2003 Kansas City Wizards season
Kansas City Wizards 2003 soccer season
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Head coachBob Gansler[1]
Major League SoccerWest: 2nd
Overall: 4th
Overall: 4th
USOCFourth Round
PlayoffsConference Finals
| 2003 season | |||
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| Head coach | Bob Gansler[1] | ||
| Major League Soccer | West: 2nd Overall: 4th | ||
| USOC | Fourth Round | ||
| Playoffs | Conference Finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Preki (12) All: Preki (12) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 15,573 | ||
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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.
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Competitions
Major League Soccer
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | San Jose Earthquakes | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 51 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| 2 | Kansas City Wizards | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 42 | |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 40 | |
| 4 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 36 | |
| 5 | Dallas Burn | 30 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 23 |
Source: MLS
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | −3 |
Last updated: 2003.
Source: Major League Soccer
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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| April 12, 2003 | D.C. United | H | 3–2 (OT) | Preki Klein Brown |
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| April 19, 2003 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 1–1 | Own goal | |
| April 26, 2003 | Chicago Fire S.C. | H | 2–3 | Simutenkov Conrad |
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| May 3, 2003 | Columbus Crew | H | 2–2 | Preki Quill |
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| May 10, 2003 | Dallas Burn | A | 3–1 | Quill Brown Klein |
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| May 14, 2003 | New England Revolution | H | 1–1 | Simutenkov | |
| May 17, 2003 | D.C. United | A | 1–1 | Preki | |
| May 24, 2003 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 2–1 | Simutenkov Preki |
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| May 31, 2003 | New England Revolution | A | 2–2 | Preki 2 | |
| June 7, 2003 | MetroStars | H | 2–1 | Arnaud Wolff |
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| June 14, 2003 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 1–2 | Wolff | |
| June 21, 2003 | Chicago Fire S.C. | H | 4–2 | Conrad Gomez Zotinca Preki |
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| June 28, 2003 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 0–0 | ||
| July 4, 2003 | Colorado Rapids | A | 2–3 | Preki Armstrong |
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| July 12, 2003 | Dallas Burn | H | 5–1 | Brunt Simutenkov 2 Quill Armstrong |
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| July 19, 2003 | Columbus Crew | A | 1–0 | Simutenkov | |
| July 26, 2003 | Chicago Fire S.C. | A | 0–2 | ||
| August 8, 2003 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 0–1 | ||
| August 13, 2003 | MetroStars | A | 0–0 | ||
| August 16, 2003 | Dallas Burn | A | 2–3 | Preki Gomez |
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| August 22, 2003 | Colorado Rapids | H | 2–2 | Arnaud Preki |
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| August 31, 2003 | Columbus Crew | A | 0–1 | ||
| September 6, 2003 | MetroStars | H | 1–2 | Preki | |
| September 13, 2003 | Colorado Rapids | A | 0–1 | ||
| September 20, 2003 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 1–4 | Arnaud | |
| September 27, 2003 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 2–1 | Klein 2 | |
| October 4, 2003 | Colorado Rapids | H | 4–2 | Conrad Klein 2 Gomez |
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| October 11, 2003 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 2–1 (OT) | Zavagnin Simutenkov |
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| October 18, 2003 | Dallas Burn | H | 1–0 | Conrad | |
| October 25, 2003 | D.C. United | A | 1–1 | Preki |
U.S. Open Cup
| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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| August 5, 2003 | Fourth Round | Colorado Rapids | A | 2–3 | Simutenkov 2 |
MLS Cup Playoffs
| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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| November 4, 2003 | Conference Semifinals | Colorado Rapids | A | 1–1 | Harris | |
| November 8, 2003 | Conference Semifinals | Colorado Rapids | H | 2–0 | Simutenkov Klein |
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| November 15, 2003 | Conference Finals | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 2–3 (ASDET) |
Simutenkov Klein |
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 |  |
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| 12 | DF |  Jimmy Conrad |
30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 2777 | 3164 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Preki |
30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 2678 | 3001 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Tony Meola |
30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2797 | 3094 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Nick Garcia |
29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2689 | 3076 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Kerry Zavagnin |
29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 2487 | 2784 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Chris Klein |
27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 2527 | 2914 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Eric Quill |
27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 2261 | 2537 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Francisco Gomez |
26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 1644 | 1734 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW |  Stephen Armstrong |
22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1102 | 1296 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW |  Igor Simutenkov |
21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 1435 | 1667 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Carey Talley |
20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1344 | 1731 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Diego Gutierrez |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1559 | 1856 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF |  Alex Zotinca |
20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1239 | 1411 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Davy Arnaud |
18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 818 | 884 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Chris Brown |
18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1189 | 1189 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Josh Wolff |
13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 872 | 918 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW |  Wolde Harris |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 560 | 821 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW |  Darío Fabbro |
8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 179 | 239 | 0 | 0 |
| 18/28 | -- |  Chris Brunt |
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 166 | 174 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Jose Burciaga Jr. |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 347 | 347 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Bo Oshoniyi |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 98 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jack Jewsbury |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Taylor Graham |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Final Statistics