2000 Kansas City Wizards season

In 2000 the Kansas City Wizards earned their first ever honor winning the MLS Supporters' Shield by finishing atop the regular season point total (57). The Wizards continued good play took them through the playoffs and into MLS Cup 2000 versus the Chicago Fire where they finished their season in a 1-0 victory earning the club the MLS Double. 2000 was the first season that MLS games could finish in a draw, but to do so tied matches had an additional ten-minute overtime.

Kansas City Wizards
2000 season
Head coachBob Gansler
Major League SoccerWest: 1st
Overall: 1st
USOCSecond Round
PlayoffsChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Miklos Molnar (12)
All: Miklos Molnar (17)
Average home league attendance9,112
← 1999
2001 →

Squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Tony Meola
2 MF   USA Matt McKeon
3 DF   USA Nick Garcia
4 DF   USA Brandon Prideaux
5 FW   USA Brian Johnson
6 DF   USA Peter Vermes
7 FW   DEN Miklos Molnar
8 MF   USA Chris Brown
9 FW   CAN Alex Bunbury
10 FW   SCO Mo Johnston
11 MF   USA Preki
12 FW   UGA Peter Byaruhanga
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF   USA Vicente Figueroa
14 DF   USA Michael Green
15 MF   USA Kerry Zavagnin
16 DF   USA John Wilson
17 MF   USA Chris Klein
18 DF   USA Tahj Jakins
19 MF   USA Chris Henderson
20 DF   NGA Uche Okafor
21 MF   USA Francisco Gomez
22 FW   TRI Gary Glasgow
23 FW   RUS Ihor Dotsenko
25 GK   USA Bo Oshoniyi

Competitions edit

Major League Soccer edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 16 9 7 47 29  +18 57 11 1 4 27 14  +13 5 8 3 20 15  +5

Last updated: 2000.
Source: Major League Soccer

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
March 25, 2000 Chicago Fire S.C. H 4–3 Molnar
Klein
Henderson
Preki
April 1, 2000 Colorado Rapids H 3–0 Molnar
Johnston
Klein
April 8, 2000 Miami Fusion A 0–0
April 15, 2000 San Jose Earthquakes H 2–0 Henderson
Molnar
April 19, 2000 MetroStars A 2–1 Molnar 2
April 22, 2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny H 1–0 Johnston
April 29, 2000 Colorado Rapids A 5–0 Johnston
Klein
Preki
McKeon
Henderson
May 6, 2000 Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–0
May 13, 2000 MetroStars H 2–0 McKeon
Henderson
May 17, 2000 D.C. United H 2–0 Zavagnin
Molnar
May 20, 2000 San Jose Earthquakes H 2–0 Vermes
Molnar
May 27, 2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny A 2–1 Vermes
Molnar
June 4, 2000 Chicago Fire S.C. A 2–3 Glasgow
Henderson
June 10, 2000 D.C. United A 0–0
June 17, 2000 Dallas Burn A 1–4 McKeon
June 21, 2000 Dallas Burn H 0–0
June 24, 2000 Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–0 Klein
Glasgow
July 4, 2000 San Jose Earthquakes A 0–0
July 8, 2000 MetroStars H 0–1
July 15, 2000 Columbus Crew A 0–2
July 19, 2000 New England Revolution H 0–1
July 22, 2000 Columbus Crew H 3–1 Klein
Henderson 2
August 2, 2000 Colorado Rapids H 3–1 Zavagnin
Molnar
Glasgow
August 5, 2000 Los Angeles Galaxy H 1–5 Johnston
August 12, 2000 Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–1 Klein
August 16, 2000 San Jose Earthquakes A 3–0 Gomez
Figueroa
Henderson
August 18, 2000 Miami Fusion H 1–2 Gomez
August 23, 2000 MetroStars A 0–0
August 26, 2000 Colorado Rapids A 1–1 Preki
September 2, 2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny H 1–0 Molnar
September 6, 2000 New England Revolution A 1–0 Molnar
September 9, 2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny A 2–2 Henderson
Molnar

U.S. Open Cup edit

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
June 14, 2000 Second Round Chicago Sockers A 0–0 PK (6-7)

MLS Cup Playoffs edit

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
September 16, 2000 Conference Semifinals Colorado Rapids H 1–0 Molnar
September 20, 2000 Conference Semifinals Colorado Rapids A 0–0
September 24, 2000 Conference Semifinals Colorado Rapids H 3–2 Henderson
Molnar
Gomez
September 29, 2000 Conference Finals Los Angeles Galaxy H 0–0
October 3, 2000 Conference Finals Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 McKeon
October 6, 2000 Conference Finals Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–0 Molnar 2
October 15, 2000 MLS Cup 2000 Chicago Fire S.C. N 1–0 Molnar

Squad statistics edit

No. Pos. Name MLS USOC Playoffs Total Minutes Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals League Total    
6 DF   Peter Vermes 32 2 1 0 7 0 40 2 2916 3695 0 0
3 DF   Nick Garcia 32 0 1 0 7 0 40 0 2916 3695 0 0
15 MF   Kerry Zavagnin 31 2 1 0 7 0 39 2 2743 3522 0 0
19 MF   Chris Henderson 31 9 1 0 7 1 39 10 2694 3406 0 0
11 MF   Preki 31 3 1 0 7 0 39 3 2485 3138 0 0
1 GK   Tony Meola 31 0 0 0 7 0 38 0 2826 3485 0 0
4 DF   Brandon Prideaux 31 0 0 0 7 0 38 0 2809 3468 0 0
2 MF   Matt McKeon 30 3 0 0 7 1 37 4 2631 3202 0 0
17 MF   Chris Klein 27 6 1 0 7 0 35 6 2205 2883 0 0
10 FW   Mo Johnston 25 4 1 0 5 0 30 4 1982 2451 0 0
8 MF   Chris Brown 22 0 1 0 4 0 27 0 1116 1442 0 0
7 FW   Miklos Molnar 17 12 0 0 7 5 24 17 1353 2012 0 0
5 FW   Brian Johnson 18 0 1 0 3 0 22 0 586 619 0 0
21 MF   Francisco Gomez 14 2 1 0 6 1 21 3 709 1001 0 0
20 DF   Uche Okafor 14 0 1 0 1 0 16 0 298 434 0 0
22 FW   Gary Glasgow 11 3 1 0 0 0 12 3 479 599 0 0
13 --   Vicente Figueroa 8 1 1 0 0 0 9 1 322 400 0 0
9 FW   Alex Bunbury 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 259 326 0 0
12 --   Peter Byaruhanga 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 170 170 0 0
16 DF   John Wilson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 103 103 0 0
25 GK   Bo Oshoniyi 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 90 210 0 0
18 DF   Tahj Jakins 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 118 118 0 0
23 FW   Ihor Dotsenko 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 90 90 0 0

Final Statistics


References edit