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2007 Kansas City Wizards season

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Kansas City Wizards
2007 season
Head coachCurt Onalfo
Major League SoccerEast: 5th
Overall: 8th
PlayoffsConference Finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Eddie Johnson (15)
All: Eddie Johnson (15)
Average home league attendance11,586
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The 2007 Kansas City Wizards season was the 12th for the club in Major League Soccer. The Wizards finished fifth in the Eastern Conference and eighth overall with 40 points (11W 12L 7D), their best points total since 2004 and, resultantly, as an Eastern Conference team.

Curt Onalfo took over as head coach this season. The club also acquired Kevin Hartman from the LA Galaxy, where the goalkeeper had made a name for himself in the league. For Kansas City, 2007 was mostly defined on-field by Eddie Johnson, who scored 15 league goals including back to back hat tricks to end May and begin June, a feat never before accomplished in the league. Johnson's achievements would be overshadowed by the overall chaos of the 2007 MLS season which included the introduction of the Designated Player Rule, enabling teams to sign far more prolific attackers than previous seasons. Despite Johnson's stellar play and the improvement of the Wizards (who made their first playoff as an Eastern team and lost the re-classified Western Conference Finals to eventual champions Houston Dynamo), more high-profile forwards such as DPs Luciano Emilio and Juan Pablo Ángel were given MLS Best XI consideration over the USMNT player.

This was the last season the Wizards played all their home matches at Arrowhead Stadium, as new ownership began a process of relocation and rebranding that would end up with the club opening its own new stadium in 2011.

Squad

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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 United States USA Kevin Hartman
2 DF United States USA Michael Harrington
3 DF United States USA Nick Garcia
4 DF United States USA Amir Lowery
5 MF United States USA Kerry Zavagnin
6 DF United States USA Jose Burciaga Jr.
7 FW United States USA Eddie Johnson
8 MF United States USA Ryan McMahen
9 MF United States USA Sasha Victorine
10 MF Argentina ARG Carlos Marinelli
11 MF Costa Rica CRC Kurt Morsink
12 DF United States USA Jimmy Conrad
13 FW United States USA Will John
14 MF United States USA Jack Jewsbury
15 DF United States USA Aaron Hohlbein
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Argentina ARG Eloy Colombano
17 FW Armenia ARM Yura Movsisyan
18 MF United States USA A. J. Godbolt
19 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Scott Sealy
20 DF United States USA Tyson Wahl
21 MF United States USA Lance Watson
22 FW United States USA Davy Arnaud
23 MF United States USA Edson Elcock
24 GK United States USA Eric Kronberg
25 MF United States USA Matt Groenwald
26 MF United States USA Ryan Raybould
27 GK United States USA Chris Konopka
29 FW United States USA Ryan Pore
30 MF United States USA Michael Kraus
33 FW United States USA Willy Guadarrama

Competitions

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 11 7 12 45 45  0 40 7 3 5 22 18  +4 4 4 7 23 27  −4

Last updated: 2007.
Source: Major League Soccer

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
April 14, 2007 D.C. United A 4–2 Harrington
Victorine
Johnson
Sealy
April 21, 2007 Chicago Fire S.C. A 1–2 Marinelli
April 25, 2007 Toronto FC H 3–0 Johnson
Zavagnin
Movsisyan
April 28, 2007 Toronto FC A 1–0 Johnson
May 5, 2007 Columbus Crew H 1–0 Burciaga Jr.
May 12, 2007 FC Dallas H 1–2 Harrington
May 19, 2007 Colorado Rapids A 1–1 Arnaud
May 26, 2007 New England Revolution A 4–3 Johnson 3
Arnaud
June 2, 2007 New York Red Bulls H 3–2 Johnson 3
June 16, 2007 New York Red Bulls A 3–3 Movsisyan 2
Zavagnin
June 20, 2007 Columbus Crew A 1–2 Jewsbury
June 24, 2007 Houston Dynamo H 0–1
July 1, 2007 Toronto FC H 1–1 Harrington
July 4, 2007 D.C. United H 0–1
July 7, 2007 Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–2 Movsisyan
Arnaud
July 14, 2007 Real Salt Lake H 1–0 Johnson
July 22, 2007 Colorado Rapids H 2–2 Johnson 2
July 29, 2007 Chivas USA H 3–2 Zavagnin
Arnaud
Movsisyan
August 2, 2007 New England Revolution A 0–2
August 19, 2007 New England Revolution H 0–1
August 22, 2007 Chicago Fire S.C. H 3–2 Victorine
Sealy
Burciaga Jr.
August 25, 2007 Chicago Fire S.C. A 0–2
August 29, 2007 Real Salt Lake A 1–3 Johnson
September 1, 2007 Houston Dynamo A 1–1 Johnson
September 15, 2007 Columbus Crew H 3–2 Sealy 2
Johnson
September 22, 2007 Chivas USA A 1–2 Colombano
September 27, 2007 Los Angeles Galaxy H 0–1
October 5, 2007 D.C. United H 1–1 Sealy
October 13, 2007 New York Red Bulls A 1–2 Jewsbury
October 20, 2007 FC Dallas A 2–0 Sealy 2
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
April 18, 2007 Semifinal Qualification Real Salt Lake A 1–2
(AET)
Victorine
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
October 27, 2007 Conference Semi-finals Chivas USA H 1–0 Arnaud
November 3, 2007 Conference Semi-finals Chivas USA A 0–0
November 10, 2007 Conference Finals Houston Dynamo A 0–2

Squad statistics

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No. Pos. Name MLS Playoffs USOC Total Minutes Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals League Total
1 GK United States Kevin Hartman 30 0 3 0 1 0 34 0 2700 3090 0 0
5 MF United States Kerry Zavagnin 29 3 3 0 1 0 33 3 2564 2850 0 0
2 DF United States Michael Harrington 29 3 3 0 1 0 33 3 2422 2812 0 0
9 MF United States Sasha Victorine 29 2 3 0 1 1 33 3 2135 2402 0 0
22 FW United States Davy Arnaud 28 4 3 1 1 0 32 5 2489 2807 0 0
14 MF United States Jack Jewsbury 28 2 3 0 1 0 32 2 2316 2642 0 0
3 DF United States Nick Garcia 27 0 3 0 1 0 31 0 2420 2810 0 0
12 DF United States Jimmy Conrad 25 0 3 0 1 0 29 0 2172 2562 0 0
7 FW United States Eddie Johnson 24 15 3 0 1 0 28 15 2149 2464 0 0
10 MF Argentina Carlos Marinelli 26 1 1 0 1 0 28 1 1674 1777 0 0
11 MF Costa Rica Kurt Morsink 21 0 3 0 1 0 25 0 895 1267 0 0
6 DF United States Jose Burciaga Jr. 23 2 1 0 0 0 24 2 1826 1824 0 0
19 FW Trinidad and Tobago Scott Sealy 18 7 3 0 1 0 22 7 1194 1487 0 0
29 FW United States Ryan Pore 17 0 3 0 0 0 20 0 456 512 0 0
17 FW Armenia Yura Movsisyan 18 5 0 0 1 0 19 5 666 786 0 0
26 MF United States Ryan Raybould 10 0 1 0 1 0 12 0 424 545 0 0
16 FW Argentina Eloy Colombano 10 1 1 0 0 0 11 1 310 334 0 0
20 DF United States Tyson Wahl 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 415 415 0 0
15 DF United States Aaron Hohlbein 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 360 360 0 0
13 FW United States Will John 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 26 146 0 0
21 MF United States Lance Watson 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 23 24 0 0

Final Statistics


References

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