Here are a few of the stats from after last nights 1-1 draw against FC Dallas.

Jack Jewsbury tied Diego Gutierrez for 11th on the all time games played list with 147 games played.

Jewsbury's assist last night gives him 5 on the season good enough for the team lead.

Last night was Michael Harrington's 50th MLS game. Click to continue reading...

There are 10 games left in the Wizards season (more on that later tonight). Tomorrow night the Wizards will be at home to take on FC Dallas. Neither team has any suspension issues heading into this game, but there are some injury concerns. Duilio Davino is out for FC Dallas, and apparently Marcelo Saragosa did not travel to KC with the team. Click to continue reading...

August 9 was our Community Night out at CAB. We're now auctioning off all the jerseys from the match at kcwizards.com. Check out the press release below, then visit the auction page here to bid on your favorite player's jersey.

Wizards Jerseys Available for Auction to Conclude Community Night Activities

Game-Worn Jerseys from 18 Wizards Players Available now at kcwizards. Click to continue reading...

The Back Post and myself are getting ready for the second interview with a player. Like last time, you, the fan get to vote on who you think we should interview from the choices we have listed. You can vote both here and on The Back Post, so get in your vote for who you think should be interviewed. Click to continue reading...

Ok, wanted to get these out today before I went to bed after getting back from Colorado, here are a few stats after this weekends game.

Last night's game was Kevin Hartman's 50th game in league play with the Wizards. Hartman has played in every minute of every league game since coming to the Wizards for 4500 minutes. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards continue to have their trouble on the road as they put in a lackluster effort and fell in Colorado 2-1. Overall, the performance was another poor one, as a struggling Colorado side dominated the Wizards for long stretches of the game.

Colorado were pressuring from the beginning and were able to get the opening goal through Conor Casey. Click to continue reading...

Note: Attempted posting this yesterday before leaving Colorado, but Blogger held me up for some reason. Here's what I said...extra apologies now for the lack of posts.

Apologies for the lack of posts over the last two days. Friday, travel kept me busy and there were technical difficulties last night. Click to continue reading...

I'm starting a new little feature called "Stats on Sunday" (or whatever the day is after the game we play). Anyways, what I'll do, is break down some of the stats from the game. So here are some other stats from last nights game.

- The BIG one first, Kerry Zavagnin became the Wizards all time leader in minutes played in MLS matches, passing Nick Garcia. Click to continue reading...

Last night, the Wizards and the Chicago Fire played to a 0-0 draw that saw both teams have some decent chances and a few PK calls turned away. Throughout the game, it seemed that it was Chicago that had the better of the chances, as Wizards goalkeeper had to come up big on multiple occasions to keep Kansas City in the game. Click to continue reading...

While Michael Harrington wasn't named to the orignal group of players heading to the Olympics, or to that alternate list, Harrington has now been added to Coach Nowak. Harrington moves into the spot vacated by Dax McCarty, who moved onto the team to replace Nathan Strugis. He won't travel with the team to China, but will be on call should another injury occur to one of the players on the team. Click to continue reading...

U.S. Soccer put out a press release a couple of minutes ago naming Dax McCarty (FC Dallas) as an injury replacement for Nathan Sturgis (Real Salt Lake) on the U.S. Olympic team roster. With McCarty moving to the full roster, our starting left back Michael Harrington has been added to the three-person alternate list. Click to continue reading...

The Crew are still near the top of their conference, while the Wizards are at the other end. Nothing is promised in MLS, though, so lets follow the bouncing ball.

Kickoff!
Wizards
* 1 - Kevin Hartman (GK)
* 2 - Michael Harrington
* 6 - Lance Watson
* 7 - Claudio Lopez
* 9 - Sasha Victorine
* 11 - Kurt Morsink
* 12 - Jimmy Conrad
* 14 - Jack Jewsbury
* 15 - Aaron Hohlbein
* 17 - Roger Espinoza
* 22 - Davy Arnaud

Crew
* 1 - William Hesmer (GK)
* 2 - Frankie Hejduk
* 5 - Danny O'Rourke
* 6 - Andy Iro
* 7 - Guillermo Barros Schelotto
* 10 - Alejandro Moreno
* 14 - Chad Marshall
* 15 - Stefani Miglioranzi
* 16 - Brian Carroll
* 17 - Emmanuel Ekpo
* 19 - Robbie Rogers
1 - Moreno offside almost immediately. Click to continue reading...

While this is in no way sponsored by or agreed to by Michael Harrington himself, I thought it would be fun to see what fans want him to do with his hair. These are only four choices, so if you have a better idea, post it in the comments section below. Take a vote, then we'll tell Michael what you all think he should do and see how he responds. Click to continue reading...

