1998 Kansas City Wizards season

Kansas City Wizards
1998 season
Head coach	Ron Newman
Major League Soccer	West: 6th; Overall: 11th
USOC	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Mo Johnston (11); All: Mo Johnston (11)
Average home league attendance	8,073
Home colors	Away colors
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The 1998 Kansas City Wizards season was the third MLS history. Played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. MLS did not allow matches to end in ties in 1998 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 32 even though it is shown below as 36. Shootout win= 1 point, Shootout loss= 0 points.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Mike Ammann
2	MF	USA	Matt McKeon
3	FW	ENG	Paul Wright
4	DF	USA	Scott Uderitz
5	MF	CRO	Goran Hunjak
6	DF	USA	Sean Bowers
9	FW	USA	Ryan Tinsley
10	FW	SCO	Mo Johnston
11	MF	USA	Preki
12	FW	ZIM	Vitalis Takawira
13	MF	USA	Mark Chung
14	FW	USA	John DeBrito


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	ENG	Paul Rideout
15/19	FW	USA	Scott Vermillion
16	MF	USA	Jake Dancy
17	MF	USA	Chris Klein
18	GK	USA	Chris Snitko
20	DF	NGA	Uche Okafor
21	DF	USA	Brian Bliss
22	FW	USA	Brian Johnson
23	FW	USA	Nino DaSilva
24	FW	USA	Pete Marino
25	DF	BIH	Refik Sabanadzovic

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	12	0	20	45	50	−5	36	10	0	6	26	14	+12	2	0	14	19	36	−17

Last updated: 1998.
Source: Major League Soccer

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers
March 21, 1998	D.C. United	A	2–3	Johnston 2
April 4, 1998	MetroStars	H	2–0	Rideout Preki
April 8, 1998	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	1–0	Marino
April 11, 1998	Miami Fusion	A	1–1 (L)	Wright
April 18, 1998	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–2	Rideout
April 25, 1998	Dallas Burn	A	1–3	Tinsley
April 29, 1998	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–2
May 13, 1998	Tampa Bay Mutiny	A	1–2	Johnston
May 16, 1998	New England Revolution	A	3–1	Takawira 3
May 20, 1998	Dallas Burn	A	1–1 (W)	Own Goal
May 23, 1998	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–1
May 27, 1998	Columbus Crew	H	1–1 (W)	Rideout
May 31, 1998	Colorado Rapids	A	1–2	Takawira
June 6, 1998	Tampa Bay Mutiny	H	1–0	Johnston
June 24, 1998	Chicago Fire S.C.	A	1–4	Johnston
July 1, 1998	New England Revolution	H	1–0	Preki
July 4, 1998	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–2
July 11, 1998	Dallas Burn	H	2–0	Wright Johnston
July 19, 1998	Colorado Rapids	H	4–1	Preki Tinsley Wright Takawira
July 25, 1998	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1 (L)	Johnston
July 29, 1998	MetroStars	A	2–2 (L)	Preki Wright
August 8, 1998	Colorado Rapids	H	3–1	Johnston 2 Wright
August 13, 1998	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–3
August 16, 1998	Columbus Crew	A	3–5	Preki 2 Rideout
August 23, 1998	Miami Fusion	H	2–0	Takawira Vermillion
August 26, 1998	D.C. United	H	1–2	Preki
August 29, 1998	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	2–2 (L)	Chung Johnston
September 2, 1998	Colorado Rapids	A	2–3	Takawira Chung
September 5, 1998	San Jose Earthquakes	H	5–1	Johnston Preki 3 Wright
September 17, 1998	Chicago Fire S.C.	A	0–1
September 19, 1998	Dallas Burn	H	0–1
September 27, 1998	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–2

U.S. Open Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
July 8, 1998	Third Round	Nashville Metros	A	1–3	Rideout

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		USOC		Total		Minutes		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	League	Total
13	MF	Mark Chung	30	2	1	0	31	2	2551	2641	0	0
3	FW	Paul Wright	30	6	1	0	31	6	2060	2150	0	0
9	MF	Ryan Tinsley	30	2	0	0	30	2	2305	2305	0	0
6	DF	Sean Bowers	29	0	0	0	29	0	2565	2565	0	0
12	FW	Vitalis Takawira	29	7	0	0	29	7	1769	1769	0	0
0	GK	Mike Ammann	27	0	1	0	28	0	2430	2520	0	0
15	FW	Paul Rideout	27	4	1	1	28	5	2114	2204	0	0
10	FW	Mo Johnston	26	11	1	0	27	11	2080	2170	0	0
11	MF	Preki	25	10	1	0	26	10	2164	2254	0	0
20	DF	Uche Okafor	22	0	1	0	23	0	1967	2057	0	0
19	MF	Scott Vermillion	22	1	1	0	23	1	1955	2045	0	0
2	MF	Matt McKeon	22	0	1	0	23	0	1875	1965	0	0
4	DF	Scott Uderitz	22	0	1	0	23	0	1660	1750	0	0
25	DF	Refik Sabanadzovic	21	0	1	0	22	0	1644	1719	0	0
17	MF	Chris Klein	17	0	0	0	17	0	782	782	0	0
5	MF	Goran Hunjak	12	0	1	0	13	0	261	276	0	0
24	FW	Pete Marino	11	1	0	0	11	1	276	276	0	0
14	DF	John DeBrito	9	0	0	0	9	0	267	267	0	0
22	FW	Brian Johnson	6	0	0	0	6	0	140	140	0	0
18	GK	Chris Snitko	5	0	0	0	5	0	450	450	0	0
21	DF	Brian Bliss	3	0	0	0	3	0	106	106	0	0
16	MF	Jake Dancy	2	0	0	0	2	0	135	135	0	0
23	FW	Nino DaSilva	1	0	0	0	1	0	32	32	0	0

Final Statistics

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