Kansas City Wizards
2000 season
Head coachBob Gansler
Major League SoccerWest: 1st
Overall: 1st
USOCSecond Round
PlayoffsChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Miklos Molnar (12)
All: Miklos Molnar (17)
Average home league attendance9,112
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In 2000 the Kansas City Wizards earned their first ever honor winning the MLS Supporters' Shield by finishing atop the regular season point total (57). The Wizards continued good play took them through the playoffs and into MLS Cup 2000 versus the Chicago Fire where they finished their season in a 1-0 victory earning the club the MLS Double. 2000 was the first season that MLS games could finish in a draw, but to do so tied matches had an additional ten-minute overtime.

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
1 GK United States USA Tony Meola
2 MF United States USA Matt McKeon
3 DF United States USA Nick Garcia
4 DF United States USA Brandon Prideaux
5 FW United States USA Brian Johnson
6 DF United States USA Peter Vermes
7 FW Denmark DEN Miklos Molnar
8 MF United States USA Chris Brown
9 FW Canada CAN Alex Bunbury
10 FW Scotland SCO Mo Johnston
11 MF United States USA Preki
12 FW Uganda UGA Peter Byaruhanga
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF United States USA Vicente Figueroa
14 DF United States USA Michael Green
15 MF United States USA Kerry Zavagnin
16 DF United States USA John Wilson
17 MF United States USA Chris Klein
18 DF United States USA Tahj Jakins
19 MF United States USA Chris Henderson
20 DF Nigeria NGA Uche Okafor
21 MF United States USA Francisco Gomez
22 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Gary Glasgow
23 FW Russia RUS Ihor Dotsenko
25 GK United States USA Bo Oshoniyi

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 16 9 7 47 29  +18 57 11 1 4 27 14  +13 5 8 3 20 15  +5

Last updated: 2000.
Source: Major League Soccer

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
March 25, 2000 Chicago Fire S.C. H 4–3 Molnar
Klein
Henderson
Preki
April 1, 2000 Colorado Rapids H 3–0 Molnar
Johnston
Klein
April 8, 2000 Miami Fusion A 0–0
April 15, 2000 San Jose Earthquakes H 2–0 Henderson
Molnar
April 19, 2000 MetroStars A 2–1 Molnar 2
April 22, 2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny H 1–0 Johnston
April 29, 2000 Colorado Rapids A 5–0 Johnston
Klein
Preki
McKeon
Henderson
May 6, 2000 Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–0
May 13, 2000 MetroStars H 2–0 McKeon
Henderson
May 17, 2000 D.C. United H 2–0 Zavagnin
Molnar
May 20, 2000 San Jose Earthquakes H 2–0 Vermes
Molnar
May 27, 2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny A 2–1 Vermes
Molnar
June 4, 2000 Chicago Fire S.C. A 2–3 Glasgow
Henderson
June 10, 2000 D.C. United A 0–0
June 17, 2000 Dallas Burn A 1–4 McKeon
June 21, 2000 Dallas Burn H 0–0
June 24, 2000 Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–0 Klein
Glasgow
July 4, 2000 San Jose Earthquakes A 0–0
July 8, 2000 MetroStars H 0–1
July 15, 2000 Columbus Crew A 0–2
July 19, 2000 New England Revolution H 0–1
July 22, 2000 Columbus Crew H 3–1 Klein
Henderson 2
August 2, 2000 Colorado Rapids H 3–1 Zavagnin
Molnar
Glasgow
August 5, 2000 Los Angeles Galaxy H 1–5 Johnston
August 12, 2000 Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–1 Klein
August 16, 2000 San Jose Earthquakes A 3–0 Gomez
Figueroa
Henderson
August 18, 2000 Miami Fusion H 1–2 Gomez
August 23, 2000 MetroStars A 0–0
August 26, 2000 Colorado Rapids A 1–1 Preki
September 2, 2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny H 1–0 Molnar
September 6, 2000 New England Revolution A 1–0 Molnar
September 9, 2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny A 2–2 Henderson
Molnar

U.S. Open Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
June 14, 2000 Second Round Chicago Sockers A 0–0 PK (6-7)

MLS Cup Playoffs

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
September 16, 2000 Conference Semifinals Colorado Rapids H 1–0 Molnar
September 20, 2000 Conference Semifinals Colorado Rapids A 0–0
September 24, 2000 Conference Semifinals Colorado Rapids H 3–2 Henderson
Molnar
Gomez
September 29, 2000 Conference Finals Los Angeles Galaxy H 0–0
October 3, 2000 Conference Finals Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 McKeon
October 6, 2000 Conference Finals Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–0 Molnar 2
October 15, 2000 MLS Cup 2000 Chicago Fire S.C. N 1–0 Molnar

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name MLS USOC Playoffs Total Minutes Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals League Total
6 DF United States Peter Vermes 32 2 1 0 7 0 40 2 2916 3695 0 0
3 DF United States Nick Garcia 32 0 1 0 7 0 40 0 2916 3695 0 0
15 MF United States Kerry Zavagnin 31 2 1 0 7 0 39 2 2743 3522 0 0
19 MF United States Chris Henderson 31 9 1 0 7 1 39 10 2694 3406 0 0
11 MF United States Preki 31 3 1 0 7 0 39 3 2485 3138 0 0
1 GK United States Tony Meola 31 0 0 0 7 0 38 0 2826 3485 0 0
4 DF United States Brandon Prideaux 31 0 0 0 7 0 38 0 2809 3468 0 0
2 MF Matt McKeon 30 3 0 0 7 1 37 4 2631 3202 0 0
17 MF United States Chris Klein 27 6 1 0 7 0 35 6 2205 2883 0 0
10 FW Scotland Mo Johnston 25 4 1 0 5 0 30 4 1982 2451 0 0
8 MF United States Chris Brown 22 0 1 0 4 0 27 0 1116 1442 0 0
7 FW Denmark Miklos Molnar 17 12 0 0 7 5 24 17 1353 2012 0 0
5 FW United States Brian Johnson 18 0 1 0 3 0 22 0 586 619 0 0
21 MF United States Francisco Gomez 14 2 1 0 6 1 21 3 709 1001 0 0
20 DF Nigeria Uche Okafor 14 0 1 0 1 0 16 0 298 434 0 0
22 FW Trinidad and Tobago Gary Glasgow 11 3 1 0 0 0 12 3 479 599 0 0
13 -- Vicente Figueroa 8 1 1 0 0 0 9 1 322 400 0 0
9 FW Canada Alex Bunbury 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 259 326 0 0
12 -- Peter Byaruhanga 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 170 170 0 0
16 DF United States John Wilson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 103 103 0 0
25 GK United States Bo Oshoniyi 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 90 210 0 0
18 DF United States Tahj Jakins 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 118 118 0 0
23 FW Russia Ihor Dotsenko 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 90 90 0 0

Final Statistics

References

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