Wow. That's all that can be said. Mikey goes from the Cristiano Ronaldo look to the Kevin Hartman look? Or the Dennis Rodman look? Either way, it's pretty spectacular. Thanks to Thad Bell for the pic. Check out his blog at www.backpost.net. Click to continue reading...

As you know, tomorrow we face the Columbus Crew at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN 2 in our first MLS Primetime appearance of the season. We're 0-2-0 so far this season against Columbus but haven't lost a game since they gave us that nice 3-0 beat down here at CAB. If you recall, the defeated us 2-1 in Columbus earlier this year on FSC on early goals from Moffatt and Rogers. Click to continue reading...

Midseason Player Grades

After Thursday night's game against New York, the Wizards are now half way through their season. Through 15 games, the Wizards are 5-5-5 and tied for 6th place in the Eastern Conference. Overall, it hasn't been a great start to the season, after starting off with a 4 game home stand, the Wizards went on a two month road trip of 6 games. Click to continue reading...

After the disappointing result last night, the Wizards will go back to league play tomorrow night when they take on Red Bull New York. Both teams have been struggling as of late, with both teams sitting at the foot of the Eastern Conference. KC can actually get even with New York on points with a win tomorrow. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards bowed out of the US Open Cup to the Seattle Sounders 0-0 (5-6) on penalty kicks tonight. Misses by Jimmy Conrad and Tyson Wahl during the spot kicks gave Seattle the edge, as Sebastian Le Toux hit the cross bar as well to keep it even. In the PKs, Ryan Pore, Ryan McMahen, Roger Espinoza, Kerry Zavagnin, and Michael Harrington all put their chances away. Click to continue reading...

Phew, a long day of travel from Raleigh to Dallas and training now behind us, Hillcrest Road is free to check back in. We're settling into the Sheraton Stonebriar hotel here in Frisco. Very nice, and very new. Today on the way to training, Mr. Chet North donned a pair of oh-so-handsome (and not just because they're mine) white sunglasses to go with his "yes-I-have-huge-guns" cutoff shirt. Click to continue reading...

The third-round tally: MLS 5, USL 3. Until Seattle did its usual Open Cup business against Chivas USA and Houston lost all composure on penalty kicks, we were facing the prospect of quarterfinals without any USL First Division sides. That last happened ... hmmm ...

The upsets aren't much of a surprise at this stage.

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It was a rare sight to see yesterday as the Wiz score more than one goal in a 4-2 win over the Carolina Railhawks. What a pleasure to see so many goals from the boys in blue, and while the RailHawks were the inferior opponent, it didn't stop them from jumping out to a 2-0 lead 55 minutes in. Carolina got a couple of nice goals from Santiago Fusilier and Matthew Watson.

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After collecting the exhibition Saturn Cup and New Mexico Cup, we moved to 2-0 in Open Cup matches. One was a play-in game, but a win is a win. We now play the Seattle Sounders next Tuesday at Qwest Field. Check kcwizards.com for a full recap.

Scoring Summary:
CAR – Santiago Fusilier (Ryan Solle) 44
CAR – Matthew Watson (Dan Antuniak) 58
KC – Ivan Trujillo (Michael Harrington) 68
KC – Claudio Lopez (penalty kick) 82
KC – Ivan Trujillo (Claudio Lopez) 94
KC – Ryan Pore (penalty kick) 119

Highlights from tonight:

Harrington's cut before serving to Trujillo for the first goal. Click to continue reading...

It took a late PK in regulation and two goals in extra time, but the Wizards made it by the Carolina Railhawks 4-2 after extra time tonight, in Cary, NC. KC started the game strong and looked to be bringing the game to Carolina, when Chance Myers went closer early in the match. KC, though, couldn't get the offense going, as Ryan Pore, and Carlos Marinelli both missed good chances. Click to continue reading...

We're nearing kickoff here at gorgeous WakeMed Park in Cary, NC. The stadium is quaint and well put together. The field surface looks smooth and short, should be a good night for soccer. Michael Harrington and Kerry Zavagnin are back in their old stomping grounds, playing just half an hour (without traffic) from their college home at North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Click to continue reading...

We have now learned our opponent for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16. The Carolina RailHawks defeated Real Maryland 1-0 last night on their home turf. Kansas City will travel to Carolina for a 6:30 p.m. CT match-up with the USL-1 side.

Midfielder Kerry Zavagnin and defender Michael Harrington will be in familiar territory, playing less than 30 miles away from the University of North Carolina, where each attended school. Click to continue reading...