2005 Kansas City Wizards season

The 2005 Kansas City Wizards season was the 10th season for both the club and the league altogether. 2005 marked the entrance of two new clubs, Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, increasing the league to 12 teams; as a result of these Western additions, the Wizards moved to the Eastern Conference.

Kansas City Wizards

2005 season
Head coach	Bob Gansler
Major League Soccer	East: 5th Overall: 7th
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Josh Wolff (10) All: Josh Wolff (12)
Average home league attendance	9,691
Home colors Away colors
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Main article: List of Sporting Kansas City seasons

In the East, Kansas City attained 45 points (11W 9L 12D), finishing fifth in the East and 12th overall and missing the postseason by two points behind MetroStars. The 2005 season was the first time since 1999 the Wizards did not participate in MLS' large-scale postseason, and Kansas City joined the Western expansion teams and the Columbus Crew as the only teams to not qualify for the 2005 playoffs. In addition, attendance at Arrowhead Stadium, which was higher than most MLS teams at the time despite playing in a large cavernous NFL stadium, dipped below 10,000 after a few years of increases.

Despite these developments, two Kansas City players earned honors. Newly blooded U.S. national team member Jimmy Conrad was named Defender of the Year, and Wizards stalwart Chris Klein recovered from a torn ACL sustained in the prior season to become Comeback Player of the Year.

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   USA Bo Oshoniyi 3 DF   USA Nick Garcia 4 DF   JAM Shavar Thomas 5 MF   USA Kerry Zavagnin 6 DF   USA Jose Burciaga Jr. 7 MF   USA Diego Gutierrez 8 MF   BRA Diego Walsh 9 MF   USA Sasha Victorine 11 MF   USA Preki 12 DF   USA Jimmy Conrad 13 DF   USA Taylor Graham 13/28 DF   USA Dustin Branan 14 MF   USA Jack Jewsbury 15 FW   USA Josh Wolff

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF   USA Brian Roberts 17 MF   USA Chris Klein 18 MF   JAM Khari Stephenson 18 FW   FIN Antti Sumiala 19 FW   TRI Scott Sealy 22 FW   USA Davy Arnaud 23 MF   ROU Alex Zotinca 24 GK   USA Will Hesmer 26 MF   USA Ryan Raybould 27 FW   USA Justin Detter 27 MF   JAM Jermaine Hue 29 FW   USA Ryan Pore 30 GK   USA Martin Hutton 35 FW   ENG Stephen Armstrong

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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	11	12	9	52	44	+8	45	6	6	4	23	18	+5	5	6	5	29	26	+3

Last updated: 2005.
Source:

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
April 2, 2005	Colorado Rapids	H	3–2	Wolff Jewsbury Klein
April 16, 2005	MetroStars	A	2–2	Jewsbury Klein
April 23, 2005	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–3	Sealy Klein
April 30, 2005	D.C. United	H	0–0
May 7, 2005	FC Dallas	H	3–3	Victorine Wolff Klein
May 14, 2005	Columbus Crew	A	4–0	Zotinca Wolff 2 Arnaud
May 21, 2005	D.C. United	A	2–3	Own Goal Sealy
May 25, 2005	MetroStars	H	1–0	Arnaud
May 28, 2005	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–0	Jewsbury
June 1, 2005	Chivas USA	A	1–1	Burciaga Jr.
June 4, 2005	New England Revolution	A	1–1	Victorine
June 11, 2005	New England Revolution	H	0–2
June 18, 2005	Chicago Fire S.C.	A	1–1	Preki
June 25, 2005	Chivas USA	H	3–0	Conrad Arnaud Victorine
June 29, 2005	Columbus Crew	H	1–1	Burciaga Jr.
July 4, 2005	Colorado Rapids	A	1–2	Klein
July 9, 2005	D.C. United	A	1–0	Victorine
July 16, 2005	Real Salt Lake	H	3–2	Sealy 2 Own Goal
July 20, 2005	D.C. United	H	1–1	Sealy
July 23, 2005	Columbus Crew	A	0–2
August 6, 2005	New England Revolution	A	2–1	Klein Sealy
August 10, 2005	Chicago Fire S.C.	A	3–2	Wolff 2 Victorine
August 13, 2005	Real Salt Lake	A	4–2	Victorine 2 Sealy Klein
August 19, 2005	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	3–0	Sealy 2 Jewsbury
August 26, 2005	Columbus Crew	A	0–1
September 3, 2005	MetroStars	A	2–2	Pore Wolff
September 10, 2005	MetroStars	H	0–1
September 17, 2005	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–2	Arnaud Wolff
September 25, 2005	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	Wolff
October 1, 2005	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	0–1
October 8, 2005	New England Revolution	H	2–2	Wolff Conrad
October 15, 2005	FC Dallas	A	2–2	Arnaud Preki

U.S. Open Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
August 3, 2005	Fourth round	Des Moines Menace	H	6–1	Arnaud 2 Wolff 2 Victorine Sealy
August 24, 2005	Quarterfinals	Minnesota Thunder	H	1–3	Pore

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
March 9, 2005	Quarterfinals	Deportivo Saprissa	H	0–0
March 17, 2005	Quarterfinals	Deportivo Saprissa	A	1–2 (AET)	Burciaga Jr.

Final Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		USOC		CCC		Total		Minutes		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	League	Total
17	MF	Chris Klein	31	7	2	0	2	0	35	7	2765	3093	0	0
22	FW	Davy Arnaud	31	5	2	2	2	0	35	7	2527	2917	0	0
1	GK	Bo Oshoniyi	32	0	0	0	2	0	34	0	2880	3090	0	0
6	DF	Jose Burciaga Jr.	31	2	1	0	2	1	34	3	2667	2967	0	0
3	DF	Nick Garcia	30	0	2	0	2	0	34	0	2678	3023	0	0
9	MF	Sasha Victorine	30	7	1	1	2	0	33	8	2658	2939	0	0
14	MF	Jack Jewsbury	29	4	2	0	2	0	33	4	1001	1169	0	0
5	MF	Kerry Zavagnin	28	0	2	0	2	0	32	0	2421	2784	0	0
19	FW	Scott Sealy	28	9	2	1	0	0	30	10	1669	1785	0	0
12	DF	Jimmy Conrad	25	2	1	0	2	0	28	2	2241	2496	0	0
4	DF	Shavar Thomas	25	0	2	0	0	0	27	0	2012	2169	0	0
15	FW	Josh Wolff	22	10	2	2	2	0	26	12	1910	2210	0	0
7	MF	Diego Gutierrez	21	0	1	0	2	0	24	0	1701	1963	0	0
23	MF	Alex Zotinca	16	1	1	0	2	0	19	1	1061	1268	0	0
11	FW	Preki	16	2	2	0	0	0	18	2	478	554	0	0
16	DF	Brian Roberts	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	338	383	0	0
24	MF	Khari Stephenson	6	0	2	0	2	0	10	0	146	313	0	0
29	FW	Ryan Pore	8	1	1	1	0	0	9	2	285	312	0	0
27	FW	Justin Detter	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	41	41	0	0
27	MF	Jermaine Hue	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	55	55	0	0
8	MF	Diego Walsh	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	16	87	0	0
13/28	DF	Dustin Branan	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	43	0	0
24	GK	Will Hesmer	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	180	0	0
18	FW	Antti Sumiala	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	116	116	0	0
26	MF	Ryan Raybould	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	11	0	0

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