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Xembla
Leading The Team Out @ Wembley
Joined: 11 May 2006
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Location: Missouri, USA |
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Here's the Wizards' schedule this season:
Game Date (TV) Opponent Home/Away Time (CT)
1 Saturday, Mar 29 (MS/5) D.C. United Home 2-0
2 Saturday, Apr 05 (MS/5) Colorado Rapids Home 3-2
3 Wednesday, Apr 09 (MS/5) New England Revolution Home 1-3
4 Saturday, Apr 12 (HDNet) Houston Dynamo Home 0-0
5 Sunday, Apr 20 (TELEFUTURA/MS) Chicago Fire Away 1-0
6 Saturday, Apr 26 (MS/5) Toronto FC Away 0-2
7 Saturday, May 03 (FSC) Columbus Crew Away 1-2
8 Saturday, May 17 (MS/5) New York Red Bulls Away 1-1
9 Saturday, May 24 (HDNet) Los Angeles Galaxy Away 1-3
10 Saturday, Jun 07 (MS/5) Real Salt Lake Away 0-0
11 Saturday, Jun 14 (MS/5) Columbus Crew Home 0-3
12 Saturday, Jun 21 (MS/5) Toronto FC Away 0-0
13 Saturday, Jun 28 (MS/5) Real Salt Lake Home 7:00
14 Friday, Jul 04 (HDNet) FC Dallas Away 6:00 *
15 Thursday, Jul 10 (MS/5) New York Red Bulls Home 7:00
16 Thursday, Jul 17 (ESPN) Columbus Crew Away 7:00
17 Sunday, Jul 27 (MS/5) Chicago Fire Home 7:00
18 Saturday, Aug 02 (MS/5) D.C. United Away 6:30
19 Saturday, Aug 09 (MS/5) Chivas USA Home 7:00
20 Saturday, Aug 16 (MS/5) Colorado Rapids Away 8:30
21 Saturday, Aug 23 (MS/5) FC Dallas Home 7:00
22 Saturday, Aug 30 (MS/5) San Jose Away 9:00
23 Sunday, Sep 07 (TELEFUTURA/MS) Houston Dynamo Away 2:00
24 Saturday, Sep 13 (HDNet/MS/5) Los Angeles Galaxy Home 7:00
25 Saturday, Sep 20 (HDNet) Toronto FC Home 7:00 * (exclusive in US)
26 Saturday, Sep 27 (FSC) Chivas USA Away 9:30
27 Sunday, Oct 05 (TELEFUTURA/MS) Chicago Fire Home 2:00
28 Saturday, Oct 11 (MS/5) New England Revolution Home 7:00
29 Saturday, Oct 18 (MS/5) San Jose Home 7:00
30 Saturday, Oct 25 (MS/5) New England Revolution Away 6:30
Now you can follow their fortunes with greater ease! Anybody who wants to drop by for a home match, just let me know! 
UP THE WIZ
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Allforone1889
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You going to see Mr.Beckham play then Dustin or will you be looking after his wife with the half time prawn sandwiches.
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Xembla
Leading The Team Out @ Wembley
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Location: Missouri, USA |
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If Beckham needs anyone to look after the missus, I'd be happy to offer my services. 
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DUSTIN,
Will we be getting intelligent input so we may understand the Yankee set up?
I noticed on another thread you posted "I have said my PEACE" was this a clever slip to bring harmony to the terraces?
There "I have said my PIECE".
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Xembla
Leading The Team Out @ Wembley
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Kansas City 2-0 DC United
The Wizards start the season out right!
03/29 CommunityAmerica Ballpark
D.C. United vs. Kansas City Wizards
Final
0-2
Scoring:
KC -- Ivan Trujillo 1 (Jack Jewsbury 1, Michael Harrington 1) 47
KC -- Claudio Lopez 1 (Ryan Pore 1) 61
Discipline:
KC -- Ivan Trujillo (caution; Pushing, Holding) 44
DC -- Gonzalo Martinez (caution; Tackle from Behind) 46
KC -- Jack Jewsbury (caution; Tackle from Behind) 46
DC -- Domenic Mediate (caution; Pushing, Holding) 80
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BigG
Statue Being Built Outside Treyew
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Had a look at the links - thank you, the striker Trujillo's name would go well on the Truro Team sheet.
There is not a lot of understanding here about the set-up over there - we probably know a lot more about the leagues/teams in Italy & Spain.
