez Gomez - Tigres - Mexico - Started and played 45 minutes in Tigres' 3-2 win over Pachuca. Started and played 45 minutes in Tigres' 1-1 draw with Santos Laguna.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Offseason.
Jeferson - América RN - Brazil - Did not dress in America's 1-0 loss to Vila Nova.
Will John - Maghreb Fes - Morocco - Lost 2-1 to Kawkab Marrakech.
Igor Kostrov - Veris - Moldova - Defeated Costuleni 1-0.
Carlos Marinelli - Universidad San Martin - Peru - Did not dress in San Martin's 4-1 win over Sport Huancayo.
Neven Markovic - Servette FC - Switzerland - Did not dress in Servette's 1-0 win over Schaffhausen. Dressed but did not play in Servette's 4-2 loss to Winterthur.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Did not dress in Spartak's 0-0 draw with Zenit.
Pablo Punyed - Stjarnan - Iceland - Did not dress in Stjarnan's 4-0 win over Fram.
Oriol Rosell - Sporting Club de Portugal - Portugal - Dressed but did not play in Sporting's 1-1 draw with Porto. Dressed but did not play in Rosell's 1-0 loss to Chelsea.
Yann Songo'o - Blackburn - England - Did not dress in Blackburn's 2-2 draw with Watford. Dressed but did not play in Blackburn's 2-0 loss to Rotherham United.
Milos Stojcev - FK Sarajevo - Bosnia - Started and played 45 minutes in Sarajevo's 2-0 win over Drina Zvornik. Started and played 81 minutes in Sarajevo's 1-0 loss to Siroki Brijeg.
Matt Taylor - Saarbrücken - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes in Saarbrucken's 0-0 draw with Kaiserslautern II.
Ivan Trujillo - Deportivo Lara - Venezuela - Did not play in either of Lara's games.
In other former Sporting Player update, former midfielder, Preki just won the USL-Pro title for the expansion Sacramento Republic. The Republic had a fantastic first season from at the gate to on the field where the team beat the Harrisburg City Islanders 2-0 to win the championship. Preki, in his first coaching stint since coaching Toronto FC in 2010 also won the league's coach of the year award.
Here's the rest of this week's update.
Active without a club or unknown
Vicente Arze
Federico Bessone
Jose Burciaga
Julio Cesar
Edson Elcock
Adnan Gabeljic
Mechack Jerome
Peterson Joseph
Kei Kamara
Neal Kitson
Michal Mravec
Nelson Pizarro
Akeem Priestly
Peter Schmetz
Scott Sealy
Konrad Warzycha
MLS
Davy Arnaud - DC - Started and played 90 minutes in DC's 1-0 win over Philadelphia.
Teal Bunbury - New England - Started and played 80 minutes in New England's 3-2 win over KC.
Bobby Convey - New York - Did not dress in New York's 4-0 loss to LA.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Started and played 69 minutes in RSL's 2-1 loss to Vancouver.
Michael Harrington - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 3-2 loss to Toronto.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 3-2 loss to Toronto.
Eddie Johnson - DC - Came off the bench and played 22 minutes in DC's 1-0 win over Philadelphia.
Chris Konopka - Toronto - Dressed but did not play in Toronto's 3-2 win over Portland.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Portland - Did not dress in Portland's 3-2 los to Toronto.
Khari Stephenson - San Jose - Dressed but did not play in San Jose's 1-1 draw with Colorado.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Started and played 90 minutes in Columbus' 2-0 win over Montreal.
NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Fort Lauderdale - No game this week.
USL
Brian Fekete - Pittsburgh - Offseason.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - Offseason.
Jonathan Leathers - Charlotte - Offseason.
Alex Martinez - Orange County - Offseason.
Kyle Miller - Oklahoma City - Offseason.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - Offseason.
Yomby William - Richmond - Offseason.
John Wilson - Charleston - Offseason.
Indoor
Jamar Beasley - St. Louis - Offseason.
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason.
Paul Wright - San Diego - Offseason.
International
Korede Aiyegbusi - Auerbach - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes in Auerbach's 4-0 loss to Union Berlin II.
Scott Angevine - Vasa - Finland - Did not play in Vasa's 3-2 win over P-Iirot.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Did not dress in Chivas' 0-0 draw with Tijuana. Started and played 45 minutes in Chivas' 0-0 draw with Puebla.
Mitchell Cardenas - Atlético Coatzacoalcos - Mexico - Lost 1-0 to Ocelotes UNACH.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - Offseason.
Eloy Colombano - AD Berazategui - Argentina - Lost 2-1 to Defensores de Belgrano.
Daneil Cyrus - Ha Noi T&T (W Connection) - Vietnam (Trinidad) - Offseason.
Pablo Escobar - Cúcuta Deportivo - Colombia - Did not play in Cucuta's 5-0 win over Depor FC. Started and played 90 minutes in Cucuta's 3-0 win over Deportes Quindio.
Roger Espinoza - Wigan - England - Did not dress in either of Wigan's games.
Herculez Gomez - Tigres - Mexico - Started and played 45 minutes in Tigres' 3-2 win over Pachuca. Started and played 45 minutes in Tigres' 1-1 draw with Santos Laguna.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Offseason.
Jeferson - América RN - Brazil - Did not dress in America's 1-0 loss to Vila Nova.
Will John - Maghreb Fes - Morocco - Lost 2-1 to Kawkab Marrakech.
Igor Kostrov - Veris - Moldova - Defeated Costuleni 1-0.
Carlos Marinelli - Universidad San Martin - Peru - Did not dress in San Martin's 4-1 win over Sport Huancayo.
Neven Markovic - Servette FC - Switzerland - Did not dress in Servette's 1-0 win over Schaffhausen. Dressed but did not play in Servette's 4-2 loss to Winterthur.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Did not dress in Spartak's 0-0 draw with Zenit.
Pablo Punyed - Stjarnan - Iceland - Did not dress in Stjarnan's 4-0 win over Fram.
Oriol Rosell - Sporting Club de Portugal - Portugal - Dressed but did not play in Sporting's 1-1 draw with Porto. Dressed but did not play in Rosell's 1-0 loss to Chelsea.
Yann Songo'o - Blackburn - England - Did not dress in Blackburn's 2-2 draw with Watford. Dressed but did not play in Blackburn's 2-0 loss to Rotherham United.
Milos Stojcev - FK Sarajevo - Bosnia - Started and played 45 minutes in Sarajevo's 2-0 win over Drina Zvornik. Started and played 81 minutes in Sarajevo's 1-0 loss to Siroki Brijeg.
Matt Taylor - Saarbrücken - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes in Saarbrucken's 0-0 draw with Kaiserslautern II.
Ivan Trujillo - Deportivo Lara - Venezuela - Did not play in either of Lara's games.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Our Hero has a First Name - Former SKC Wizards Update
This is really all you need this week:
Here's the rest of this week's update.
Active without a club or unknown
Jose Burciaga
Julio Cesar
Doug DeMartin
Birahim Diop
Edson Elcock
Mauro Fuzetti
Willy Guadarrama
Aaron Hohlbein
Mike Jones
Jonathan Leathers
Scott Lorenz
Amir Lowery
Akeem Priestly
Scott Sealy
Ryan Smith
Diego Walsh
MLS
Davy Arnaud - Montreal - Dressed but did not play in Montreal's 2-1 win over DC.
Bobby Convey - Toronto - Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 2-0 loss to Columbus.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Started and played 73 minutes in Salt Lake's 4-2 loss to LA. Came off the bench and played 28 minutes in RSL's 3-3 draw with Portland.
Michael Harrington - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 2-1 win over Dallas. Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 3-3 draw with RSL.
Kevin Hartman - New York - Did not dress in New York's 0-0 draw with Philadelphia.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 2-1 win over Dallas. Did not dress in Portland's 3-3 draw with RSL
Eddie Johnson - Seattle - Did not dress in Seattle's 3-1 loss to Houston.
Chris Konopka - Philadelphia - Did not dress in Philadelphia's 0-0 draw with New York.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 2-1 win over Dallas. Dressed but did not play in Portland's 3-3 draw with RSL.
Khari Stephenson - Salt Lake - Dressed but did not play in RSL's 4-2 loss to LA. Started and played 62 minutes in RSL's 3-3 draw with Portland.
Michael Thomas - Toronto - Did not dress in Toronto's 2-0 loss to Columbus.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Did not dress in Columbus' 2-0 win over Toronto.
Konrad Warzycha - Columbus - Came off the bench and played 1 minute in Columbus' 2-0 win over Toronto.
NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Fort Lauderdale - Started and played 90 minutes in Fort Lauderdale's 2-1 win over San Antonio.
Kevin Friedland - Minnesota - Did not dress in Minnesota's 1-1 draw with Tampa.
Shavar Thomas - Fort Lauderdale - Did not dress in Fort Lauderdale's 2-1 win over San Antonio.
USL
Christian Duke - Orlando (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 1-0 win over Charlotte.
Kevin Ellis - Orlando (Loan) - Came off the bench and played 13 minutes in Orlando's 1-0 win over Charlotte.
Brian Fekete - Orlando - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 1-0 win over Charlotte.
Cyprian Hedrick - Phoenix - Started and played 90 minutes in Phoenix's 4-3 loss to Rochester.
Jon Kempin - Orlando (Loan) - Did not dress in Orlando's 1-0 win over Charlotte.
Neal Kitson - Phoenix - Came off the bench and played 80 minutes in Phoenix's 4-3 loss to Rochester.
Nelson Pizarro - Los Angeles - Came off the bench and played 17 minutes in LA's 2-1 win over Rochester.
Mike Reidy - Rochester - Came off the bench and played 21 minutes, recording an assist on Rochester's 4-3 win over Phoenix. Dressed but did not play in Rochester's 2-1 loss to LA.
Yomby William - Richmond - Started and played 90 minutes in Richmond's 1-1 draw with Pittsburgh.
John Wilson - Charleston - Started and played 62 minutes in Charleston's 3-0 win over Antigua.
PDL
Scott Angevine - Des Moines - Offseason
Indoor
Jamar Beasley - Syracuse - Offseason
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason
Boris Pardo - Missouri - Offseason
Craig Rocastle - Missouri - Offseason
Paul Wright - San Diego - Offseason
International
Korede Aiyegbusi - FC Haka - Finland - Started and played 90 minutes in Haka's 3-1 win over OPS.
Vicente Arze - Sporting Charleroi - Belgium - Did not dress in Charleroi's 2-1 loss to Kortrijk.
Stephane Auvray - DPMM FC - Brunei (Singapore League) - Did not dress in DPMM's 1-1 draw with Balestier Khalsa.
Omar Bravo - Atlas - Mexico - Started and played 90 minutes in Atlas' 2-0 loss to Morelia.
Sunil Chhetri - Churchill Brothers - India - Season begins in October.
Eloy Colombano - UAI Urquiza - Argentina - Came off the bench and played 25 minutes in Urquiza's 2-2 draw with Barracas Central.
Daneil Cyrus - W Connection - Trinidad - Offseason
Pablo Escobar - Patriotas Boyaca - Colombia - Started and played 90 minutes in Boyaca's 2-1 win over Atletico Huila. Started and played 90 minutes in Boyaca's 2-1 loss to Santa Fe.
Roger Espinoza - Wigan - England - Dressed but did not play in either of Wigan's games.
Gary Glasgow - North East Stars - Trinidad - Offseason
Herculez Gomez - Tijuana - Mexico - Out Injured
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Offseason.
Jeferson - Bahia - Brazil - Did not dress in Bahia's 0-0 draw with Santos.
Will John - AZAL - Azerbaijan - Started and played 90 minutes in Azal's 2-1 win over Inter Baki.
Igor Kostrov - Slavia - Belarus - Started and played 90 minutes in Slavia's 1-1 draw with Dinamo Brest.
Carlos Marinelli - Universidad San Martin - Peru - Came off the bench and played 45 minutes in San Martin's 1-1 draw with Melgar.
Neven Markovic - Servette FC - Switzerland - Beat La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss Cup.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Started and played 73 minutes in Spartak's 0-0 draw with Rubin Kazan.
Michal Mravec - Zilina - Slovakia - Did not dress in Zilina's 1-0 loss to Spartak Trnava.
Pablo Punyed - Fylkir - Iceland - Came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Fylkir's 2-2 draw with Thor.
Yann Songo'o - Blackburn - England - Did not dress in Blackburn's 2-0 loss to Doncaster.
Milos Stojcev - Atyrau - Kazakhstan - Dressed but did not play in Atyrau's 2-2 draw with Akzhayik.
Matt Taylor - Preußen Münster - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes and scored a goal in Munster's 1-1 draw with Wehen Wiesbaden.
Ivan Trujillo - Llaneros - Colombia - Did not dress in Llaneros' 2-0 win over Bogota.
Here's the rest of this week's update.
Active without a club or unknown
Jose Burciaga
Julio Cesar
Doug DeMartin
Birahim Diop
Edson Elcock
Mauro Fuzetti
Willy Guadarrama
Aaron Hohlbein
Mike Jones
Jonathan Leathers
Scott Lorenz
Amir Lowery
Akeem Priestly
Scott Sealy
Ryan Smith
Diego Walsh
MLS
Davy Arnaud - Montreal - Dressed but did not play in Montreal's 2-1 win over DC.
Bobby Convey - Toronto - Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 2-0 loss to Columbus.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Started and played 73 minutes in Salt Lake's 4-2 loss to LA. Came off the bench and played 28 minutes in RSL's 3-3 draw with Portland.
Michael Harrington - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 2-1 win over Dallas. Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 3-3 draw with RSL.
Kevin Hartman - New York - Did not dress in New York's 0-0 draw with Philadelphia.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 2-1 win over Dallas. Did not dress in Portland's 3-3 draw with RSL
Eddie Johnson - Seattle - Did not dress in Seattle's 3-1 loss to Houston.
Chris Konopka - Philadelphia - Did not dress in Philadelphia's 0-0 draw with New York.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 2-1 win over Dallas. Dressed but did not play in Portland's 3-3 draw with RSL.
Khari Stephenson - Salt Lake - Dressed but did not play in RSL's 4-2 loss to LA. Started and played 62 minutes in RSL's 3-3 draw with Portland.
Michael Thomas - Toronto - Did not dress in Toronto's 2-0 loss to Columbus.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Did not dress in Columbus' 2-0 win over Toronto.
Konrad Warzycha - Columbus - Came off the bench and played 1 minute in Columbus' 2-0 win over Toronto.
NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Fort Lauderdale - Started and played 90 minutes in Fort Lauderdale's 2-1 win over San Antonio.
Kevin Friedland - Minnesota - Did not dress in Minnesota's 1-1 draw with Tampa.
Shavar Thomas - Fort Lauderdale - Did not dress in Fort Lauderdale's 2-1 win over San Antonio.
USL
Christian Duke - Orlando (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 1-0 win over Charlotte.
Kevin Ellis - Orlando (Loan) - Came off the bench and played 13 minutes in Orlando's 1-0 win over Charlotte.
Brian Fekete - Orlando - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 1-0 win over Charlotte.
Cyprian Hedrick - Phoenix - Started and played 90 minutes in Phoenix's 4-3 loss to Rochester.
Jon Kempin - Orlando (Loan) - Did not dress in Orlando's 1-0 win over Charlotte.
Neal Kitson - Phoenix - Came off the bench and played 80 minutes in Phoenix's 4-3 loss to Rochester.
Nelson Pizarro - Los Angeles - Came off the bench and played 17 minutes in LA's 2-1 win over Rochester.
Mike Reidy - Rochester - Came off the bench and played 21 minutes, recording an assist on Rochester's 4-3 win over Phoenix. Dressed but did not play in Rochester's 2-1 loss to LA.
Yomby William - Richmond - Started and played 90 minutes in Richmond's 1-1 draw with Pittsburgh.
John Wilson - Charleston - Started and played 62 minutes in Charleston's 3-0 win over Antigua.
PDL
Scott Angevine - Des Moines - Offseason
Indoor
Jamar Beasley - Syracuse - Offseason
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason
Boris Pardo - Missouri - Offseason
Craig Rocastle - Missouri - Offseason
Paul Wright - San Diego - Offseason
International
Korede Aiyegbusi - FC Haka - Finland - Started and played 90 minutes in Haka's 3-1 win over OPS.
Vicente Arze - Sporting Charleroi - Belgium - Did not dress in Charleroi's 2-1 loss to Kortrijk.
Stephane Auvray - DPMM FC - Brunei (Singapore League) - Did not dress in DPMM's 1-1 draw with Balestier Khalsa.
Omar Bravo - Atlas - Mexico - Started and played 90 minutes in Atlas' 2-0 loss to Morelia.
Sunil Chhetri - Churchill Brothers - India - Season begins in October.
Eloy Colombano - UAI Urquiza - Argentina - Came off the bench and played 25 minutes in Urquiza's 2-2 draw with Barracas Central.
