2006 Kansas City Wizards season

Kansas City Wizards

2006 season
Manager	Bob Gansler Brian Bliss
Major League Soccer	East: 5th Overall: 11th
USOC	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Scott Sealy (10) All: Scott Sealy (11)
Average home league attendance	11,083
Home colors Away colors

Main article: Kansas City Wizards Seasons

2006 marked the end of the Bob Gansler run as manager- despite the many favorable results of playing in two MLS Cups, winning one- winning the Supporters' Shield and USOC many KCW fans were happy to see Bunker Bob leave.

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	FW	USA	Eddie Johnson
9	MF	USA	Sasha Victorine
11	MF	NED	Dave van den Bergh
12	DF	USA	Jimmy Conrad
13	FW	USA	Will John
14	MF	USA	Jack Jewsbury
15	FW	USA	Josh Wolff
16	DF	USA	Brian Roberts
17	FW	ARM	Yura Movsisyan

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	GK	USA	Will Hesmer
19	FW	TRI	Scott Sealy
20	DF	USA	Tyson Wahl
21	MF	USA	Lance Watson
22	FW	USA	Davy Arnaud
23	MF	ROU	Alex Zotinca
24	GK	USA	Eric Kronberg
25	MF	USA	Matt Groenwald
26	MF	USA	Ryan Raybould
27	MF	JAM	Jermaine Hue
28			Stephen Shirley
29	FW	USA	Ryan Pore
33	MF	RUS	Sergei Raad
35	MF	USA	Ryan McMahen

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Competitions

Major League Soccer

Overall

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D.C. United (S)	32	15	7	10	52	38	+14	55	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	FC Dallas	32	16	12	4	48	44	+4	52	North American SuperLiga
3	New England Revolution	32	12	8	12	39	35	+4	48
4	Chicago Fire	32	13	11	8	43	41	+2	47
5	Houston Dynamo (C)	32	11	8	13	44	40	+4	46	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
6	Chivas USA	32	10	9	13	45	42	+3	43
7	Colorado Rapids	32	11	13	8	36	49	−13	41
8	New York Red Bulls	32	9	11	12	41	41	0	39
9	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	11	15	6	37	37	0	39	North American SuperLiga
10	Real Salt Lake	32	10	13	9	45	49	−4	39
11	Kansas City Wizards	32	10	14	8	43	45	−2	38
12	Columbus Crew	32	8	15	9	30	42	−12	33

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D.C. United	32	15	7	10	52	38	+14	55	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	New England Revolution	32	12	8	12	39	35	+4	48
3	Chicago Fire	32	13	11	8	43	41	+2	47
4	New York Red Bulls	32	9	11	12	41	41	0	39
5	Kansas City Wizards	32	10	14	8	43	45	−2	38
6	Columbus Crew	32	8	15	9	30	42	−12	33

Source: MLS

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	10	8	14	43	45	−2	38	7	5	4	31	24	+7	3	3	10	12	21	−9