Is the MLS League your equivalent of our Premiership or are there any rival Leagues looking to be on the same footing.?
Will look forward to any updates from you - could be something of interest in the horrible, dark, gloomy months of June & July when we don't have any football here..!! |
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Xembla
Leading The Team Out @ Wembley
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Location: Missouri, USA |
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Here in the States, the sport is controlled by the USSF (United States Soccer Federation), our equivalent of the FA.
Major League Soccer is the highest level of the North American pyramid, the Canadian Soccer Association having joined forces (although they only have one representative at the MLS level, Toronto FC). MLS is the recognized platform and there are no serious alternate leagues.
Below the MLS on the "pyramid" is the USL (United Soccer Leagues). And it is rather like the "league" in England, that is, the Premier League is separate, as is the MLS, but from there down it's more unified. At any rate, the USL operates two leagues (Divisions 1 & 2) that serve as steps two and three, although there is no system of promotion or relegation, making the steps static. As far as I know, there are no plans to introduce promotion, although I personally think it's a great idea.
That's as far as the "professional" leagues go (at USL Div 2, the minimum salary is about $20,000/yr and the attendance averages about 1500).
The USL does operate a developmental league (step 4) as well as a youth league and a women's developmental league. The developmental leagues are part-time and designed as training/feeder squads, etc.
The CONCACAF will have a Champions League starting this year, and currently four MLS teams will qualify. There is a "Super League Cup" between four US and four Mexican teams. The US Open Cup is the closest thing in practice to the FA Cup, and USL operates the Dallas Cup, which featured the Liverpool Reserves this year!
There are fourteen teams in the MLS, divided into an Eastern league and a Western League. Kansas City is in the Eastern League. Everybody plays everybody else home and away, but then four more league matches with regional or "traditional" rivals; KCW will get Columbus, Chicago, New England, and Toronto as their "extra" matches.
There is a playoff system to determine the winner of the MLS Cup, the postseason trophy (the "Champions"). Kansas City won the Cup in 2000, and lost in 2004. The team with the best regular-season record wins the Supporters Shield.
If you want to watch some MLS matches, the league operates an on-line channel for about ten pounds: http://web.mlsnet.com/products/
Until this year, KCW played in the caverous Arrowhead Stadium, home of the NFL Chiefs, and it was a little depressing. Now they've moved to a smaller (max. 11,000) ground over on the Kansas side, while a purpose-built, state-of-the-art soccer ground is going up here in Missouri.
Of course, within four years, it's possible St. Louis will have a team, and then -- given my traditional geographic and cultural orientation -- I'll probably support them!
But until then, UP THE WIZ!
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BigG
Statue Being Built Outside Treyew
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Appreciate the above info' -thanks,
gives me more of an insight into the set-up over there. |
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Xembla
Leading The Team Out @ Wembley
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Location: Missouri, USA |
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The Wizards let a lead slip away, but they showed Truro-like scoring prowess and are now on top of the Conference with six points.
Kansas City 3-2 Colorado Rapids
Scoring Summary:
KC -- Jimmy Conrad 1 (Carlos Marinelli 1) 52
KC -- Jimmy Conrad 2 (Carlos Marinelli 2) 54
COL -- Jose Burciaga Jr. 1 (Colin Clark 1) 57
COL -- John DiRaimondo 1 (Omar Cummings 1) 68
KC -- Scott Sealy 1 (Jack Jewsbury 2) 87
ATT: 8,731
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Xembla
Leading The Team Out @ Wembley
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Well, the Wiz took it on the chin in mid-week, and now they hit the road for four consecutive matches!
Kansas City 1-3 New England Revolution
Scoring Summary:
NE -- Own Goal (Jack Jewsbury) 12
KC -- Jack Jewsbury 1 (penalty kick) 28
NE -- Sainey Nyassi 2 (Khano Smith 1, Kenny Mansally 1) 33
NE -- Kenny Mansally 1 (unassisted) 40
ATT: 8,096
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Xembla
Leading The Team Out @ Wembley
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In a rematch of last year's MLS cup semi-final (which Houston won), there was nothing to separate the sides this time.
Kansas City 0-0 Houston Dynamo
ATT: 9, 765
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BigG
Statue Being Built Outside Treyew
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So thats a replay then is it.?