Daneil Cyrus - W Connection - Trinidad - Offseason
Pablo Escobar - Patriotas Boyaca - Colombia - Started and played 90 minutes in Boyaca's 2-1 win over Atletico Huila. Started and played 90 minutes in Boyaca's 2-1 loss to Santa Fe.
Roger Espinoza - Wigan - England - Dressed but did not play in either of Wigan's games.
Gary Glasgow - North East Stars - Trinidad - Offseason
Herculez Gomez - Tijuana - Mexico - Out Injured
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Offseason.
Jeferson - Bahia - Brazil - Did not dress in Bahia's 0-0 draw with Santos.
Will John - AZAL - Azerbaijan - Started and played 90 minutes in Azal's 2-1 win over Inter Baki.
Igor Kostrov - Slavia - Belarus - Started and played 90 minutes in Slavia's 1-1 draw with Dinamo Brest.
Carlos Marinelli - Universidad San Martin - Peru - Came off the bench and played 45 minutes in San Martin's 1-1 draw with Melgar.
Neven Markovic - Servette FC - Switzerland - Beat La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss Cup.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Started and played 73 minutes in Spartak's 0-0 draw with Rubin Kazan.
Michal Mravec - Zilina - Slovakia - Did not dress in Zilina's 1-0 loss to Spartak Trnava.
Pablo Punyed - Fylkir - Iceland - Came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Fylkir's 2-2 draw with Thor.
Yann Songo'o - Blackburn - England - Did not dress in Blackburn's 2-0 loss to Doncaster.
Milos Stojcev - Atyrau - Kazakhstan - Dressed but did not play in Atyrau's 2-2 draw with Akzhayik.
Matt Taylor - Preußen Münster - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes and scored a goal in Munster's 1-1 draw with Wehen Wiesbaden.
Ivan Trujillo - Llaneros - Colombia - Did not dress in Llaneros' 2-0 win over Bogota.
Friday, August 02, 2013
Sporting KC Launch Sporting Legends
One thing that I've felt has been missing from Sporting KC since the new stadium was built was some sort of hall of fame, or ring of honor, or something to honor those that had been a big part of this club in the past. Today, Sporting remedied that with the creation of the Sporting Legends initiative. The team also announced the first class. It will include arguably the greatest player to wear a KC uniform, Preki. He's the career leader in goals (71) and assists (98) in league play in his career. He's 4th all-time in terms of appearances with the club with 218 in league. He's also played the 5th most minutes in team history with 17,818 in league play. He also won two MVP awards in 1997 and 2003, still the only player to win two MVP awards in his MLS career.
The second inductee is still considered the greatest goalkeeper to play for the club, Tony Meola. Up until recently he was the team leader in wins in league play, having just been passed by Jimmy Nielsen. He's still appeared in the most league games among goalkeepers (125) and played the most minutes with 11,331 played in league play. He also won MLS MVP, MLS Goalkeeper of the year, MLS Best XI, and MLS Cup MVP all in the 2000 season helping to lead KC to MLS Cup.
The final inductee in the inaugural class is head coach, Bob Gansler. The team's longest serving head coach was here from 1999 through 2006 helping the team win all but one of their trophies in their history. Through his career, Gansler picked up 86 wins, obviously the most in KC, but also 7th all-time among head coaches.
Preki and Meola will both be recognized this weekend at half time of KC's game against the New York Red Bulls. Both were actually on the field delivering the trophy for the All Star Game this past Wednesday. Gansler will be recognized for his induction on October 11th, the date that the US team returns to KC to take on Jamaica.
Going forward, one Legend will be inducted each year. That will stretch out the process for a number of years. Players like Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Mo Johnston, Chris Klein, and Kerry Zavagnin all have to be on the short list for the next few years.
If there is one disappointment in this announcement, it's that Lamar Hunt is not in the original induction group. Without Hunt not only is there no Sporting KC Wiz(ards), there's also no MLS. I understand wanting to induct the people that they did in this class, but it is disappointing that Hunt was not included in the original class, like he probably deserves.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Preki Named Coach of New Sacramento USL Team - Former SKC Wizards Update
The greatest player to ever wear a KC uniform is back in the coaching ranks. Earlier this week, the new Sacramento USL-Pro side announced that Preki would be their first coach for their inaugural season in 2014. Preki has been out of the professional coaching ranks since being fired by Toronto FC. Here's the rest of this week's update.
Active without a club or unknown
Vicente Arze
Jose Burciaga
Julio Cesar
Doug DeMartin
Birahim Diop
Edson Elcock
Mauro Fuzetti
Willy Guadarrama
Aaron Hohlbein
Mike Jones
Neal Kitson
Jonathan Leathers
Scott Lorenz
Amir Lowery
Akeem Priestly
Scott Sealy
Ryan Smith
Yann Songo'o
Diego Walsh
MLS
Davy Arnaud - Montreal - Started and played 77 minutes in Montreal's 4-0 loss to New York.
Bobby Convey - Toronto - Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 3-0 loss to KC. Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 1-0 loss to Chivas.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Started and played 90 minutes recording an assist in Salt Lake's 3-0 win over Dallas.
Michael Harrington - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 2-1 win over LA.
Kevin Hartman - New York - Did not dress in New York's 4-0 win over Montreal.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 2-1 win over LA.
Eddie Johnson - Seattle - Started and played 90 minutes in Seattle's 1-0 loss to San Jose.
Chris Konopka - Philadelphia - Dressed but did not play in Philadelphia's 3-1 win over Chivas.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 2-1 win over LA.
Khari Stephenson - Salt Lake - Dressed but did not play in Salt Lake's 3-0 win over Dallas.
Michael Thomas - Toronto - Came off the bench and played 12 minutes in Toronto's 3-0 loss to KC. Dressed but did not play in Toronto's 1-0 loss to Chivas.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - No game this week.
Konrad Warzycha - Columbus - No game this week.
NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Fort Lauderdale - Spring season is over.
Kevin Friedland - Minnesota - Spring season is over.
Shavar Thomas - Fort Lauderdale - Spring season is over.
USL
Christian Duke - Orlando (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes, recording an assist in Orlando's 2-1 win over Charleston. Dressed but did not play in Orlando's 3-3 draw with Dayton. Came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Orlando's 0-0 draw with Pittsburgh.
Kevin Ellis - Orlando (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 2-1 win over Charleston. Not available for Orlando's 3-3 draw with Dayton. Did not dress in Orlando's 0-0 draw with Pittsburgh.
Brian Fekete - Orlando - Dressed but did not play in Orlando's 2-1 win over Charleston. Did not dress in Orlando's 3-3 draw with Dayton. Did not dress in Orlando's 0-0 draw with Pittsburgh.
Cyprian Hedrick - Phoenix - Started and played 90 minutes in Phoenix's 1-0 win over Antigua.
Jon Kempin - Orlando (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 2-1 win over Charleston. Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 3-3 draw with Dayton. Started and played 84 minutes in Orlando's 0-0 draw with Pittsburgh.
Nelson Pizarro - Los Angeles - Came off the bench and played 25 minutes in LA's 4-0 win over Antigua.
Mike Reidy - Rochester - Came off the bench and played 28 minutes in Rochester's 1-1 draw with Richmond.
CJ Sapong - Orlando (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 2-1 win over Charleston. Started and played 90 minutes, recording a goal and an assist in Orlando's 3-3 draw with Dayton. Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 0-0 draw with Pittsburgh.
Yomby William - Richmond - Started and played 90 minutes in Richmond's 1-1 draw with Rochester. Came off the bench and played 32 minutes in Richmond's 1-0 win over Harrisburg.
John Wilson - Charleston - Started and played 90 minutes in Charleston's 2-1 loss to Orlando. Did not dress in Charleston's 4-2 loss to Tampa.
PDL
Scott Angevine - Des Moines - Started and played 90 minutes in Des Moines' 2-1 loss to Colorado.
Indoor
Jamar Beasley - Syracuse - Offseason
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason
Boris Pardo - Missouri - Offseason
Craig Rocastle - Missouri - Offseason
Paul Wright - San Diego - Offseason
International
Korede Aiyegbusi - FC Haka - Finland - Started and played 90 minutes in Haka's 1-1 draw with Ilves.
Stephane Auvray - DPMM FC - Brunei (Singapore League) - Did not dress in DPMM's 1-1 draw with Tanjong Pagar.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Season kicks off 7/21.
