1996 Kansas City Wiz season

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

Competitions

Major League Soccer

DateOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendanceApril 13, 1996Colorado RapidsH3–0Takawira 2 Klopas21,141April 18, 1996Dallas BurnA0–39,405April 21, 1996San Jose ClashA2–2 (W)Okafor Prampin17,580May 2, 1996Columbus CrewH6–4Chung Johnston 2 Preki 2 Sorber8,848May 5, 1996Colorado RapidsA0–411,070May 8, 1996Tampa Bay MutinyA0–27,025May 11, 1996Dallas BurnH2–3Preki 217,706May 19, 1996Los Angeles GalaxyA0–225,231May 22, 1996NY/NJ MetroStarsH2–1Prampin Preki8,916May 29, 1996San Jose ClashA1–2Allnut10,299June 1, 1996New England RevolutionH2–1Preki Johnston117,808June 5, 1996Tampa Bay MutinyH1–3Preki9,551June 8, 1996Columbus CrewA3–3 (W)Takawira Uderitz Preki16,526June 15, 1996New England RevolutionA1–1 (L)Preki21,407June 20, 1996D.C. UnitedH5–1Preki Takawira 2 Chung Sorber9,458June 26, 1996NY/NJ MetroStarsA0–216,103June 29, 1996Dallas BurnA1–0Sorber9,615July 6, 1996Los Angeles GalaxyH3–1Uderitz Preki Takawira17,921July 10, 1996Colorado RapidsH2–0Klopas Okafor8,062July 18, 1996Tampa Bay MutinyA2–3Johnston Prampin7,520July 20, 1996Dallas BurnH1–2Preki11,592July 27, 1996New England RevolutionH4–2Takawira 2 Chung Preki11,555July 31, 1996D.C. UnitedA3–2Own goal Preki Chung9,457August 4, 1996D.C. UnitedA4–2Chung 2 Takawira 212,356August 7, 1996Colorado RapidsA2–4Preki Sorber6,013August 11, 1996Los Angeles GalaxyH2–2 (W)Preki Chung13,362August 15, 1996San Jose ClashH4–1Johnston Preki Takawira 28,250August 21, 1996Los Angeles GalaxyA1–1 (W)Chung13,073August 24, 1996Columbus CrewA1–2Johnston20,246September 1, 1996NY/NJ MetroStarsH2–2 (W)Own goal Takawira11,139September 7, 1996Columbus CrewH1–5Preki12,141September 21, 1996San Jose ClashH0–0 (L)18,594

U.S. Open Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendanceSeptember 15, 1996QuarterfinalsColorado RapidsH2–3Bowers Takawira5,009

MLS Cup Playoffs DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendanceSeptember 26, 1996Conference Semi-FinalsDallas BurnH3–2Johnston McKeon Preki4,466September 29, 1996Conference Semi-FinalsDallas BurnA1–2Preki10,125October 2, 1996Conference Semi-FinalsDallas BurnA2–2 (W)Chung Takawira9,802October 10, 1996Conference FinalsLos Angeles GalaxyA1–2Preki25,212October 13, 1996Conference FinalsLos Angeles GalaxyH1–1 (L)Preki11,041

Squad statistics No.Pos.NameMLSUSOCPlayoffsTotalMinutesDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLeagueTotal11MF Preki321810543822288034200013MF Mark Chung328105138928473386006DF Sean Bowers3101051371276933090026FW Mo Johnston2961051357257331130020DF Uche Okafor3021040352259328800012FW Vitalis Takawira281311513415223327620016MF Diego Gutiérrez280105034020692609004MF Scott Uderitz2820050332211525460010MF Mike Sorber2341050294196024290025GK Garth Lagerwey2300050280195924090014FW Frank Klopas2221030262123513160015DF Samuel Ekeme230002025016931723004FW Paul Wright170105023069011250021MF Matt McKeon120105118182311890017MF Kevin Koetters15010001607447680023FW Alan Prampin1531000163337386008FW Eric Eichmann1500000150480480002DF Tommy Reasoner1300000130645645001GK Pat Harrington80000080630630000GK Mike Ammann401000502913360022GK Chris Snitko0010001045450018MF Yari Allnut11000011454500 Final Statistics

Kits

References