2004 Kansas City Wizards season

The 2004 Kansas City Wizards season was the ninth for the club in Major League Soccer. Kansas City completed what was their best-performing season at the time: the Wizards finished first in the Western Conference and second overall with 49 points. The club scored 38 goals and conceded 30 goals, the latter being the fewest in the 10-team season. The Wizards would eliminate defending MLS Cup champion San Jose Earthquakes over two legs in the conference semifinals, then defeat the 2002 MLS Cup winner LA Galaxy in the one-legged Western Conference final to advance to MLS Cup 2004.

Kansas City Wizards

2004 season
Head coach	Bob Gansler
Major League Soccer	West: 1st Overall: 2nd
U.S. Open Cup	Champions
Playoffs	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Josh Wolff (10) All: Davy Arnaud (14)
Average home league attendance	14,819
Home colors Away colors

Main article: List of Sporting Kansas City seasons

In MLS Cup, Kansas City faced D.C. United, the second-place team in the East who had navigated significant mainstream media attention throughout the season due to the signing of teenage sensation Freddy Adu. The Wizards opened scoring in MLS Cup through José Burciaga Jr. in minute 6, but were done in by three successive D.C. goals (including an Alex Zotincă own goal) as United took home the Cup in a 3–2 result.

Despite this ending to the season, the Wizards did attain silverware in the 2004 calendar year. In September, the club won their first U.S. Open Cup. Kansas City beat rivals Chicago Fire 1–0 in the final, which served as a bulwark somewhat from the tough MLS Cup loss. Their seasonal performance also qualified them for the ensuing CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

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
1	GK	USA	Tony Meola
2	DF	SCG	Vuk Rasovic
3	DF	USA	Nick Garcia
4	DF	JAM	Shavar Thomas
5	MF	USA	Kerry Zavagnin
6	DF	USA	Jose Burciaga Jr.
7	MF	USA	Diego Gutierrez
8	MF	BRA	Diego Walsh
10	MF	USA	Francisco Gomez
11	MF	USA	Preki
12	DF	USA	Jimmy Conrad
13	FW	JAM	Wolde Harris
14	MF	USA	Jack Jewsbury
15	FW	USA	Josh Wolff

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	USA	Brian Roberts
17	MF	USA	Chris Klein
19	FW	USA	Matt Taylor
20	FW	RUS	Igor Simutenkov
22	FW	USA	Davy Arnaud
23	MF	ROU	Alex Zotinca
24	MF	JAM	Khari Stephenson
25	GK	USA	Bo Oshoniyi
26	DF	USA	Taylor Graham
27	FW	USA	Justin Detter
30	GK	USA	Will Hesmer

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Competitions

Major League Soccer

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	14	7	9	38	30	+8	49	9	3	3	22	12	+10	5	4	6	16	18	−2

Last updated: 2004.
Source: Major League Soccer

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
April 3, 2004	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	0–0
April 17, 2004	Columbus Crew	H	1–0	Arnaud
April 24, 2004	Dallas Burn	A	0–1
May 1, 2004	Colorado Rapids	H	2–0	Klein Wolff
May 8, 2004	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	2–2	Klein Arnaud
May 15, 2004	D.C. United	A	0–1
May 22, 2004	Dallas Burn	H	2–0	Jewsbury Wolff
May 30, 2004	MetroStars	A	0–1
June 2, 2004	New England Revolution	H	2–3	Wolff Arnaud
June 5, 2004	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–1	Gomez Gutierrez
June 9, 2004	Colorado Rapids	A	1–0	Wolff
June 12, 2004	Columbus Crew	A	2–2	Conrad Thomas
June 19, 2004	New England Revolution	A	3–1	Arnaud Thomas 2
June 26, 2004	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	Burciaga Jr.
July 3, 2004	Dallas Burn	H	5–1	Arnaud 3 Klein Wolff
July 10, 2004	D.C. United	H	1–0	Thomas
July 17, 2004	Dallas Burn	A	1–0	Gutierrez
July 24, 2004	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–2	Arnaud Jewsbury
July 28, 2004	MetroStars	H	1–2	Klein
August 14, 2004	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–2
August 18, 2004	Columbus Crew	A	1–2	Graham
August 21, 2004	New England Revolution	A	2–1	Wolff Arnaud
September 1, 2004	Chicago Fire S.C.	A	1–3	Wolff
September 4, 2004	MetroStars	H	1–0	Wolff
September 10, 2004	Colorado Rapids	A	1–3	Wolff
September 18, 2004	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–0	Gutierrez
September 25, 2004	Colorado Rapids	H	1–0	Simutenkov
October 2, 2004	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–1	Own Goal
October 9, 2004	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–0
October 16, 2004	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–0	Josh Wolff

U.S. Open Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
July 20, 2004	Fourth round	Atlanta Silverbacks	A	4–1	Arnaud 2 Gomez Gutierrez
August 4, 2004	Quarterfinals	Dallas Burn	H	4–0	Klein Arnaud Detter Zotinca
August 24, 2004	Semifinals	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–0	Simutenkov
September 22, 2004	Finals	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	1–0 (ASDET)	Simutenkov

MLS Cup Playoffs

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
October 24, 2004	Conference Semifinals	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–2
October 30, 2004	Conference Semifinals	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–0	Stephenson Own Goal Jewsbury
November 5, 2004	Conference Finals	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–0	Arnaud 2
November 14, 2004	MLS Cup 2004	D.C. United	N	2–3	Burciaga Jr. Wolff

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		USOC		Playoffs		Total		Minutes		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	League	Total
22	FW	Davy Arnaud	30	9	4	3	4	2	38	14	2626	3346	0	0
12	DF	Jimmy Conrad	29	1	4	0	4	0	37	1	2610	3335	0	0
7	MF	Diego Gutierrez	28	3	4	1	4	0	36	4	2520	3245	0	0
3	DF	Nick Garcia	26	0	4	0	4	0	34	0	2295	3020	0	0
15	FW	Josh Wolff	26	10	3	0	4	1	33	11	2252	2844	0	0
23	MF	Alex Zotinca	25	0	4	1	4	0	33	1	1779	2365	0	0
5	MF	Kerry Zavagnin	24	0	4	0	4	0	32	0	2160	2881	0	0
6	DF	Jose Burciaga Jr.	24	1	4	0	4	1	32	2	1876	2601	0	0
14	MF	Jack Jewsbury	22	2	3	0	4	1	29	3	1406	1860	0	0
4	DF	Shavar Thomas	25	1	1	0	0	0	26	1	1880	1970	0	0
10	MF	Francisco Gomez	23	1	3	1	0	0	26	2	1097	1262	0	0
1	GK	Tony Meola	21	0	3	0	0	0	24	0	1890	2146	0	0
26	DF	Taylor Graham	17	1	3	0	2	0	22	1	750	944	0	0
17	MF	Chris Klein	19	5	2	1	0	0	21	6	1694	1874	0	0
19	FW	Matt Taylor	17	3	1	0	1	0	19	3	524	562	0	0
8	MF	Diego Walsh	15	0	0	0	3	0	18	0	688	711	0	0
25	GK	Bo Oshoniyi	9	0	2	0	4	0	15	0	810	1279	0	0
20	FW	Igor Simutenkov	9	1	2	2	3	0	14	3	456	669	0	0
24	MF	Khari Stephenson	3	0	3	0	4	1	9	1	44	270	0	0
27	FW	Justin Detter	6	0	3	1	0	0	9	1	162	275	0	0
11	FW	Preki	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	90	125	0	0
2	DF	Vuk Rasovic	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	45	45	0	0

Final Statistics

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