Sunil Chhetri - Churchill Brothers - India - Season starts in October
Eloy Colombano - UAI Urquiza - Argentina - Season starts 8/2
Daneil Cyrus - W Connection - Trinidad - Dressed but did not play in Trinidad's 2-0 loss to Haiti. Started and played 90 minutes in Trinidad's 2-0 win over Honduras.
Pablo Escobar - Atletico Huila - Colombia - Clausura season starts 7/27
Roger Espinoza - Wigan - England - Season starts 8/3
Gary Glasgow - North East Stars - Trinidad - Offseason
Herculez Gomez - Tijuana - Mexico - Started and played 58 minutes in the USA's 4-1 win over Cuba. Came off the bench and played 13 minutes in the USA's 1-0 win over Costa Rica.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Offseason.
Jeferson - Bahia - Brazil - Did not dress in Bahia's 0-0 draw with Ponte Preta.
Will John - AZAL - Azerbaijan - Season starts 8/2
Igor Kostrov - Dacia - Moldova - Did not dress in Dacia's 2-0 win over Teuta Durres.
Carlos Marinelli - Universidad San Martin - Peru - Did not dress in San Martin's 1-0 win over Juan Aurich. Came off the bench and played 34 minutes in San Martin's 1-0 win over Alianza Lima.
Neven Markovic - Servette FC - Switzerland - Did not dress in Servette's 2-1 win over Wohlen.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Started and played 66 minutes, scoring a goal in Spartak's 2-1 win over Krylya Sovetov.
Michal Mravec - Zilina - Slovakia - Did not dress in either of Zilina's games.
Pablo Punyed - Fylkir - Iceland - Did not dress in Fylkir's 1-1 draw with IA.
Milos Stojcev - Atyrau - Kazakhstan - Did not dress in Atyrau's 1-1 draw with Zhetysu.
Matt Taylor - Preußen Münster - Germany - Season starts 7/20
Ivan Trujillo - Llaneros - Colombia - Did not dress in Llaneros' 2-0 win over Depor FC.
Active without a club or unknown
Vicente Arze
Jose Burciaga
Julio Cesar
Doug DeMartin
Birahim Diop
Edson Elcock
Mauro Fuzetti
Willy Guadarrama
Aaron Hohlbein
Mike Jones
Neal Kitson
Jonathan Leathers
Scott Lorenz
Amir Lowery
Akeem Priestly
Scott Sealy
Ryan Smith
Yann Songo'o
Diego Walsh
MLS
Davy Arnaud - Montreal - Started and played 77 minutes in Montreal's 4-0 loss to New York.
Bobby Convey - Toronto - Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 3-0 loss to KC. Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 1-0 loss to Chivas.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Started and played 90 minutes recording an assist in Salt Lake's 3-0 win over Dallas.
Michael Harrington - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 2-1 win over LA.
Kevin Hartman - New York - Did not dress in New York's 4-0 win over Montreal.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 2-1 win over LA.
Eddie Johnson - Seattle - Started and played 90 minutes in Seattle's 1-0 loss to San Jose.
Chris Konopka - Philadelphia - Dressed but did not play in Philadelphia's 3-1 win over Chivas.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 2-1 win over LA.
Khari Stephenson - Salt Lake - Dressed but did not play in Salt Lake's 3-0 win over Dallas.
Michael Thomas - Toronto - Came off the bench and played 12 minutes in Toronto's 3-0 loss to KC. Dressed but did not play in Toronto's 1-0 loss to Chivas.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - No game this week.
Konrad Warzycha - Columbus - No game this week.
NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Fort Lauderdale - Spring season is over.
Kevin Friedland - Minnesota - Spring season is over.
Shavar Thomas - Fort Lauderdale - Spring season is over.
USL
Christian Duke - Orlando (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes, recording an assist in Orlando's 2-1 win over Charleston. Dressed but did not play in Orlando's 3-3 draw with Dayton. Came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Orlando's 0-0 draw with Pittsburgh.
Kevin Ellis - Orlando (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 2-1 win over Charleston. Not available for Orlando's 3-3 draw with Dayton. Did not dress in Orlando's 0-0 draw with Pittsburgh.
Brian Fekete - Orlando - Dressed but did not play in Orlando's 2-1 win over Charleston. Did not dress in Orlando's 3-3 draw with Dayton. Did not dress in Orlando's 0-0 draw with Pittsburgh.
Cyprian Hedrick - Phoenix - Started and played 90 minutes in Phoenix's 1-0 win over Antigua.
Jon Kempin - Orlando (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 2-1 win over Charleston. Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 3-3 draw with Dayton. Started and played 84 minutes in Orlando's 0-0 draw with Pittsburgh.
Nelson Pizarro - Los Angeles - Came off the bench and played 25 minutes in LA's 4-0 win over Antigua.
Mike Reidy - Rochester - Came off the bench and played 28 minutes in Rochester's 1-1 draw with Richmond.
CJ Sapong - Orlando (Loan) - Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 2-1 win over Charleston. Started and played 90 minutes, recording a goal and an assist in Orlando's 3-3 draw with Dayton. Started and played 90 minutes in Orlando's 0-0 draw with Pittsburgh.
Yomby William - Richmond - Started and played 90 minutes in Richmond's 1-1 draw with Rochester. Came off the bench and played 32 minutes in Richmond's 1-0 win over Harrisburg.
John Wilson - Charleston - Started and played 90 minutes in Charleston's 2-1 loss to Orlando. Did not dress in Charleston's 4-2 loss to Tampa.
PDL
Scott Angevine - Des Moines - Started and played 90 minutes in Des Moines' 2-1 loss to Colorado.
Indoor
Jamar Beasley - Syracuse - Offseason
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason
Boris Pardo - Missouri - Offseason
Craig Rocastle - Missouri - Offseason
Paul Wright - San Diego - Offseason
International
Korede Aiyegbusi - FC Haka - Finland - Started and played 90 minutes in Haka's 1-1 draw with Ilves.
Stephane Auvray - DPMM FC - Brunei (Singapore League) - Did not dress in DPMM's 1-1 draw with Tanjong Pagar.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Season kicks off 7/21.
Sunil Chhetri - Churchill Brothers - India - Season starts in October
Eloy Colombano - UAI Urquiza - Argentina - Season starts 8/2
Daneil Cyrus - W Connection - Trinidad - Dressed but did not play in Trinidad's 2-0 loss to Haiti. Started and played 90 minutes in Trinidad's 2-0 win over Honduras.
Pablo Escobar - Atletico Huila - Colombia - Clausura season starts 7/27
Roger Espinoza - Wigan - England - Season starts 8/3
Gary Glasgow - North East Stars - Trinidad - Offseason
Herculez Gomez - Tijuana - Mexico - Started and played 58 minutes in the USA's 4-1 win over Cuba. Came off the bench and played 13 minutes in the USA's 1-0 win over Costa Rica.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Offseason.
Jeferson - Bahia - Brazil - Did not dress in Bahia's 0-0 draw with Ponte Preta.
Will John - AZAL - Azerbaijan - Season starts 8/2
Igor Kostrov - Dacia - Moldova - Did not dress in Dacia's 2-0 win over Teuta Durres.
Carlos Marinelli - Universidad San Martin - Peru - Did not dress in San Martin's 1-0 win over Juan Aurich. Came off the bench and played 34 minutes in San Martin's 1-0 win over Alianza Lima.
Neven Markovic - Servette FC - Switzerland - Did not dress in Servette's 2-1 win over Wohlen.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Started and played 66 minutes, scoring a goal in Spartak's 2-1 win over Krylya Sovetov.
Michal Mravec - Zilina - Slovakia - Did not dress in either of Zilina's games.
Pablo Punyed - Fylkir - Iceland - Did not dress in Fylkir's 1-1 draw with IA.
Milos Stojcev - Atyrau - Kazakhstan - Did not dress in Atyrau's 1-1 draw with Zhetysu.
Matt Taylor - Preußen Münster - Germany - Season starts 7/20
Ivan Trujillo - Llaneros - Colombia - Did not dress in Llaneros' 2-0 win over Depor FC.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Former SKC Wizards Update
Here's another week of former SKC Wizards updates. First, there were plenty of former SKC Wizards in Omaha late last week when the US 94 World Cup team played an exhibition against the Omaha Vipers. Alexi Lalas, Preki, Roy Lassiter, and Diego Gutierrez all played for the US team, Tony Meola was supposed to play but couldn't make it due to travel. Chris Brunt played for the Vipers. Preki and Gutierrez both had a goal and an assist, Lassiter had a goal, and Brunt picked up an assist as the Vipers won. In other former player news, it looks like Yura Movsisyan is on his way out of Denmark and potentially on his way Russia. Not sure how much of an upward movement that is for Movsisyan, but that could be an interesting move for Movsisyan.
