2004 Kansas City Wizards season

Kansas City Wizards
2004 season
Head coachBob Gansler
Major League SoccerWest: 1st
Overall: 2nd
U.S. Open CupChampions
PlayoffsRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Josh Wolff (10)
All: Davy Arnaud (14)
Average home league attendance14,819
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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.

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Tony Meola
2 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Vuk Rasovic
3 DF United States USA Nick Garcia
4 DF Jamaica JAM Shavar Thomas
5 MF United States USA Kerry Zavagnin
6 DF United States USA Jose Burciaga Jr.
7 MF United States USA Diego Gutierrez
8 MF Brazil BRA Diego Walsh
10 MF United States USA Francisco Gomez
11 MF United States USA Preki
12 DF United States USA Jimmy Conrad
13 FW Jamaica JAM Wolde Harris
14 MF United States USA Jack Jewsbury
15 FW United States USA Josh Wolff
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF United States USA Brian Roberts
17 MF United States USA Chris Klein
19 FW United States USA Matt Taylor
20 FW Russia RUS Igor Simutenkov
22 FW United States USA Davy Arnaud
23 MF Romania ROU Alex Zotinca
24 MF Jamaica JAM Khari Stephenson
25 GK United States USA Bo Oshoniyi
26 DF United States USA Taylor Graham
27 FW United States USA Justin Detter
30 GK United States USA Will Hesmer

Competitions

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
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
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 United States Davy Arnaud 30 9 4 3 4 2 38 14 2626 3346 0 0
12 DF United States Jimmy Conrad 29 1 4 0 4 0 37 1 2610 3335 0 0
7 MF United States Diego Gutierrez 28 3 4 1 4 0 36 4 2520 3245 0 0
3 DF United States Nick Garcia 26 0 4 0 4 0 34 0 2295 3020 0 0
15 FW United States Josh Wolff 26 10 3 0 4 1 33 11 2252 2844 0 0
23 MF Romania Alex Zotinca 25 0 4 1 4 0 33 1 1779 2365 0 0
5 MF United States Kerry Zavagnin 24 0 4 0 4 0 32 0 2160 2881 0 0
6 DF United States Jose Burciaga Jr. 24 1 4 0 4 1 32 2 1876 2601 0 0
14 MF United States Jack Jewsbury 22 2 3 0 4 1 29 3 1406 1860 0 0
4 DF Jamaica Shavar Thomas 25 1 1 0 0 0 26 1 1880 1970 0 0
10 MF United States Francisco Gomez 23 1 3 1 0 0 26 2 1097 1262 0 0
1 GK United States Tony Meola 21 0 3 0 0 0 24 0 1890 2146 0 0
26 DF United States Taylor Graham 17 1 3 0 2 0 22 1 750 944 0 0
17 MF United States Chris Klein 19 5 2 1 0 0 21 6 1694 1874 0 0
19 FW United States Matt Taylor 17 3 1 0 1 0 19 3 524 562 0 0
8 MF Brazil Diego Walsh 15 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 688 711 0 0
25 GK United States Bo Oshoniyi 9 0 2 0 4 0 15 0 810 1279 0 0
20 FW Russia Igor Simutenkov 9 1 2 2 3 0 14 3 456 669 0 0
24 MF Jamaica Khari Stephenson 3 0 3 0 4 1 9 1 44 270 0 0
27 FW United States Justin Detter 6 0 3 1 0 0 9 1 162 275 0 0
11 FW United States Preki 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 90 125 0 0
2 DF Serbia and Montenegro Vuk Rasovic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 45 45 0 0

Final Statistics


References