The KCW Reserves play local NAIA school William Jewell College today at 10 a.m. at our Swope Park Training Center. Come on out to see our boys in blue take on the perennial contender for NAIA honors. Click to continue reading...

Sorry for the delayed post, here's the release about the match. On the Marinelli goal, I've seen elsewhere that Souter scored, but the refs said the initial fumble by Edwards went over the line and Souter pushed it in afterward. Enjoy the rest of the rundown.

KCW Reserves Defeat Toronto FC Reserves 6-0 Sunday

Kansas City Gets Hat Trick from Ivan Trujillo, Two Goals from Ryan Pore

MLS Reserve Division Match
Sunday, September 21, 2008 – 10:00 a. Click to continue reading...

The KC Wizards reserves had no problem taking down the Toronto FC reserves this morning out at the Wizards Swope Park training complex. Ivan Trujillo had a hattrick as the reserves beat Toronto 6-0 today. The first half for the game was fairly quiet, as the Wizards and Toronto didn't have many great chances. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards played a friendly today at their Swope Park training complex against the U-23 Arkansas Wizards. Hillcrest Road has a more indepth write up on the game. The Wizards, though, had no problem taking out their Arkansas counterparts, as they beat them 13-0. All healthy Wizards players got into the game and most played a half. Click to continue reading...

As I noted yesterday, we played the Arkansas Wizards today in a scrimmage at our Swope Park Training Center. The club brought a U-23 team, and we used it as a tune-up with most players getting a half of game time. Check out the lineups and goal-scoring summary below:

1st half lineup:

------------Hartman (Kronberg 36)-----------

Leathers----Conrad---Wahl---Harrington---

Gomez---Arnaud (Marinelli 36)---Jewsbury--Espinoza

-------Wolff---------Thompson (Trujillo 36)---------


1st half goals:
5th minute- Davy works give-and-go with Thompson and slots inside the left post. Click to continue reading...

Continuing with the new tradition started last week, we'll post the weekly press schedule here at Hillcrest Road. Check out all the places to hear your boys this week:

Tonight—8:00 p.m.— The Jimmy Conrad Show--Sports Radio 810

Wednesday—7:40 a.m.--Tyson Wahl phone interview--101. Click to continue reading...

First of all, the Jimmy Conrad Show takes place tonight at McFadden's instead of on Wednesday due to a conflict with the K-State-Louisville football game. The show will air tonight from 8-9 on kcwizards.com and 810 WHB. Head down to McFadden's in the loverly Power and Light District and listen in person. Click to continue reading...

We'll try to post these more often from now on, but here's a list of shows that will host Wizards players this week. Tune in and enjoy!

Tonight—7:00 a.m.—Jimmy Conrad in-studio TV interview—38 the Sports Spot

Wednesday—6:45 a.m.—Bruce Arena phone interview—Sports Radio 810

Wednesday—8:15 a. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards reserve players topped UMKC easily this morning out at the Swope Park training center, 8-1. The game was as close as it was, as the reserves dominated the performance for long stretches of the game. Here's how the reserves started out:
Kronberg
Myers - McMahen - Wahl - Watson
Marinelli - Souter - Morsink - Espinoza
Pore - Trujillo

The scoring started early, as in the 9th minute, Kevin Souter overlapped Carlos Marinelli, who backhealed the ball as he went by. Click to continue reading...

How about U.S. Soccer in the last two days? It wasn't pretty, but our boys earned a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Guatemala on the road, the first win there since 1988 and the first-ever win in Guatemala during World Cup Qualifying. Then, the U.S. women defeated Brazil 1-0 this morning in extra time to win their third gold medal in four tries since the Olympics added women's soccer in 1996. Click to continue reading...

Our KCW Reserve squad took on the University of Creighton today at our Swope Park Training Center, winning 1-0 on a goal from Ivan Trujillo. Creighton grad Michael Kraus provided the assist after coming on as a second-half substitute. Our reserves are now 6-0-0 against college and PDL teams in friendlies, including a 26-1 combined score line. 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...

While looking around at other stuff, I found another Wizards reserve match coming up in September. The reserves will be taking on William Jewell in a match on September 29th at Swope Park. The game will take place at 10am. Click to continue reading...