In former coach and front office news, former GM, Curt Johnson has been named the GM of the Carolina Railhawks of the NASL, but since the league did not get sanctioning from US Soccer yet. Also, former coach Curt Onalfo has been named the new assistant coach for the LA Galaxy and will run the reserve team. He will take over the position vacated by Cobi Jones. Here's the rest of this week's former SKC Wizards update.
Still looking for:
Nick Cardenas
Pablo Escobar
AJ Godbolt
Willy Guadarrama
Pete Marino
Ryan McMahen
Akeem Priestley
Indoor soccer.
Jamar Beasley - Missouri Comets - Scored a goal in Missouri's 15-13 loss to Baltimore. Scored two goals and an assist in Missouri's 21-20 win over Omaha, he also was given credit for the 3 point winning goal, though it was an own goal.
Chris Brunt - Omaha Vipers - Played in Omaha's 21-20 loss to Missouri.
Pat Healey - Baltimore Blast - Had an assist in Baltimore's 14-6 win over Milwaukee. One goal in Baltimore's 15-13 win over Missouri.
Boris Pardo - Missouri Comets - Did not play in Missouri's 15-13 loss to Baltimore. Picked up the win in Missouri's 21-20 win over Omaha.
Nelson Pizarro - San Diego Sockers - Beat Last Vegas 10-9
Paul Wright - San Diego Sockers - Beat Las Vegas 10-9
International
Eloy Colombano - Ferrocarril Sud - Argentina - Did not have a game this week.
Herculez Gomez - Pachuca - Mexico - Came off the bench and played 3 minutes in Pachuca's 1-1 draw with Santos Laguna.
Santiago Hirsig - Quilmes - Argentina - Clausura does not start until February.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Tied St. George's SC 0-0.
Will John - NK Vinogradar - Croatia - On winter break.
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - England - Did not dress in either of Fulham's games this week.
Carlos Marinelli - Györi ETO - Hungary - On winter break.
Yura Movsisyan - Randers FC - Denmark - On winter break.
Matt Taylor - Rot Weiss Ahlen - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Weiss' 3-2 loss to Koblenz. Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Weiss' 3-1 loss to Werder Bremen II.
Diego Walsh - Wellington Phoenix - Australia - Did not play in either of Wellington's games this week.
In former coach and front office news, former GM, Curt Johnson has been named the GM of the Carolina Railhawks of the NASL, but since the league did not get sanctioning from US Soccer yet. Also, former coach Curt Onalfo has been named the new assistant coach for the LA Galaxy and will run the reserve team. He will take over the position vacated by Cobi Jones. Here's the rest of this week's former SKC Wizards update.
Still looking for:
Nick Cardenas
Pablo Escobar
AJ Godbolt
Willy Guadarrama
Pete Marino
Ryan McMahen
Akeem Priestley
Indoor soccer.
Jamar Beasley - Missouri Comets - Scored a goal in Missouri's 15-13 loss to Baltimore. Scored two goals and an assist in Missouri's 21-20 win over Omaha, he also was given credit for the 3 point winning goal, though it was an own goal.
Chris Brunt - Omaha Vipers - Played in Omaha's 21-20 loss to Missouri.
Pat Healey - Baltimore Blast - Had an assist in Baltimore's 14-6 win over Milwaukee. One goal in Baltimore's 15-13 win over Missouri.
Boris Pardo - Missouri Comets - Did not play in Missouri's 15-13 loss to Baltimore. Picked up the win in Missouri's 21-20 win over Omaha.
Nelson Pizarro - San Diego Sockers - Beat Last Vegas 10-9
Paul Wright - San Diego Sockers - Beat Las Vegas 10-9
International
Eloy Colombano - Ferrocarril Sud - Argentina - Did not have a game this week.
Herculez Gomez - Pachuca - Mexico - Came off the bench and played 3 minutes in Pachuca's 1-1 draw with Santos Laguna.
Santiago Hirsig - Quilmes - Argentina - Clausura does not start until February.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Tied St. George's SC 0-0.
Will John - NK Vinogradar - Croatia - On winter break.
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - England - Did not dress in either of Fulham's games this week.
Carlos Marinelli - Györi ETO - Hungary - On winter break.
Yura Movsisyan - Randers FC - Denmark - On winter break.
Matt Taylor - Rot Weiss Ahlen - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Weiss' 3-2 loss to Koblenz. Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Weiss' 3-1 loss to Werder Bremen II.
Diego Walsh - Wellington Phoenix - Australia - Did not play in either of Wellington's games this week.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Former Wizards Update
Here is your delayed former Wizards update for this past week. Some big news regarding former Wizards this past week, as Mo Johnston and Preki were relieved of their positions with Toronto FC, as the team now looks to go in a different direction. In other former Wizards news, Matt Taylor is now playing in the German 3rd division with Rot Weiss Ahlen. With the MLS trade deadline this past week as well, Carey Talley was the only former Wizards to move, going from DC to New York for a second round pick. This update only goes through Wednesday as all my former Wizards updates have.
If you have any information on where these guys are, let me know:
Nick Cardenas
Pablo Escobar
AJ Godbolt
Willy Guadarrama
Pete Marino
Ryan McMahen
Nelson Pizarro
Akeem Priestley
Kevin Souter
MLS
Preston Burpo - New England - Out with injury
Adam Cristman - DC United - Did not dress in DC's 1-0 win over Toronto.
Nick Garcia - Toronto - Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 1-0 loss to DC. Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 4-1 loss to RSL in the CCL.
Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake - Loaned to AC St. Louis (see below)
Taylor Graham - Seattle - Did not dress in Seattle's 0-0 draw with RSL. Started and played 90 minutes in Seattle's 2-0 loss to Saprissa in the CCL.
Kevin Hartman - Dallas - Started and played 90 minutes, recording the shutout in Dallas' 0-0 draw with San Jose.
Will Hesmer - Columbus - Started and played 90 minutes in Columbus' 3-1 loss to LA. Dressed but did not play in Columbus' 3-0 win over Joe Public.
Chris Klein - LA - Did not dress in LA's 3-1 win over Columbus.
Claudio Lopez - Colorado - Came off the bench and played 18 minutes in Colorado's 3-1 loss to New York.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Real Salt Lake - Did not dress in RSL's 0-0 draw with Seattle. Did not dress for RSL in their 4-1 win over Toronto in the CCL.
Kurt Morsink - DC United - Started and played 90 minutes in DC's 1-0 win over Toronto.
Scott Sealy - San Jose - Did not dress in San Jose's 0-0 draw with Dallas. Did not dress in San Jose's 1-0 win over Philadelphia.
Khari Stephenson - San Jose - Did not dress in San Jose's 0-0 draw with Dallas. Started and played 45 minutes in San Jose's 1-0 win over Philadelphia.
Carey Talley - DC United - Came off the bench and played 1 minute in DC's 1-0 win over Toronto.
Tyson Wahl - Seattle - Dressed but did not play in Seattle's 0-0 draw with RSL. Came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Seattle's 2-0 loss to Saprissa.
Alex Zotinca - Chivas USA - Did not dress in Chivas' 2-0 win over New England.
USSF Division 2
Doug DeMartin - Portland - Came off the bench and played 15 minutes in Portland's 0-0 draw with Carolina.
Kevin Friedland - Minnesota - Did not dress in Minnesota's 3-0 win over St. Louis. Did not dress in Minnesota's 1-0 win over Carolina.
Luis Gil - St. Louis - Started and played 45 minutes in St. Louis' 3-0 loss to Minnesota.
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Started and played 60 minutes in Baltimore's 3-0 loss to Vancouver.
Aaron Hohlbein - Miami - Started and played 90 minutes in Miami's 2-1 win over Montreal.
Neal Kitson - Rochester - Started and played 66 minutes in Rochester's 3-0 win over Tampa.
Amir Lowery - Carolina - Started and played 90 minutes in Carolina's 0-0 draw with Portland. Started and played 79 minutes in Carolina's 1-0 loss to Minnesota.
Ryan Pore - Portland - Did not dress in Portland's 0-0 draw with Carolina.
Abe Thompson - Miami - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Miami's 2-1 win over Montreal.
Lance Watson - Austin - Started and played 90 minutes in Austin's 3-1 loss to Puerto Rico.
National teams
Sunil Chhetri - India - Started and played 90 minutes in India's 2-0 win over Namibia in an international friendly.
