1996 Kansas City Wiz season

Kansas City Wiz
1996 season
Head coachRon Newman
Major League SoccerWest: 3rd
Overall: 5th
USOCQuarterfinals
PlayoffsConference Finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Preki (18)
All: Preki (22)
Average home league attendance12,878

The 1996 Kansas City Wiz season was the first in team and MLS history. Played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.The Wizards were at first named the Wiz and played under that name through 1996 before having it changed for the 1997 season. MLS did not allow matches to end in ties in 1996 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 41 even though it is shown below as 51. Shootout win= 1 point, Shootout loss= 0 points.

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
0 GK  USA Mike Ammann
1 GK  CAN Pat Harrington
2 DF  USA Tommy Reasoner
3 FW  ENG Paul Wright
4 MF  USA Scott Uderitz
5 MF  USA David Moxom
6 DF  USA Sean Bowers
7 FW  LBR Nyanforth Peters
8 FW  USA Eric Eichmann
9 FW  JAM Peter Isaacs
10 MF  USA Mike Sorber
11 MF  USA Preki
12 FW  ZIM Vitalis Takawira
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF  USA Mark Chung
14 FW  USA Frank Klopas
15 DF  CMR Samuel Ekeme
16 MF  USA Diego Gutiérrez
17 MF  USA Kevin Koetters
18 MF  USA Billy Baumhoff
18 MF  USA Yari Allnut
19 DF  LBR Dionysius Sebwe
20 DF  NGA Uche Okafor
21 MF  USA Matt McKeon
22 GK  USA Chris Snitko
23 FW  USA Alan Prampin
23 FW  USA Stephen Martines
25 GK  USA Garth Lagerwey
26 FW  SCO Mo Johnston

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
32 17 0 15 61 63  −2 51 11 0 5 40 28  +12 6 0 10 21 35  −14

Last updated: 1996.
Source: Major League Soccer

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
April 13, 1996 Colorado Rapids H 3–0 Takawira 2
Klopas 		21,141
April 18, 1996 Dallas Burn A 0–3 9,405
April 21, 1996 San Jose Clash A 2–2 (W) Okafor
Prampin 		17,580
May 2, 1996 Columbus Crew H 6–4 Chung
Johnston 2
Preki 2
Sorber 		8,848
May 5, 1996 Colorado Rapids A 0–4 11,070
May 8, 1996 Tampa Bay Mutiny A 0–2 7,025
May 11, 1996 Dallas Burn H 2–3 Preki 2 17,706
May 19, 1996 Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–2 25,231
May 22, 1996 NY/NJ MetroStars H 2–1 Prampin
Preki 		8,916
May 29, 1996 San Jose Clash A 1–2 Allnut 10,299
June 1, 1996 New England Revolution H 2–1 Preki
Johnston 		117,808
June 5, 1996 Tampa Bay Mutiny H 1–3 Preki 9,551
June 8, 1996 Columbus Crew A 3–3 (W) Takawira
Uderitz
Preki 		16,526
June 15, 1996 New England Revolution A 1–1 (L) Preki 21,407
June 20, 1996 D.C. United H 5–1 Preki
Takawira 2
Chung
Sorber 		9,458
June 26, 1996 NY/NJ MetroStars A 0–2 16,103
June 29, 1996 Dallas Burn A 1–0 Sorber 9,615
July 6, 1996 Los Angeles Galaxy H 3–1 Uderitz
Preki
Takawira 		17,921
July 10, 1996 Colorado Rapids H 2–0 Klopas
Okafor 		8,062
July 18, 1996 Tampa Bay Mutiny A 2–3 Johnston
Prampin 		7,520
July 20, 1996 Dallas Burn H 1–2 Preki 11,592
July 27, 1996 New England Revolution H 4–2 Takawira 2
Chung
Preki 		11,555
July 31, 1996 D.C. United A 3–2 Own goal
Preki
Chung 		9,457
August 4, 1996 D.C. United A 4–2 Chung 2
Takawira 2 		12,356
August 7, 1996 Colorado Rapids A 2–4 Preki
Sorber 		6,013
August 11, 1996 Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–2 (W) Preki
Chung 		13,362
August 15, 1996 San Jose Clash H 4–1 Johnston
Preki
Takawira 2 		8,250
August 21, 1996 Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–1 (W) Chung 13,073
August 24, 1996 Columbus Crew A 1–2 Johnston 20,246
September 1, 1996 NY/NJ MetroStars H 2–2 (W) Own goal
Takawira 		11,139
September 7, 1996 Columbus Crew H 1–5 Preki 12,141
September 21, 1996 San Jose Clash H 0–0 (L) 18,594

U.S. Open Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
September 15, 1996 Quarterfinals Colorado Rapids H 2–3 Bowers
Takawira 		5,009

MLS Cup Playoffs

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
September 26, 1996 Conference Semi-Finals Dallas Burn H 3–2 Johnston
McKeon
Preki 		4,466
September 29, 1996 Conference Semi-Finals Dallas Burn A 1–2 Preki 10,125
October 2, 1996 Conference Semi-Finals Dallas Burn A 2–2 (W) Chung
Takawira 		9,802
October 10, 1996 Conference Finals Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 Preki 25,212
October 13, 1996 Conference Finals Los Angeles Galaxy H 1–1 (L) Preki 11,041

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name MLS USOC Playoffs Total Minutes Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals League Total
11 MF Preki 32 18 1 0 5 4 38 22 2880 3420 0 0
13 MF Mark Chung 32 8 1 0 5 1 38 9 2847 3386 0 0
6 DF Sean Bowers 31 0 1 0 5 1 37 1 2769 3309 0 0
26 FW Mo Johnston 29 6 1 0 5 1 35 7 2573 3113 0 0
20 DF Uche Okafor 30 2 1 0 4 0 35 2 2593 2880 0 0
12 FW Vitalis Takawira 28 13 1 1 5 1 34 15 2233 2762 0 0
16 MF Diego Gutiérrez 28 0 1 0 5 0 34 0 2069 2609 0 0
4 MF Scott Uderitz 28 2 0 0 5 0 33 2 2115 2546 0 0
10 MF Mike Sorber 23 4 1 0 5 0 29 4 1960 2429 0 0
25 GK Garth Lagerwey 23 0 0 0 5 0 28 0 1959 2409 0 0
14 FW Frank Klopas 22 2 1 0 3 0 26 2 1235 1316 0 0
15 DF Samuel Ekeme 23 0 0 0 2 0 25 0 1693 1723 0 0
4 FW Paul Wright 17 0 1 0 5 0 23 0 690 1125 0 0
21 MF Matt McKeon 12 0 1 0 5 1 18 1 823 1189 0 0
17 MF Kevin Koetters 15 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 744 768 0 0
23 FW Alan Prampin 15 3 1 0 0 0 16 3 337 386 0 0
8 FW Eric Eichmann 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 480 480 0 0
2 DF Tommy Reasoner 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 645 645 0 0
1 GK Pat Harrington 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 630 630 0 0
0 GK Mike Ammann 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 291 336 0 0
22 GK Chris Snitko 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 45 45 0 0
18 MF Yari Allnut 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 45 45 0 0

Final Statistics

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