1996 Kansas City Wiz season

Kansas City Wiz

1996 season

Manager

Ron Newman

Major League Soccer

West: 3rd
Overall: 5th

USOC

Quarterfinals

Playoffs

Conference Finals

Top goalscorer

League: Preki (18)
All: Preki (22)

Average home league attendance

12,878

Home colors

Away colors

1997 →

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.	Position	Player
0	GK	Mike Ammann
1	GK	Pat Harrington
2	DF	Tommy Reasoner
3	FW	Paul Wright
4	MF	Scott Uderitz
5	MF	David Moxom
6	DF	Sean Bowers
7	FW	Nyanforth Peters
8	FW	Eric Eichmann
9	FW	Peter Isaacs
10	MF	Mike Sorber
11	MF	Preki
12	FW	Vitalis Takawira

No.	Position	Player
13	MF	Mark Chung
14	FW	Frank Klopas
15	DF	Samuel Ekeme
16	MF	Diego Gutierrez
17	MF	Kevin Koetters
18	MF	Billy Baumhoff
18	MF	Yari Allnut
19	DF	Dionysius Sebwe
20	DF	Uche Okafor
21	MF	Matt McKeon
22	GK	Chris Snitko
23	FW	Alan Prampin
25	GK	Garth Lagerwey
26	FW	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
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	DC 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	DC United	A	3–2	Own goal Preki Chung
August 4, 1996	DC 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

MLS Cup Playoffs

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

Final Statistics

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References

Sporting Kansas City

Formerly the Kansas City Wiz and the Kansas City Wizards Founded in 1995 Based in Kansas City, Kansas

The Club	History Seasons Records Players All articles

Stadiums	Arrowhead Stadium (1996–2007) CommunityAmerica Ballpark (2008–10) Blue Valley Sports Complex (US Open Cup) Sporting Park (2011–present)

Culture	The Cauldron Starting 11 Girls Dynamo the Dragon Blue (Sporting Kansas City mascot)

Affiliated Clubs	Fluminense FC Brasileirão Oklahoma City Energy FC USL

Key Personnel	Owner Sporting Club Technical Director Peter Vermes Manager Peter Vermes

Major Honors (5)

MLS Cup (2)	2000 2013

Supporters' Shield (1)	2000

U.S. Open Cup (2)	2004 2012

Sporting Kansas City seasons

Seasons (19)	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014