International
Vicente Arze - Aurora - Bolivia - Started and played 57 minutes in Aurora's 3-3 draw with San Jose. Came off the bench and played 35 minutes, scoring a goal in Aurora's 2-1 win over Universitario.
Eloy Colombano - Ferrocarril Sud - Argentina - Started and played 90 minutes in Ferrocarril's 2-0 loss to Racing Olavarria.
Herculez Gomez - Pachuca - Mexico - Came off the bench and played 5 minutes in Pachuca's 1-1 draw with Chivas.
Santiago Hirsig - Quilmes - Argentina - Started and played 90 minutes in Quilmes' 0-0 draw with Independiente.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Defeated St. George's 2-1. Played Arnett Gardens Wednesday.
Will John - NK Vinogradar - Croatia - Lost 1-0 to Solin.
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - England - Came off the bench and played 7 minutes in Fulham's 2-1 win over Wolverhampton.
Chris Konopka - Waterford United - Ireland - Dressed but did not play in Waterford's 1-1 draw with Salthill Devon.
Yura Movsisyan - Randers FC - Denmark - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Randers 1-1 draw with Midtjylland.
Matt Taylor - Rot Weiss Ahlen - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes in Rot Weiss' 2-0 loss to Eintracht Braunschweig.
Ivan Trujillo - Deportes Quindío - Colombia - Did not play in Quindio's 2-1 loss to Cortulua.
Diego Walsh - Wellington Phoenix - Australia - Did not play in Wellington's 2-1 win over Sydney. Did not play in Wellington's 0-0 draw with Melbourne.
If you have any information on where these guys are, let me know:
Nick Cardenas
Pablo Escobar
AJ Godbolt
Willy Guadarrama
Pete Marino
Ryan McMahen
Nelson Pizarro
Akeem Priestley
Kevin Souter
MLS
Preston Burpo - New England - Out with injury
Adam Cristman - DC United - Did not dress in DC's 1-0 win over Toronto.
Nick Garcia - Toronto - Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 1-0 loss to DC. Started and played 90 minutes in Toronto's 4-1 loss to RSL in the CCL.
Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake - Loaned to AC St. Louis (see below)
Taylor Graham - Seattle - Did not dress in Seattle's 0-0 draw with RSL. Started and played 90 minutes in Seattle's 2-0 loss to Saprissa in the CCL.
Kevin Hartman - Dallas - Started and played 90 minutes, recording the shutout in Dallas' 0-0 draw with San Jose.
Will Hesmer - Columbus - Started and played 90 minutes in Columbus' 3-1 loss to LA. Dressed but did not play in Columbus' 3-0 win over Joe Public.
Chris Klein - LA - Did not dress in LA's 3-1 win over Columbus.
Claudio Lopez - Colorado - Came off the bench and played 18 minutes in Colorado's 3-1 loss to New York.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Real Salt Lake - Did not dress in RSL's 0-0 draw with Seattle. Did not dress for RSL in their 4-1 win over Toronto in the CCL.
Kurt Morsink - DC United - Started and played 90 minutes in DC's 1-0 win over Toronto.
Scott Sealy - San Jose - Did not dress in San Jose's 0-0 draw with Dallas. Did not dress in San Jose's 1-0 win over Philadelphia.
Khari Stephenson - San Jose - Did not dress in San Jose's 0-0 draw with Dallas. Started and played 45 minutes in San Jose's 1-0 win over Philadelphia.
Carey Talley - DC United - Came off the bench and played 1 minute in DC's 1-0 win over Toronto.
Tyson Wahl - Seattle - Dressed but did not play in Seattle's 0-0 draw with RSL. Came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Seattle's 2-0 loss to Saprissa.
Alex Zotinca - Chivas USA - Did not dress in Chivas' 2-0 win over New England.
USSF Division 2
Doug DeMartin - Portland - Came off the bench and played 15 minutes in Portland's 0-0 draw with Carolina.
Kevin Friedland - Minnesota - Did not dress in Minnesota's 3-0 win over St. Louis. Did not dress in Minnesota's 1-0 win over Carolina.
Luis Gil - St. Louis - Started and played 45 minutes in St. Louis' 3-0 loss to Minnesota.
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Started and played 60 minutes in Baltimore's 3-0 loss to Vancouver.
Aaron Hohlbein - Miami - Started and played 90 minutes in Miami's 2-1 win over Montreal.
Neal Kitson - Rochester - Started and played 66 minutes in Rochester's 3-0 win over Tampa.
Amir Lowery - Carolina - Started and played 90 minutes in Carolina's 0-0 draw with Portland. Started and played 79 minutes in Carolina's 1-0 loss to Minnesota.
Ryan Pore - Portland - Did not dress in Portland's 0-0 draw with Carolina.
Abe Thompson - Miami - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Miami's 2-1 win over Montreal.
Lance Watson - Austin - Started and played 90 minutes in Austin's 3-1 loss to Puerto Rico.
National teams
Sunil Chhetri - India - Started and played 90 minutes in India's 2-0 win over Namibia in an international friendly.
International
Vicente Arze - Aurora - Bolivia - Started and played 57 minutes in Aurora's 3-3 draw with San Jose. Came off the bench and played 35 minutes, scoring a goal in Aurora's 2-1 win over Universitario.
Eloy Colombano - Ferrocarril Sud - Argentina - Started and played 90 minutes in Ferrocarril's 2-0 loss to Racing Olavarria.
Herculez Gomez - Pachuca - Mexico - Came off the bench and played 5 minutes in Pachuca's 1-1 draw with Chivas.
Santiago Hirsig - Quilmes - Argentina - Started and played 90 minutes in Quilmes' 0-0 draw with Independiente.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Defeated St. George's 2-1. Played Arnett Gardens Wednesday.
Will John - NK Vinogradar - Croatia - Lost 1-0 to Solin.
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - England - Came off the bench and played 7 minutes in Fulham's 2-1 win over Wolverhampton.
Chris Konopka - Waterford United - Ireland - Dressed but did not play in Waterford's 1-1 draw with Salthill Devon.
Yura Movsisyan - Randers FC - Denmark - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Randers 1-1 draw with Midtjylland.
Matt Taylor - Rot Weiss Ahlen - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes in Rot Weiss' 2-0 loss to Eintracht Braunschweig.
Ivan Trujillo - Deportes Quindío - Colombia - Did not play in Quindio's 2-1 loss to Cortulua.
Diego Walsh - Wellington Phoenix - Australia - Did not play in Wellington's 2-1 win over Sydney. Did not play in Wellington's 0-0 draw with Melbourne.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Congrats to Preki
Congratulations to former Wizards great, Preki, who was inducted into the US Soccer Hall of Fame today in a ceremony before the US-Brazil game in New York. Elected into the hall with Preki were Bruce Arena, Kyle Rote Jr, and Thomas Dooley. Congratulations to all 4, now next year maybe the hall will elect Bob Gansler in the builders' category, his election (like Preki's this year) is long overdue.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Wizards at the World Cup
Wizards defender Roger Espinoza, became the 6th Wizards player to be named to a World Cup roster while playing for the Wizards. He becomes only the second Wizard to play for a foreign national team, following in the steps of Uche Okafor, who played for Nigeria in the 1998 World Cup in France. In the 4 World Cups that have taken place since the birth of the league in 1996, the Wizards have been represented at every one of them. In 1998 it was Okafor and Preki. In 2002, it was goalkeeper Tony Meola. For the 2006 World Cup Jimmy Conrad, Eddie Johnson, and Josh Wolff all went to Germany. Of those 5, only Meola did not make an appearance at the World Cup, as he was the US team's third keeper.
Fourteen other former Wizards players have made their country's World Cup roster before they came to play with the Wizards. The US is again the most well represented obviously, with Brian Bliss (90), Mike Burns (94, 98), Bob Gansler (as coach, 90), Chris Henderson (90), Frank Klopas (94), Alexi Lalas (94, 98), Mike Sorber (94), and Peter Vermes (90). Meola (90, 94) and Wolff (02) also played at World Cup's before coming to KC as well. Of the foreign national team players, Samuel Ekeme played for Cameroon in 94, Richard Gough (86, 90) and Mo Johnston (90) both appeared for Scotland in the World Cup. Claudio Lopez appeared for Argentina in 98 and 02. Molnar appeared in 98 for Denmark and Refik Sabanadzovic played for Yugoslavia in 90. Okafor also appeared for Nigeria in the 94 World Cup as well before joining KC.
