1997 Kansas City Wizards season
Kansas City Wizards 1997 soccer season
1997 season | ||||
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Head coach | Ron Newman | |||
Major League Soccer | West: 1st Overall: 2nd | |||
USOC | Third Round | |||
Playoffs | Conference Semifinals | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Preki (12) All: Preki (13) | |||
Average home league attendance | 9,058 | |||
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The 1997 Kansas City Wizards season was the second in team and MLS history. Played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
MLS did not allow matches to end in ties 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 49 even though it is shown below as 63. Shootout win= 2 points, 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.
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Competitions
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
32 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 27 | −5 |
Last updated: 1997.
Source: Major League Soccer
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
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March 29, 1997 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 2–2 (W) | Johnston Preki | |
April 5, 1997 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 3–2 | Takawira Preki Chung | |
April 12, 1997 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | A | 1–2 | Preki | |
April 18, 1997 | Dallas Burn | H | 2–1 | Klopas Chung | |
April 27, 1997 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | H | 2–2 (L) | Johnston Wright | |
May 3, 1997 | New England Revolution | A | 1–2 | Preki | |
May 10, 1997 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 1–0 | Preki | |
May 18, 1997 | NY/NJ Metrostars | A | 0–1 | ||
May 22, 1997 | Columbus Crew | H | 3–1 | McKeon 2 Chung | |
May 30, 1997 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 3–1 | Wright Takawira Own Goal | |
June 6, 1997 | Dallas Burn | A | 1–1 (W) | Wright | |
June 8, 1997 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 3–2 | Chung Preki 2 | |
June 15, 1997 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 1–3 | Bowers | |
June 21, 1997 | D.C. United | H | 6–1 | Wright Klopas Chung Preki Bowers Rodriguez | |
June 25, 1997 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | H | 2–2 (W) | Wright Chung | |
June 28, 1997 | Colorado Rapids | A | 3–3 (W) | Takawira 2 Johnston | |
July 4, 1997 | Columbus Crew | A | 2–1 | Takawira 2 | |
July 6, 1997 | Dallas Burn | H | 1–3 | Tinsley | |
July 12, 1997 | New England Revolution | A | 0–2 | ||
July 19, 1997 | D.C. United | H | 3–2 | Chung 2 Takawira | |
July 26, 1997 | New England Revolution | H | 0–0 (W) | ||
August 2, 1997 | Dallas Burn | A | 2–1 | Chung Preki | |
August 9, 1997 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | A | 2–0 | Bowers Klopas | |
August 17, 1997 | NY/NJ Metrostars | H | 3–3 (W) | Klopas Johnston Chung | |
August 24, 1997 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 2–2 (W) | Preki McKeon | |
August 28, 1997 | Colorado Rapids | H | 1–0 | Preki | |
August 31, 1997 | D.C. United | A | 0–2 | ||
September 6, 1997 | Colorado Rapids | A | 2–1 | Johnson Klopas | |
September 12, 1997 | NY/NJ Metrostars | H | 0–0 (L) | ||
September 14, 1997 | Columbus Crew | A | 0–4 | ||
September 26, 1997 | Colorado Rapids | H | 5–2 | Johnston 2 McKeon Preki Takawira | |
September 28, 1997 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 0–2 |
U.S. Open Cup
San Francisco Bay Seals
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July 24, 1997 (1997-07-24) Third Round | San Francisco Bay Seals ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | San Francisco, California |
| Stadium: Negoesco Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Tim Wayland |
MLS Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference semifinals
Kansas City Wizards v Colorado Rapids
October 4, 1997 (1997-10-04) Game 1 | Kansas City Wizards | 0–3 | Colorado Rapids | Kansas City, Missouri |
Report | Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 10,174 Referee: Brian Hall |
Colorado Rapids v Kansas City Wizards
October 8, 1997 (1997-10-08) Game 2 | Colorado Rapids | 3–2 | Kansas City Wizards | Denver, Colorado |
Report | Stadium: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 13,117 Referee: Paul Tamberino |
Squad statistics
No. | Pos. | Name | MLS | USOC | Playoffs | Total | Minutes | Discipline | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | League | Total | ![]() | ![]() | |||
13 | MF | ![]() | 32 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 2871 | 3141 | 0 | 0 |
21 | MF | ![]() | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 2737 | 3007 | 0 | 0 |
9 | MF | ![]() | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 2588 | 2826 | 0 | 0 |
26 | FW | ![]() | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 2564 | 2834 | 0 | 0 |
3 | FW | ![]() | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 1646 | 1770 | 0 | 0 |
0 | GK | ![]() | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2597 | 2777 | 0 | 0 |
20 | DF | ![]() | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2386 | 2641 | 0 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() | 27 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 2330 | 2555 | 0 | 0 |
14 | FW | ![]() | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 1967 | 2123 | 0 | 0 |
12 | FW | ![]() | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 2153 | 2299 | 0 | 0 |
6 | DF | ![]() | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 2017 | 2287 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2068 | 2317 | 0 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1457 | 1637 | 0 | 0 |
17 | MF | ![]() | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 543 | 554 | 0 | 0 |
22 | FW | ![]() | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 951 | 966 | 0 | 0 |
18 | GK | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 282 | 372 | 0 | 0 |
16 | MF | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 148 | 148 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 166 | 166 | 0 | 0 |
19 | MF | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 116 | 116 | 0 | 0 |
27 | DF | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 74 | 0 | 0 |
8 | FW | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
23 | FW | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
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