The 2007 Kansas City Wizards season was the 12th for the club in Major League Soccer. The Wizards finished fifth in the Eastern Conference and eighth overall with 40 points (11W 12L 7D), their best points total since 2004 and, resultantly, as an Eastern Conference team.
Curt Onalfo took over as head coach this season. The club also acquired Kevin Hartman from the LA Galaxy, where the goalkeeper had made a name for himself in the league. For Kansas City, 2007 was mostly defined on-field by Eddie Johnson, who scored 15 league goals including back to back hat tricks to end May and begin June, a feat never before accomplished in the league. Johnson's achievements would be overshadowed by the overall chaos of the 2007 MLS season which included the introduction of the Designated Player Rule, enabling teams to sign far more prolific attackers than previous seasons. Despite Johnson's stellar play and the improvement of the Wizards (who made their first playoff as an Eastern team and lost the re-classified Western Conference Finals to eventual champions Houston Dynamo), more high-profile forwards such as DPs Luciano Emilio and Juan Pablo Ángel were given MLS Best XI consideration over the USMNT player.
This was the last season the Wizards played all their home matches at Arrowhead Stadium, as new ownership began a process of relocation and rebranding that would end up with the club opening its own new stadium in 2011.
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The 2007 Kansas City Wizards season was the 12th for the club in Major League Soccer The Wizards finished fifth in the Eastern Conference and eighth overall with 40 points 11W 12L 7D their best points total since 2004 and resultantly as an Eastern Conference team Kansas City Wizards2007 seasonHead coachCurt OnalfoMajor League SoccerEast 5thOverall 8thPlayoffsConference FinalsTop goalscorerLeague Eddie Johnson 15 All Eddie Johnson 15 Average home league attendance11 586Home colorsAway colors 20062008 Curt Onalfo took over as head coach this season The club also acquired Kevin Hartman from the LA Galaxy where the goalkeeper had made a name for himself in the league For Kansas City 2007 was mostly defined on field by Eddie Johnson who scored 15 league goals including back to back hat tricks to end May and begin June a feat never before accomplished in the league Johnson s achievements would be overshadowed by the overall chaos of the 2007 MLS season which included the introduction of the Designated Player Rule enabling teams to sign far more prolific attackers than previous seasons Despite Johnson s stellar play and the improvement of the Wizards who made their first playoff as an Eastern team and lost the re classified Western Conference Finals to eventual champions Houston Dynamo more high profile forwards such as DPs Luciano Emilio and Juan Pablo Angel were given MLS Best XI consideration over the USMNT player This was the last season the Wizards played all their home matches at Arrowhead Stadium as new ownership began a process of relocation and rebranding that would end up with the club opening its own new stadium in 2011 Contents 1 Squad 2 Competitions 2 1 Major League Soccer 2 2 U S Open Cup qualification 2 3 MLS Cup Playoffs 3 Squad statistics 4 ReferencesSquad editNote 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 nbsp USA Kevin Hartman 2 DF nbsp USA Michael Harrington 3 DF nbsp USA Nick Garcia 4 DF nbsp USA Amir Lowery 5 MF nbsp USA Kerry Zavagnin 6 DF nbsp USA Jose Burciaga Jr 7 FW nbsp USA Eddie Johnson 8 MF nbsp USA Ryan McMahen 9 MF nbsp USA Sasha Victorine 10 MF nbsp ARG Carlos Marinelli 11 MF nbsp CRC Kurt Morsink 12 DF nbsp USA Jimmy Conrad 13 FW nbsp USA Will John 14 MF nbsp USA Jack Jewsbury 15 DF nbsp USA Aaron Hohlbein No Pos Nation Player 16 FW nbsp ARG Eloy Colombano 17 FW nbsp ARM Yura Movsisyan 18 MF nbsp USA A J Godbolt 19 FW nbsp TRI Scott Sealy 20 DF nbsp USA Tyson Wahl 21 MF nbsp USA Lance