Not bad attendances - nearly 10,000 for that one. |
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Xembla
Leading The Team Out @ Wembley
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No replay, this was just a regular league match. I'd just meant that those same two teams played each other in last year's semi-final.
The attendance is pretty good; the baseball stadium they're playing in only holds about 11,000. In Chicago, DC, etc. the crowds average almost 20K.
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Xembla
Leading The Team Out @ Wembley
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Location: Missouri, USA |
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The Wiz got back on track and back into first with a win over perenial league power Chicago today.
Chicago 0-1 Kansas City
Jewsbury 4' (his second of the season)
No posted attendance.
Kansas City Wizards
Starting Lineup
1 - Kevin Hartman (GK)
2 - Michael Harrington
3 - Chance Myers
5 - Kerry Zavagnin
7 - Claudio Lopez 87
11 - Kurt Morsink
12 - Jimmy Conrad
14 - Jack Jewsbury
17 - Roger Espinoza 57
19 - Scott Sealy 58
20 - Tyson Wahl
Substitutes
18 - Eric Kronberg (GK)
8 - Ryan McMahen
9 - Sasha Victorine 58
15 - Aaron Hohlbein
16 - Eloy Colombano
23 - Ivan Trujillo 57
25 - Jonathan Leathers 87
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Xembla
Leading The Team Out @ Wembley
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| and another loss |
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Toronto FC 2-0 Kansas City Wizards
Scoring Summary:
TOR -- Amado Guevara 1 (unassisted) 56
TOR -- Amado Guevara 2 (unassisted) 77
Kansas City Wizards -- Kevin Hartman, Chance Myers, Jimmy Conrad, Tyson Wahl (Eloy Colombano 76), Michael Harrington, Jack Jewsbury, Kurt Morsink, Kerry Zavagnin (Carlos Marinelli 61), Roger Espinoza (Sasha Victorine 61), Ivan Trujillo, Claudio Lopez.
Substitutes Not Used: Aaron Hohlbein, Eric Kronberg, Jonathan Leathers, Scott Sealy
ATT: 20,045
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Xembla
Leading The Team Out @ Wembley
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| a further setback |
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Columbus Crew 2-1 Kansas City Wizards
Scoring Summary:
CLB -- Adam Moffat 2 (Chad Marshall 1, Guillermo Barros Schelotto 4) 4
CLB -- Robbie Rogers 3 (Alejandro Moreno 2, Frankie Hejduk 2) 34
KC -- Claudio Lopez 2 (penalty kick) 79
ATT: 10,447
The Wiz are now 3-3-1 (or 3-1-3 in your terms) and are in third place in their conference (third overall, too). I'll be attending the reverse fixture of this one in June. Roll on, the Wiz!
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MOUNTAINEER
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Originally posted by Xembla
Columbus Crew 2-1 Kansas City Wizards
Scoring Summary:
CLB -- Adam Moffat 2 (Chad Marshall 1, Guillermo Barros Schelotto 4) 4
CLB -- Robbie Rogers 3 (Alejandro Moreno 2, Frankie Hejduk 2) 34
KC -- Claudio Lopez 2 (penalty kick) 79
ATT: 10,447
The Wiz are now 3-3-1 (or 3-1-3 in your terms) and are in third place in their conference (third overall, too). I'll be attending the reverse fixture of this one in June. Roll on, the Wiz!
Oh NO - If the Columbus Crew discover DUSTIN they could think he is a new continent.
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BigG
Statue Being Built Outside Treyew
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So, with items on the Website and the main forum about City travelling 4,711 miles next season - it made me wonder - what sort of mileages do 'The Wizards' have to travel in a season.
Although I bet most of the travelling is done by Plane I expect the total miles travelled would make our figure for next season look like we were just 'popping' next door...? |
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Xembla
Leading The Team Out @ Wembley
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Location: Missouri, USA |
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As you say, BigG, the trips are done by plane, but here are the numbers for the cartographically curious:
New England Revolution (Boston) 1247 miles (one way) (twice)
New York Red Bulls 1092
DC United 941
Toronto FC 847 (twice)
Columbus Crew 619
Chicago Fire 412
Dallas FC 453
Colorado Rapids (Denver) 549
Houston Dynamo 659
Real Salt Lake 921
Chivas USA (LA) 1354
Los Angeles Galaxy 1356
San Jose Earthquakes 1475
for a grand total of approx 14,020 miles. Whew!
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