Kansas City Wizards
1997 season
Head coachRon Newman
Major League SoccerWest: 1st
Overall: 2nd
USOCThird Round
PlayoffsConference Semifinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Preki (12)
All: Preki (13)
Average home league attendance9,058

The 1997 Kansas City Wizards season was the second in team and MLS history. Played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.MLS did not allow matches to end in ties and thus Shootouts were used to decide draws, the stats that follow do not include shootout goals scored and the teams actually point total in the regular season was 49 even though it is shown below as 63. Shootout win= 2 points, Shootout loss= 0 points.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Mike Ammann
2 DF United States USA Steve Pittman
3 FW England ENG Paul Wright
4 DF Scotland SCO Richard Gough
6 DF United States USA Sean Bowers
7 MF United States USA Diego Gutierrez
8 MF United States USA Damian Silvera
8 FW United States USA Jamel Mitchell
9 FW United States USA Ryan Tinsley
10 FW Scotland SCO Mo Johnston
11 MF United States USA Preki
12 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Vitalis Takawira
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF United States USA Mark Chung
14 FW United States USA Frank Klopas
16 MF United States USA John Diffley
17 MF United States USA Edmundo Rodriguez
18 GK United States USA Chris Snitko
19 MF United States USA Jake Dancy
19 DF Liberia LBR Dionysius Sebwe
20 DF Nigeria NGA Uche Okafor
21 MF United States USA Matt McKeon
22 FW United States USA Brian Johnson
23 FW United States USA Nino DaSilva
27 DF United States USA John DeBrito

Competitions

Major League Soccer

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
32 21 0 11 57 51  +6 63 12 0 4 35 24  +11 9 0 7 22 27  −5

Last updated: 1997.
Source: Major League Soccer

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
March 29, 1997 San Jose Earthquakes H 2–2 (W) Johnston
Preki
April 5, 1997 Los Angeles Galaxy H 3–2 Takawira
Preki
Chung
April 12, 1997 Tampa Bay Mutiny A 1–2 Preki
April 18, 1997 Dallas Burn H 2–1 Klopas
Chung
April 27, 1997 Tampa Bay Mutiny H 2–2 (L) Johnston
Wright
May 3, 1997 New England Revolution A 1–2 Preki
May 10, 1997 Los Angeles Galaxy H 1–0 Preki
May 18, 1997 NY/NJ Metrostars A 0–1
May 22, 1997 Columbus Crew H 3–1 McKeon 2
Chung
May 30, 1997 Los Angeles Galaxy A 3–1 Wright
Takawira
Own Goal
June 6, 1997 Dallas Burn A 1–1 (W) Wright
June 8, 1997 San Jose Earthquakes A 3–2 Chung
Preki 2
June 15, 1997 San Jose Earthquakes H 1–3 Bowers
June 21, 1997 D.C. United H 6–1 Wright
Klopas
Chung
Preki
Bowers
Rodriguez
June 25, 1997 Tampa Bay Mutiny H 2–2 (W) Wright
Chung
June 28, 1997 Colorado Rapids A 3–3 (W) Takawira 2
Johnston
July 4, 1997 Columbus Crew A 2–1 Takawira 2
July 6, 1997 Dallas Burn H 1–3 Tinsley
July 12, 1997 New England Revolution A 0–2
July 19, 1997 D.C. United H 3–2 Chung 2
Takawira
July 26, 1997 New England Revolution H 0–0 (W)
August 2, 1997 Dallas Burn A 2–1 Chung
Preki
August 9, 1997 Tampa Bay Mutiny A 2–0 Bowers
Klopas
August 17, 1997 NY/NJ Metrostars H 3–3 (W) Klopas
Johnston
Chung
August 24, 1997 San Jose Earthquakes A 2–2 (W) Preki
McKeon
August 28, 1997 Colorado Rapids H 1–0 Preki
August 31, 1997 D.C. United A 0–2
September 6, 1997 Colorado Rapids A 2–1 Johnson
Klopas
September 12, 1997 NY/NJ Metrostars H 0–0 (L)
September 14, 1997 Columbus Crew A 0–4
September 26, 1997 Colorado Rapids H 5–2 Johnston 2
McKeon
Preki
Takawira
September 28, 1997 Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–2

U.S. Open Cup

July 24, 1997 (1997-07-24) Third Round San Francisco Bay Seals California 2–1 Missouri Kansas City Wizards San Francisco, California
  • White 1', 59'
  • Folan Yellow card 18'
  • Simpson Yellow card 60'
Stadium: Negoesco Stadium
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Tim Wayland

MLS Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference semifinals

October 4, 1997 (1997-10-04) Game 1 Kansas City Wizards 0–3 Colorado Rapids Kansas City, Missouri
 Report
Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 10,174
Referee: Brian Hall
October 8, 1997 (1997-10-08) Game 2 Colorado Rapids 3–2 Kansas City Wizards Denver, Colorado
 Report
Stadium: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 13,117
Referee: Paul Tamberino

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name MLS USOC Playoffs Total Minutes Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals League Total
13MFUnited States Mark Chung 3210102035102871314100
21MFUnited States Matt McKeon 31410203442737300700
9MFUnited States Ryan Tinsley 31110203412588282600
26FWScotland Mo Johnston 29610203262564283400
3FWEngland Paul Wright 30510103251646177000
0GKUnited States Mike Ammann 29000203102597277700
20DFNigeria Uche Okafor 27010203002386264100
11MFUnited States Preki 2712102129132330255500
14FWUnited States Frank Klopas 27511203061967212300
12FWZimbabwe Vitalis Takawira 28800213092153229900
6DFUnited States Sean Bowers 26310202932017228700
2DFUnited States Steve Pittman 26010202902068231700
4DFScotland Richard Gough 17000201901457163700
17MFUnited States Edmundo Rodriguez 161001017154355400
22FWUnited States Brian Johnson 141100015195196600
18GKUnited States Chris Snitko 5010006028237200
16MFUnited States John Diffley 6000006014814800
8MFUnited States Damian Silvera 3000003016616600
19MFUnited States Jake Dancy 3000003011611600
27DFUnited States John DeBrito 20001030537400
8FWUnited States Jamel Mitchell 10000010161600
23FWUnited States Nino DaSilva 10000010121200

Final Statistics

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.