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2000 Kansas City Wizards season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Kansas City Wizards |
| season | 2000 |
| manager | Bob Gansler |
| mgrtitle | Head coach |
| league | Major League Soccer |
| league result | West: 1st |
| Overall: 1st | |
| cup1 | USOC |
| cup1 result | Second Round |
| cup2 | Playoffs |
| cup2 result | Champions |
| league topscorer | Miklos Molnar (12) |
| season topscorer | Miklos Molnar (17) |
| average attendance | 9,112 |
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| prevseason | 1999 |
| nextseason | 2001 |
Overall: 1st Main article: Kansas City Wizards Seasons
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
Competitions
[[2000 Major League Soccer season|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 |
[[2000 U.S. Open Cup|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 2000|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 | [[File:Yellow card.svg | 13px]] | [[File:Red card.svg | 13px]] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | DF | USA Peter Vermes | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 2916 | 3695 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | DF | USA Nick Garcia | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2916 | 3695 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 15 | MF | USA Kerry Zavagnin | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 2743 | 3522 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 19 | MF | USA Chris Henderson | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 2694 | 3406 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | MF | USA Preki | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 2485 | 3138 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | GK | USA Tony Meola | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2826 | 3485 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | DF | USA 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 | USA Chris Klein | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 2205 | 2883 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | FW | SCO Mo Johnston | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 1982 | 2451 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | MF | USA Chris Brown | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1116 | 1442 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | FW | DEN Miklos Molnar | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 1353 | 2012 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | FW | USA Brian Johnson | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 586 | 619 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 21 | MF | USA 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 | TTO 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 | CAN 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 | USA John Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 103 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 25 | GK | USA Bo Oshoniyi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 210 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 18 | DF | USA Tahj Jakins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 118 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 23 | FW | RUS Ihor Dotsenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
Final Statistics
References
References
- Brauer, Gary. (2025-12-02). "Sporting KC, long-time player, coach Kerry Zavagnin to part ways".
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