2002 Kansas City Wizards season explained

Season:	2002
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
League Result:	West: 5th Overall: 8th
Cup1 Result:	Semifinals
Cup2 Result:	Quarterfinals
Cup3 Result:	Semifinals
League Topscorer:	Preki Chris Klein (7)
Season Topscorer:	Preki (12)
Average Attendance:	12,255
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Nextseason:	2003

See main article: Kansas City Wizards Seasons.

Squad

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Competitions

Major League Soccer

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F  - A	Scorers	Attendance
March 23, 2002	Colorado Rapids	H	1 - 1	Brown
April 13, 2002	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2 - 0
April 20, 2002	D.C. United	A	1 - 2 (OT)	Preki
April 27, 2002	Dallas Burn	A	1 - 1
May 4, 2002	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1 - 2 (OT)	Preki
May 11, 2002	Colorado Rapids	A	0 - 2
May 18, 2002	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2 - 1	Gutierrez Preki
May 25, 2002	MetroStars	A	1 - 1	Klein
June 1, 2002	Dallas Burn	H	2 - 2	Fabbro 2
June 8, 2002	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0 - 3
June 15, 2002	D.C. United	H	2 - 0	Brown Armstrong
June 19, 2002	Columbus Crew	A	1 - 1	Preki
June 22, 2002	New England Revolution	H	3 - 2	Simutenkov 2 Talley
June 29, 2002	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1 - 2	Fabbro
July 4, 2002	D.C. United	H	2 - 1	Fabbro Talley
July 6, 2002	Dallas Burn	H	1 - 1	McKeon
July 13, 2002	New England Revolution	A	4 - 2	Klein 2 Zavagnin Fabbro
July 20, 2002	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2 - 2	Klein Talley
July 24, 2002	MetroStars	H	1 - 3	Simutenkov
July 27, 2002	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2 - 1	Armstrong Simutenkov
July 31, 2002	Dallas Burn	A	1 - 0	Armstrong
August 10, 2002	D.C. United	A	0 - 0
August 14, 2002	Chicago Fire S.C.	A	1 - 5	Preki
August 18, 2002	Columbus Crew	H	0 - 4
August 21, 2002	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1 - 2	Preki
August 31, 2002	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	2 - 1	Fabbro Brown
September 14, 2002	Colorado Rapids	H	1 - 2	Preki
September 20, 2002	Colorado Rapids	A	1 - 1	Klein

U.S. Open Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F  - A	Scorers	Attendance
July 17, 2002	Third Round	Rochester Rhinos	A	3 - 2 (ASDET)	Fabbro Simutenkov Brown
August 24, 2002	Quarterfinals	Milwaukee Rampage	A	2 - 0	Quill Preki
September 10, 2002	Semifinals	Columbus Crew	A	2 - 3 (ASDET)	Own Goal Quill

MLS Cup Playoffs

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F  - A	Scorers	Attendance
September 25, 2002	Conference Semifinals	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2 - 3 (OT)	Preki Brown
September 28, 2002	Conference Semifinals	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	4 - 1	Simutenkov Quill Preki Fabbro
October 2, 2002	Conference Semifinals	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2 - 5	Klein Preki

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F  - A	Scorers	Attendance
March 3, 2002	First Round	W Connection	A	1 - 0	Gomez
March 16, 2002	First Round	W Connection	H	2 - 0	Burns Preki
April 10, 2002	Quarterfinals	Santos Laguna	A	1 - 2	Glasgow
April 24, 2002	Quarterfinals	Santos Laguna	H	2 - 0	Talley Brown
August 7, 2002	Semifinals	Monarcas Morelia	A	1 - 6	Fabbro
August 28, 2002	Semifinals	Monarcas Morelia	H	1 - 1	Brown

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		USOC		Playoffs		CCC		Total		Minutes		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	League	Total
8	MF	Chris Brown	28	4	3	1	3	1	6	2	40	8	1512	2333	0	0
5	MF	Kerry Zavagnin	27	1	3	0	3	0	6	0	39	1	2484	3606	0	0
3	DF	Nick Garcia	27	0	3	0	3	0	5	0	38	0	2499	3531	0	0
11	FW	Preki	25	7	3	1	3	3	5	1	36	12	2141	3018	0	0
16	FW	Stephen Armstrong	26	3	3	0	3	0	4	0	36	3	1791	2323	0	0
2	MF	Matt McKeon	23	1	3	0	2	0	6	0	34	1	1146	1877	0	0
17	MF	Chris Klein	25	7	3	0	3	1	2	0	33	8	2171	2924	0	0
4	DF	Mike Burns	24	0	2	0	1	0	6	1	33	1	1966	2680	0	0
14	DF	Carey Talley	24	3	2	0	3	0	4	1	33	4	1902	2635	0	0
7	MF	Diego Gutierrez	22	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	30	1	1914	2573	0	0
1	GK	Tony Meola	17	0	2	0	3	0	6	0	28	0	1519	2551	0	0
10	MF	Francisco Gomez	20	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	26	1	1249	1448	0	0
21	FW	Igor Simutenkov	19	4	2	1	3	1	1	0	25	6	1480	1827	0	0
19	FW	Eric Quill	16	0	3	2	3	1	3	0	25	3	992	1688	0	0
6	DF	Peter Vermes	13	0	2	0	3	0	5	0	23	0	1181	2002	0	0
9	FW	Darío Fabbro	16	6	2	1	2	1	2	1	22	9	1116	1507	0	0
25	GK	Bo Oshoniyi	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	1096	1096	0	0
18/28	align="left"	--	Chris Brunt	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	158	299	0	0
12	FW	Gary Glasgow	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	7	1	174	389	0	0
22	FW	Davy Arnaud	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	43	178	0	0
15	FW	Roy Lassiter	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	61	191	0	0
20	DF	Jose Burciaga Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	102	0	0
30	align="left"	--	Taly Goode	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	90	0	0

Final Statistics---