Watson 22 FW nbsp USA Davy Arnaud 23 MF nbsp USA Edson Elcock 24 GK nbsp USA Eric Kronberg 25 MF nbsp USA Matt Groenwald 26 MF nbsp USA Ryan Raybould 27 GK nbsp USA Chris Konopka 29 FW nbsp USA Ryan Pore 30 MF nbsp USA Michael Kraus 33 FW nbsp USA Willy GuadarramaCompetitions editMajor League Soccer edit Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 30 11 7 12 45 45 0 40 7 3 5 22 18 4 4 4 7 23 27 4 Last updated 2007 Source Major League Soccer Date Opponents H A ResultF A Scorers Attendance April 14 2007 D C United A 4 2 Harrington Victorine Johnson Sealy April 21 2007 Chicago Fire S C A 1 2 Marinelli April 25 2007 Toronto FC H 3 0 Johnson Zavagnin Movsisyan April 28 2007 Toronto FC A 1 0 Johnson May 5 2007 Columbus Crew H 1 0 Burciaga Jr May 12 2007 FC Dallas H 1 2 Harrington May 19 2007 Colorado Rapids A 1 1 Arnaud May 26 2007 New England Revolution A 4 3 Johnson 3 Arnaud June 2 2007 New York Red Bulls H 3 2 Johnson 3 June 16 2007 New York Red Bulls A 3 3 Movsisyan 2 Zavagnin June 20 2007 Columbus Crew A 1 2 Jewsbury June 24 2007 Houston Dynamo H 0 1 July 1 2007 Toronto FC H 1 1 Harrington July 4 2007 D C United H 0 1 July 7 2007 Los Angeles Galaxy A 2 2 Movsisyan Arnaud July 14 2007 Real Salt Lake H 1 0 Johnson July 22 2007 Colorado Rapids H 2 2 Johnson 2 July 29 2007 Chivas USA H 3 2 Zavagnin Arnaud Movsisyan August 2 2007 New England Revolution A 0 2 August 19 2007 New England Revolution H 0 1 August 22 2007 Chicago Fire S C H 3 2 Victorine Sealy Burciaga Jr August 25 2007 Chicago Fire S C A 0 2 August 29 2007 Real Salt Lake A 1 3 Johnson September 1 2007 Houston Dynamo A 1 1 Johnson September 15 2007 Columbus Crew H 3 2 Sealy 2 Johnson September 22 2007 Chivas USA A 1 2 Colombano September 27 2007 Los Angeles Galaxy H 0 1 October 5 2007 D C United H 1 1 Sealy October 13 2007 New York Red Bulls A 1 2 Jewsbury October 20 2007 FC Dallas A 2 0 Sealy 2 U S Open Cup qualification edit Date Round Opponents H A ResultF A Scorers Attendance April 18 2007 Semifinal Qualification Real Salt Lake A 1 2 AET Victorine MLS Cup Playoffs edit Date Round Opponents H A ResultF A Scorers Attendance October 27 2007 Conference Semi finals Chivas USA H 1 0 Arnaud November 3 2007 Conference Semi finals Chivas USA A 0 0 November 10 2007 Conference Finals Houston Dynamo A 0 2Squad statistics editNo Pos Name MLS Playoffs USOC Total Minutes Discipline Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals League Total nbsp nbsp 1 GK nbsp Kevin Hartman 30 0 3 0 1 0 34 0 2700 3090 0 0 5 MF nbsp Kerry Zavagnin 29 3 3 0 1 0 33 3 2564 2850 0 0 2 DF nbsp Michael Harrington 29 3 3 0 1 0 33 3 2422 2812 0 0 9 MF nbsp Sasha Victorine 29 2 3 0 1 1 33 3 2135 2402 0 0 22 FW nbsp Davy Arnaud 28 4 3 1 1 0 32 5 2489 2807 0 0 14 MF nbsp Jack Jewsbury 28 2 3 0 1 0 32 2 2316 2642 0 0 3 DF nbsp Nick Garcia 27 0 3 0 1 0 31 0 2420 2810 0 0 12 DF nbsp Jimmy Conrad 25 0 3 0 1 0 29 0 2172 2562 0 0 7 FW nbsp Eddie Johnson 24 15 3 0 1 0 28 15 2149 2464 0 0 10 MF nbsp Carlos Marinelli 26 1 1 0 1 0 28 1 1674 1777 0 0 11 MF nbsp Kurt Morsink 21 0 3 0 1 0 25 0 895 1267 0 0 6 DF nbsp Jose Burciaga Jr 23 2 1 0 0 0 24 2 1826 1824 0 0 19 FW nbsp Scott Sealy 18 7 3 0 1 0 22 7 1194 1487 0 0 29 FW nbsp Ryan Pore 17 0 3 0 0 0 20 0 456 512 0 0 17 FW nbsp Yura Movsisyan 18 5 0 0 1 0 19 5 666 786 0 0 26 MF nbsp Ryan Raybould 10 0 1 0 1 0 12 0 424 545 0 0 16 FW nbsp Eloy Colombano 10 1 1 0 0 0 11 1 310 334 0 0 20 DF nbsp Tyson Wahl 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 415 415 0 0 15 DF nbsp Aaron Hohlbein 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 360 360 0 0 13 FW nbsp Will John 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 26 146 0 0 21 MF nbsp Lance Watson 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 23 24 0 0 Final StatisticsReferences edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2007 Kansas City Wizards season amp oldid 1172602033, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