Along with the game this Sunday against Rockhurst University, the Wizards reserves have another friendly schedule. This on is on August 18th, again at the Swope Park training complex, against Creighton University. Michael Kraus' alma mater will play the reserves at 10:30 am that day. This will be the 4th or 5th college side the reserves have played this year (SMU, Drake, Rockhurst, Creighton), along with playing the Brass. Click to continue reading...

While the first team will be taking on Chivas USA Saturday night, the reserves will be in action on Sunday. Sunday the reserves will be taking on Rockhurst University in a friendly. The action kicks off at 10 am out at Swope Park training complex. I'll be out there, should be a good time. Click to continue reading...

After whooping on D.C.'s reserve team last weekend, the League-leading KCW Reserves will take on Rockhurst University in a reserve-team friendly Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Wizards' Swope Park Training Center. This season, we are 4-0-0 in reserve-team friendlies and have outscored our opponents 21-1 in the process. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday I took the day off of work and went out to the Swope Park training facility to watch the Wizards practice and the weekly Wizards press conference. After practice, I got the chance to help The Back Post author, Thad Bell with an interview of Down the Byline Player of the Month for July, Kurt Morsink. Click to continue reading...

Below is today's press release. Pizarro's goal was a serious rocket. I couldn't describe it as such in the release quite enough, and the own goal was created by Pizarro's great ball that would have been converted by Kraus even if the defender didn't touch it. At one point in the game, we kept the ball for over two minutes and completed at least 35 straight passes (they were counted) without New York touching the ball. Click to continue reading...

...the reserve league.

The reserves beat Red Bull New York today 3-0 in a game this morning at the Swope Park training complex. The game was postponed when it was originally supposed to be played (July 11th), due to the Wizards friendly against Atlas that was on that day. Hillcrest Road has the story. Click to continue reading...

Hey all, we posted last week but just wanted to give a reminder that our reserve squad plays against the New York Red Bulls tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. at our Swope Park Training Center. The first-team will be practicing simultaneously on the adjacent field, so tomorrow is a good day to get out and see everyone in action. Click to continue reading...

First off, congrats to Jimmy Conrad, member of the MLS All-Star First XI for the second straight year. Should Jimmy get a starting nod (First XI status doesn't guarantee a start), it will be his 5th All-Star appearance and fifth All-Star start. Press release coming in 30 minutes or so.

Earlier today, we officially presented Mr. Click to continue reading...

Woah Nellie, do we have a busy one ahead of us. Tomorrow we face the Seattle Sounders (still of USL-1, for now) at Qwest Field in Seattle in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Quarters. Let's keep on rollin', guys. The game will be available again via www.USLLive.com. Watch all the action there.

Wednesday is a travel day, and with the three hours of time difference, the travel party will not train at all. Click to continue reading...

So, Mr. Truta of 105.1 Jack FM stuck around after practice to knock the ball around with KZ and Cherryh Butler, face of Ink Magazine. Hillcrest Road caught up with him afterward for a quick question/answer session about the experience, the upcoming media game and his time in the Cauldron last weekend. Click to continue reading...

Well, the crowd was incredible. We fell 3-0 tonight to Columbus on goals from Marshall and Moreno (2). To all of you out at the park, a wholehearted, THANK YOU. The stands were packed, you were loud, and it was an excellent atmosphere. The new Ink Pavilion kicked off behind the Piojo banner in centerfield, and was a success. Click to continue reading...

Game is on. While it's a little wet, no lightning is in the area, so KC Wizards vs KC Brass at Swope Park is a go.

How about that USA game last night? Tim Howard did his best Kevin Hartman-from-RSL-game impression in the first half, making seven saves including a few of the spectacular variety. Click to continue reading...

PRESS RELEASE

The Kansas City Wizards announced the tryout times for the five KCW Juniors teams. The KCW Juniors will have teams in the U-13, U-15, U-16, U-17 and U-18 age groups for the 2008-2009 season and designate six Technical Staff members to those teams. The Wizards will also form a U-19 squad for players returning from college to have a place to train and a way to stay connected to the organization.

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