Fourteen other former Wizards players have made their country's World Cup roster before they came to play with the Wizards. The US is again the most well represented obviously, with Brian Bliss (90), Mike Burns (94, 98), Bob Gansler (as coach, 90), Chris Henderson (90), Frank Klopas (94), Alexi Lalas (94, 98), Mike Sorber (94), and Peter Vermes (90). Meola (90, 94) and Wolff (02) also played at World Cup's before coming to KC as well. Of the foreign national team players, Samuel Ekeme played for Cameroon in 94, Richard Gough (86, 90) and Mo Johnston (90) both appeared for Scotland in the World Cup. Claudio Lopez appeared for Argentina in 98 and 02. Molnar appeared in 98 for Denmark and Refik Sabanadzovic played for Yugoslavia in 90. Okafor also appeared for Nigeria in the 94 World Cup as well before joining KC.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Preki to the Hall of Fame
The greatest Wizards player of all time is now going into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Today the announcement was made that Preki, and fellow 1998 World Cup veteran, Thomas Dooley. Preki earned 4 MVP awards and 16 all star appearances in indoor and outdoor soccer over his career. Before becoming "our hero" Preki spent years playing in England and in different indoor leagues befor joining the Wizards. When he retired he was MLS's all time leader in points (goals and assists). He's also the only American player to ever score a game winning goal against the Brazilian national team. After missing out previous years, Preki is going into the hall where he belongs. Congrats to Preki on this achievement.
Friday, January 01, 2010
Soccer America MLS All-Decade Team
With the end of 2009 lots of people are putting together lists on the "best of the decade" stuff. Soccer America has put out their MLS All-Decade team. The Wizards are represented pretty well on the list, with 2 current and 2 former Wizards on the team.
The only representative on the Best XI team is the Wizards current captain, Jimmy Conrad. Conrad was selected to the Best XI team 3 times and earned one Defender of the Year award in the decade. Goalkeepers Tony Meola and Kevin Hartman were named to the reserve squad. Meola was MLS MVP in 2000 and was a consistent performer for both KC and New York. Hartman became the MLS all time leader in most goalkeeping categories during this decade. Also on the list is the best player in Wizards history (and I don't think anyone can argue that point), Preki. While Preki was an MVP in this decade his only playing in half the decade is why he's likely not on the first team. There is one former Wizard who did not make the list that I thought probably deserved a mention. That player is Nick Garcia who has been in the league since 2000 and while he hasn't brought in the awards has been a strong defender in the league.
UPDATE: Had this pointed out to me as I missed it originally, but Diego Gutierrez is on the list as well. While he's only listed as being on Chicago, Gutierrez played for the Wizards from 02-05. During that time he was the club captain in 04 and 05 and won the US Open Cup.
The only representative on the Best XI team is the Wizards current captain, Jimmy Conrad. Conrad was selected to the Best XI team 3 times and earned one Defender of the Year award in the decade. Goalkeepers Tony Meola and Kevin Hartman were named to the reserve squad. Meola was MLS MVP in 2000 and was a consistent performer for both KC and New York. Hartman became the MLS all time leader in most goalkeeping categories during this decade. Also on the list is the best player in Wizards history (and I don't think anyone can argue that point), Preki. While Preki was an MVP in this decade his only playing in half the decade is why he's likely not on the first team. There is one former Wizard who did not make the list that I thought probably deserved a mention. That player is Nick Garcia who has been in the league since 2000 and while he hasn't brought in the awards has been a strong defender in the league.
UPDATE: Had this pointed out to me as I missed it originally, but Diego Gutierrez is on the list as well. While he's only listed as being on Chicago, Gutierrez played for the Wizards from 02-05. During that time he was the club captain in 04 and 05 and won the US Open Cup.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Former Wizards Update
The former Wizards season in MLS continues to wind down and while there weren't a lot of goals this week by players, there was some news involving former Wizards. First I've added two new players to the list, as the Jermaine Hue and the Jamaican league started up a little bit ago. And the Wizards 4th round draft pick this past year, Akeem Priestly is now playing in the top division in Azerbaijan. Secondly, congratulations to Khari Stephenson and Aalesund, as they won the Norweigen Cup this past week 2-2 (5-4) on penalty kicks. Some bad news for a former Wizard, as it appears that Preki will not be returning to coach Chivas USA next season.
MLS
Taylor Graham - Seattle Sounders FC - Did not dress in Seattle's 1-0 loss to Houston to end their season.
Will Hesmer - Columbus Crew - Started and played 90 minutes in Columbus' 3-2 loss to Real Salt Lake.
Chris Klein - LA Galaxy - Started and played 67 minutes in LA's 1-0 win over Chivas USA.
Yura Movsisyan - Real Salt Lake - Came off the bench and played 25 minutes in RSL's 3-2 win over Columbus.
Brandon Prideaux - Chicago Fire - Started and played 90 minutes in Chicago's 2-0 win over New England.
Carey Talley - Chivas USA - Started and played 90 minutes in Chivas' 1-0 loss to LA.
Shavar Thomas - Chivas USA - Started and played 90 minutes in Chivas' 1-0 loss to LA.
Abe Thompson - Houston - Did not dress in Houston's 1-0 win over Seattle.
Sasha Victorine - Chivas USA - On the DL
Tyson Wahl - Seattle Sounders FC - Dressed but did not play in Seattle's 1-0 loss to Houston.
International
Eloy Colombano - Ferro Carril Sud (Olavarría) - Argentina - FerroCarril lost 2-1 to Bella Vista.
Gary Glasgow - United Petrotrin - Trinidad - Petrotrin did not qualify for the "Pro League Big Six" Competition.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Round one of the Jamaican league finished up last week.
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - England - Did not dress in Fulham's 1-1 draw with Wigan.
Chris Konopka - Sporting Fingal FC - Ireland - Started and played 90 minutes in Fingal's 3-2 loss to Athlone Town. Did not play in Fingal's 2-1 win over Shelbourne in the first playoff game.
Anthony Noriega - United Petrotrin - Trinidad - Petrotrin did not qualify for the "Pro League Big Six" Competition.
Akeem Priestly - FK Mughan - Azerbaijan - Came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Mughan's 3-0 loss to Qäbälä. Mughan lost 1-0 to Khazar Lankaran in the Cup of Azerbaijan.
Khari Stephenson - Aalesund FK - Norway - Started and played 120 minutes in Aalesund's 2-2 (5-4) win over Molde in the Norweigen Cup Final.
Matt Taylor - FSV Frankfurt - Germany - Started and played 75 minutes in Frankfurt's 0-0 draw with Arminia Bielefeld.
Ivan Trujillo - Deportes Quindío - Columbia - Came off the bench and played 73 minutes, scoring the lone goal in Quindío's 1-0 win over Atlético Junior.
Diego Walsh - Wellington Phoenix - Australia - Did not play in Wellington's 1-1 draw with Perth Glory FC.
MLS
Taylor Graham - Seattle Sounders FC - Did not dress in Seattle's 1-0 loss to Houston to end their season.
Will Hesmer - Columbus Crew - Started and played 90 minutes in Columbus' 3-2 loss to Real Salt Lake.
Chris Klein - LA Galaxy - Started and played 67 minutes in LA's 1-0 win over Chivas USA.
Yura Movsisyan - Real Salt Lake - Came off the bench and played 25 minutes in RSL's 3-2 win over Columbus.
Brandon Prideaux - Chicago Fire - Started and played 90 minutes in Chicago's 2-0 win over New England.
Carey Talley - Chivas USA - Started and played 90 minutes in Chivas' 1-0 loss to LA.
Shavar Thomas - Chivas USA - Started and played 90 minutes in Chivas' 1-0 loss to LA.
Abe Thompson - Houston - Did not dress in Houston's 1-0 win over Seattle.
Sasha Victorine - Chivas USA - On the DL
Tyson Wahl - Seattle Sounders FC - Dressed but did not play in Seattle's 1-0 loss to Houston.
International
Eloy Colombano - Ferro Carril Sud (Olavarría) - Argentina - FerroCarril lost 2-1 to Bella Vista.
Gary Glasgow - United Petrotrin - Trinidad - Petrotrin did not qualify for the "Pro League Big Six" Competition.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Round one of the Jamaican league finished up last week.
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - England - Did not dress in Fulham's 1-1 draw with Wigan.
Chris Konopka - Sporting Fingal FC - Ireland - Started and played 90 minutes in Fingal's 3-2 loss to Athlone Town. Did not play in Fingal's 2-1 win over Shelbourne in the first playoff game.
Anthony Noriega - United Petrotrin - Trinidad - Petrotrin did not qualify for the "Pro League Big Six" Competition.