Last updated: 2006.
Source: Major League Soccer

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
April 1, 2006	Columbus Crew	H	3–1	Arnaud Jewsbury Johnson
April 8, 2006	Houston Dynamo	A	2–1	Victorine Burciaga Jr.
April 15, 2006	New England Revolution	H	1–0	Conrad
April 23, 2006	FC Dallas	A	1–2	Zotinca
April 29, 2006	Columbus Crew	A	1–0	Wolff
May 6, 2006	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	1–1	Johnson
May 13, 2006	D.C. United	A	1–2	Victorine
May 20, 2006	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	Pore
May 27, 2006	D.C. United	H	1–3	Sealy
June 3, 2006	New York Red Bulls	H	1–1	Burciaga Jr.
June 10, 2006	Columbus Crew	A	1–0	Burciaga Jr.
June 17, 2006	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	3–2	Sealy 2 Burciaga Jr.
June 24, 2006	D.C. United	A	0–1
June 28, 2006	D.C. United	H	2–3	Garcia Burciaga Jr.
July 1, 2006	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–2
July 4, 2006	Chicago Fire S.C.	A	0–1
July 8, 2006	Colorado Rapids	A	0–1
July 15, 2006	Houston Dynamo	H	2–3	Wolff Conrad
July 22, 2006	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1
July 29, 2006	New England Revolution	H	1–1	Wolff
August 9, 2006	New England Revolution	A	0–0
August 12, 2006	Columbus Crew	H	4–0	Arnaud Sealy Victorine Pore
August 16, 2006	Chicago Fire S.C.	A	0–3
August 19, 2006	Chivas USA	A	1–1	Burciaga Jr.
August 27, 2006	FC Dallas	H	1–0	Sealy
August 30, 2006	New York Red Bulls	H	2–2	Sealy Wolff
September 2, 2006	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	Thomas
September 9, 2006	Colorado Rapids	H	4–1	Sealy van den Bergh Arnaud 2
September 23, 2006	New England Revolution	A	1–1	Sealy
September 30, 2006	Real Salt Lake	H	3–3	Wolff Sealy Burciaga Jr.
October 7, 2006	Chivas USA	H	2–1	van den Bergh Burciaga Jr.
October 14, 2006	New York Red Bulls	A	2–3	van den Bergh Sealy

U.S. Open Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
July 12, 2006	Third Round	Des Moines Menace	H	2–1	Pore Sealy
August 14, 2006	Fourth Round	Chicago Fire S.C.	A	0–2

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		USOC		Total		Minutes		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	League	Total
22	FW	Davy Arnaud	32	4	0	0	32	4	2785	2785	0	0
9	MF	Sasha Victorine	31	3	1	0	32	3	2701	2717	0	0
6	DF	Jose Burciaga Jr.	30	8	0	0	30	8	2590	2590	0	0
19	FW	Scott Sealy	29	10	1	1	30	11	1762	1852	0	0
1	GK	Bo Oshoniyi	29	0	0	0	29	0	2610	2610	0	0
3	DF	Nick Garcia	29	1	0	0	29	1	2519	2519	0	0
14	MF	Jack Jewsbury	28	1	1	0	29	1	1817	1907	0	0
4	DF	Shavar Thomas	26	1	1	0	27	1	2147	2237	0	0
5	MF	Kerry Zavagnin	25	0	1	0	26	0	2069	2159	0	0
23	MF	Alex Zotinca	24	1	0	0	24	1	1303	1303	0	0
7	FW	Eddie Johnson	19	2	2	0	21	2	1480	1505	0	0
25	MF	Matt Groenwald	19	0	2	0	21	0	1221	1287	0	0
29	FW	Ryan Pore	19	2	2	1	21	3	563	728	0	0
15	FW	Josh Wolff	19	5	1	0	20	5	1587	1608	0	0
12	DF	Jimmy Conrad	15	2	0	0	15	2	1252	1252	0	0
11	MF	Dave van den Bergh	13	3	0	0	13	2	991	991	0	0
21	MF	Lance Watson	11	0	1	0	12	0	450	530	0	0
17	FW	Yura Movsisyan	10	0	2	0	12	0	221	335	0	0
20	DF	Tyson Wahl	10	0	1	0	11	0	607	697	0	0
26	MF	Ryan Raybould	8	0	1	0	9	0	583	673	0	0
18	GK	Will Hesmer	3	0	2	0	5	0	270	450	0	0
16	DF	Brian Roberts	1	0	2	0	3	0	17	197	0	0
13	FW	Will John	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	138	0	0
33	MF	Sergei Raad	1	0	2	0	3	0	22	136	0	0
28	--	Stephen Shirley	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	180	0	0
35	MF	Ryan McMahen	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	164	0	0
27	MF	Jermaine Hue	2	0	0	0	2	0	51	51	0	0

Final Statistics

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