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
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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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Mike Ammann
1 GK Canada CAN Pat Harrington
2 DF United States USA Tommy Reasoner
3 FW England ENG Paul Wright
4 MF United States USA Scott Uderitz
5 MF United States USA David Moxom
6 DF United States USA Sean Bowers
7 FW Liberia LBR Nyanforth Peters
8 FW United States USA Eric Eichmann
9 FW Jamaica JAM Peter Isaacs
10 MF United States USA Mike Sorber
11 MF United States USA Preki
12 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Vitalis Takawira
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF United States USA Mark Chung
14 FW United States USA Frank Klopas
15 DF Cameroon CMR Samuel Ekeme
16 MF United States USA Diego Gutiérrez
17 MF United States USA Kevin Koetters
18 MF United States USA Billy Baumhoff
18 MF United States USA Yari Allnut
19 DF Liberia LBR Dionysius Sebwe
20 DF Nigeria NGA Uche Okafor
21 MF United States USA Matt McKeon
22 GK United States USA Chris Snitko
23 FW United States USA Alan Prampin
23 FW United States USA Stephen Martines
25 GK United States USA Garth Lagerwey
26 FW Scotland 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
April 18, 1996 Dallas Burn A 0–3
April 21, 1996 San Jose Clash A 2–2 (W) Okafor
Prampin
May 2, 1996 Columbus Crew H 6–4 Chung
Johnston 2
Preki 2
Sorber
May 5, 1996 Colorado Rapids A 0–4
May 8, 1996 Tampa Bay Mutiny A 0–2
May 11, 1996 Dallas Burn H 2–3 Preki 2
May 19, 1996 Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–2
May 22, 1996 NY/NJ MetroStars H 2–1 Prampin
Preki
May 29, 1996 San Jose Clash A 1–2 Allnut
June 1, 1996 New England Revolution H 2–1 Preki
Johnston
June 5, 1996 Tampa Bay Mutiny H 1–3 Preki
June 8, 1996 Columbus Crew A 3–3 (W) Takawira
Uderitz
Preki
June 15, 1996 New England Revolution A 1–1 (L) Preki
June 20, 1996 D.C. United H 5–1 Preki
Takawira 2
Chung
Sorber
June 26, 1996 NY/NJ MetroStars A 0–2
June 29, 1996 Dallas Burn A 1–0 Sorber
July 6, 1996 Los Angeles Galaxy H 3–1 Uderitz
Preki
Takawira
July 10, 1996 Colorado Rapids H 2–0 Klopas
Okafor
July 18, 1996 Tampa Bay Mutiny A 2–3 Johnston
Prampin
July 20, 1996 Dallas Burn H 1–2 Preki
July 27, 1996 New England Revolution H 4–2 Takawira 2
Chung
Preki
July 31, 1996 D.C. United A 3–2 Own goal
Preki
Chung
August 4, 1996 D.C. United A 4–2 Chung 2
Takawira 2
August 7, 1996 Colorado Rapids A 2–4 Preki
Sorber
August 11, 1996 Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–2 (W) Preki
Chung
August 15, 1996 San Jose Clash H 4–1 Johnston
Preki
Takawira 2
August 21, 1996 Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–1 (W) Chung
August 24, 1996 Columbus Crew A 1–2 Johnston
September 1, 1996 NY/NJ MetroStars H 2–2 (W) Own goal
Takawira
September 7, 1996 Columbus Crew H 1–5 Preki
September 21, 1996 San Jose Clash H 0–0 (L)

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 23, 1996 Conference Semi-Finals Dallas Burn H 3–2 Johnston
McKeon
Preki
September 29, 1996 Conference Semi-Finals Dallas Burn A 1–2 Preki
October 2, 1996 Conference Semi-Finals Dallas Burn A 2–2 (W) Chung
Takawira
October 10, 1996 Conference Finals Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 Preki
October 13, 1996 Conference Finals Los Angeles Galaxy H 1–1 (L) Preki

Squad statistics

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

Final Statistics

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