Akeem Priestly - FK Mughan - Azerbaijan - Came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Mughan's 3-0 loss to Qäbälä. Mughan lost 1-0 to Khazar Lankaran in the Cup of Azerbaijan.
Khari Stephenson - Aalesund FK - Norway - Started and played 120 minutes in Aalesund's 2-2 (5-4) win over Molde in the Norweigen Cup Final.
Matt Taylor - FSV Frankfurt - Germany - Started and played 75 minutes in Frankfurt's 0-0 draw with Arminia Bielefeld.
Ivan Trujillo - Deportes Quindío - Columbia - Came off the bench and played 73 minutes, scoring the lone goal in Quindío's 1-0 win over Atlético Junior.
Diego Walsh - Wellington Phoenix - Australia - Did not play in Wellington's 1-1 draw with Perth Glory FC.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Former Wizards Up for Hall of Fame
The US National Soccer Hall of Fame has come out with their 24 finalists for this years induction into the Hall of Fame. Six former Wizards are on the list this year, as Mike Burns, Chris Henderson, Roy Lassister, Preki, Mike Sorber, and Peter Vermes are all up for induction. Sorber, the Wizards first allocation back in 1996 is in his final year of eligibility before being moved to the veterans ballot along with Thomas Dooley, John Doyle, and Dominic Kinnear. The Wizards 2000 leader in points, Chris Henderson, is in his first year of eligibility with John O'Brien and Eduardo Hurtado.
For me, Preki is the only surefire Hall of Famer in the list of former Wizards that are up for election with Sorber and Vermes being the next two most likely. The other 3 I think have very minimal chances. Voters can select up to 10 names of players on their ballot, if I had a vote, here'd be my ballot: Preki, Thomas Dooley, Earnie Stewart, Shannon MacMillan, and Joe-Max Moore.
For me, Preki is the only surefire Hall of Famer in the list of former Wizards that are up for election with Sorber and Vermes being the next two most likely. The other 3 I think have very minimal chances. Voters can select up to 10 names of players on their ballot, if I had a vote, here'd be my ballot: Preki, Thomas Dooley, Earnie Stewart, Shannon MacMillan, and Joe-Max Moore.
Monday, November 02, 2009
Potential Coaches
One of the big questions of the offseason, is who will be the Wizards coach next season? A few weeks ago after the final home game, Peter Vermes talked about potentially becoming the permanent coach for the Wizards, and Robb Heineman said that he wants to have the head coach in place before the MLS expansion draft, the week after MLS Cup. That means that Heineman, Vermes, and the rest of the Wizards staff in charge of working to find the next Wizards coach are busy trying to make their decision. There are multiple potential coaches in MLS and a few other places. With all the rules in MLS, it's good to have a coach that understands the rules, especially in regards to the roster and player limitations. And while the technical director should help to make sure that the coach understands all these rules, it definitely helps if the coach has a working knowledge. So here's a list of some of the potential candidates that I would be looking at if I were the Wizards.
Peter Vermes - The Wizards technical director and interim coach seems to be the favorite right now to be named head coach. Vermes was 3-6-3 with the interim tag, but the Wizards did appear to play better under Vermes than they had under Onalfo. You do have to wonder if it'd be better to bring in a different eye to coach and help scout talent. It could also be that this will be Vermes last chance, and if the team doesn't succeed when it's all on him, he'll be gone.
Preki - The Wizards legend seems to be the favorite among Wizards fans. He's led Chivas USA to the playoffs all 3 years he has been in charge, but rumor is that he could be out after this year since Chivas holds the option on his contract. While he brings a good MLS coaching record, I do have some concerns. It seems that every year that Preki's been the head coach at Chivas, the team has struggled with injury issues. One year I could blow it off as just a minor injury crisis, but 3 straight years, you have to wonder if something in the way Preki coaches is leading to all these injuries.
Denis Hamlett - Current coach of the Chicago Fire, Hamlett is also out of contract after this season is over. And while he's had success on the field, some Chicago fans have wondered if that success is in spite of Hamlett. Earlier this year there was his publicized half time locker room bust up between him and Bakary Soumare.
Dave Sarachan - Former Chicago Fire head coach and current assistant coach for the LA Galaxy, Sarachan has a good head coaching resume with the Fire as well as being an assistant under Bruce Arena for the US national team. He led Chicago to a US Open Cup title and the Supporter's Shield. The problem in the eyes of Wizards fans is that he (like Curt Onalfo) came up through Arena's system and not many fans are interested in repeating that process.
Colin Clarke - Former head coach of FC Dallas, and current Puerto Rico Islanders coach, Clarke has gotten himself quite a reputation since moving to the USL. Under Clarke, the Islanders have made the last two CONCACAF Champions Leagues, advancing to the semifinals of the 08-09 campaign. The knock on Clarke for Wizards fans, is that it would likely be a return to a more defensive approach similar to Bob Gansler.
John Spencer - Spencer is the current assistant coach under probably my favorite MLS coach, Dominic Kinnear in Houston. Spencer has played in MLS and has been learning from one of the better MLS coaches the past few seasons. The question is whether he'd be ready to leave Houston now. Last year he turned down the Chicago Fire so Spencer may not be interested in a head coaching position at this time.
Octavio Zambrano - Zambrano coached in MLS back in the late 90's and early 00's with LA and New York. He coached one of the higher scoring LA teams in 1998 and a good NY team in 2000. So he knows something about how the league works. He's most recently been in Hungary coaching FC Tatabanya, the club that preseason trialist Ferenc Béres played for. So don't rule out that potential connection.
Will any of these guys be the ones that are coaching the Wizards next season? It's hard to tell for sure, but I'd guess that many of these guys are on the Wizards short list for head coach and I'm sure a surprise or two will be in there as well.
Peter Vermes - The Wizards technical director and interim coach seems to be the favorite right now to be named head coach. Vermes was 3-6-3 with the interim tag, but the Wizards did appear to play better under Vermes than they had under Onalfo. You do have to wonder if it'd be better to bring in a different eye to coach and help scout talent. It could also be that this will be Vermes last chance, and if the team doesn't succeed when it's all on him, he'll be gone.
Preki - The Wizards legend seems to be the favorite among Wizards fans. He's led Chivas USA to the playoffs all 3 years he has been in charge, but rumor is that he could be out after this year since Chivas holds the option on his contract. While he brings a good MLS coaching record, I do have some concerns. It seems that every year that Preki's been the head coach at Chivas, the team has struggled with injury issues. One year I could blow it off as just a minor injury crisis, but 3 straight years, you have to wonder if something in the way Preki coaches is leading to all these injuries.
Denis Hamlett - Current coach of the Chicago Fire, Hamlett is also out of contract after this season is over. And while he's had success on the field, some Chicago fans have wondered if that success is in spite of Hamlett. Earlier this year there was his publicized half time locker room bust up between him and Bakary Soumare.
Dave Sarachan - Former Chicago Fire head coach and current assistant coach for the LA Galaxy, Sarachan has a good head coaching resume with the Fire as well as being an assistant under Bruce Arena for the US national team. He led Chicago to a US Open Cup title and the Supporter's Shield. The problem in the eyes of Wizards fans is that he (like Curt Onalfo) came up through Arena's system and not many fans are interested in repeating that process.
Colin Clarke - Former head coach of FC Dallas, and current Puerto Rico Islanders coach, Clarke has gotten himself quite a reputation since moving to the USL. Under Clarke, the Islanders have made the last two CONCACAF Champions Leagues, advancing to the semifinals of the 08-09 campaign. The knock on Clarke for Wizards fans, is that it would likely be a return to a more defensive approach similar to Bob Gansler.
John Spencer - Spencer is the current assistant coach under probably my favorite MLS coach, Dominic Kinnear in Houston. Spencer has played in MLS and has been learning from one of the better MLS coaches the past few seasons. The question is whether he'd be ready to leave Houston now. Last year he turned down the Chicago Fire so Spencer may not be interested in a head coaching position at this time.
Octavio Zambrano - Zambrano coached in MLS back in the late 90's and early 00's with LA and New York. He coached one of the higher scoring LA teams in 1998 and a good NY team in 2000. So he knows something about how the league works. He's most recently been in Hungary coaching FC Tatabanya, the club that preseason trialist Ferenc Béres played for. So don't rule out that potential connection.
Will any of these guys be the ones that are coaching the Wizards next season? It's hard to tell for sure, but I'd guess that many of these guys are on the Wizards short list for head coach and I'm sure a surprise or two will be in there as well.
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