USA Major League Soccer - Eastern Conference
Kansas City Wizards
| Team's name: Kansas City Wizards Year founded: 1995 Conference: Eastern  Location: Kansas City, Kansas Nickname: Wizards, The Wiz, KC Mascot: Dynamo the Dragon Team Colours: Blue and white Joined the League: 1996 Team's President: Robb Heineman Soccer Coach : Curt Onalfo Soccer Stadium: Community America Ballpark Current Capacity: 12,000 Team Championships: MLS Cup: 2000 US Open Cup: 2004 Supporter's Shield: 2000 International Champs: none |
The Kansas City Wizards were founded in 1995. Only 5 years later in the year 2000 the team managed to win the Supporters Shield and the MLS Cup and more recently in 2004 the Wizards won the US Open Cup.
The Wizards have reached the MLS Cup 9 times, failing to qualify only four times. For the Open Cup, they have failed to qualify only twice in their history, appearing 11 times and in the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup they have only appeared twice, reaching the semifinals in 2002. They have yet to make their first appearance in the SuperLiga.
During the campaign of 2007 the team achieved a fifth place in the East Conference and made it to the semifinals. For last season 2008, the club got the fourth place in the East Conference and made it just until the quarterfinals losing against the current champion the Columbus Crew.
Current Brazilian Coach Onalfo has been part of the team since the 2007 campaign; he has been part of the D.C. United as well as the US National Team. The present technical director is Peter Vermes.
For the 2008 and 2009 seasons the Wizards play their home games at the Community America Ballpark which seats approximately 12,000 spectators. The team will proceed with the construction of a new facility by the 2010 season.
Kansas City Wizards 2010 Squad
| No. | Pos. | Player | No. | Pos. | Player |
| 2 | DF | Michael Harrington | 22 | MF | Davy Arnaud |
| 3 | DF | Chance Myers | 23 | FW | Kei Kamara |
| 5 | DF | Matt Besler | 25 | DF | Jonathan Leathers |
| 6 | DF | Lance Watson | 26 | MF | Kevin Souter |
| 7 | FW | Claudio López | 27 | GK | Boris Pardo |
| 10 | MF | Santiago Hirsig | 28 | MF | Graham Zusi |
| 11 | MF | Kurt Morsink | -- | FW | Michael Kraus |
| 12 | DF | Jimmy Conrad (captain) | -- | DF | Olukorede Aiyegbusi |
| 14 | MF | Jack Jewsbury | -- | MF | Stéphane Auvray |
| 15 | DF | Aaron Hohlbein | -- | FW | Teal Bunbury |
| 16 | FW | Josh Wolff | - | DF | Nick Cardenas |
| 17 | MF | Roger Espinoza | -- | DF | Pablo Escobar |
| 18 | GK | Eric Kronberg | -- | MF | Mauro Fuzetti |
| 20 | FW | Zoltán Hercegfalvi | -- | GK | Jimmy Nielsen |
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