2001 Kansas City Wizards season

Kansas City Wizards

2001 season
Manager	Bob Gansler
Major League Soccer	West: 3rd Overall: 7th
USOC	Third Round
Playoffs	Quarterfinals
Copa Merconorte	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Roy Lassiter (7) All: Roy Lassiter (10)
Average home league attendance	10,954
Home colors Away colors
← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 season was cut short as a result of the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Tony Meola 2 MF Matt McKeon 3 DF Nick Garcia 4 DF Brandon Prideaux 5 FW Brian Johnson 6 DF Peter Vermes 7 FW AJ Wood 7 MF Mark Santel 8 MF Chris Brown 9 MF Kerry Zavagnin 10 FW Mo Johnston 12 FW Peter Byaruhanga

No. Position Player 13 MF Andrew Gregor 14 DF Michael Green 15 FW Roy Lassiter 16/29 DF Mike Burns 17 MF Chris Klein 18 DF Tahj Jakins 20 DF Jose Burciaga Jr. 21 MF Francisco Gomez 22 FW Gary Glasgow 23/32 FW Onandi Lowe 25 GK Bo Oshoniyi 26 MF Narciso Fernandes

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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
27	11	3	13	33	53	−20	36	8	1	4	19	21	−2	3	2	9	14	32	−18

Last updated: 2001.
Source: Major League Soccer

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
April 7, 2001	D.C. United	A	2–3	Lassiter McKeon
April 14, 2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	Brown Klein
April 18, 2001	Miami Fusion	H	2–1	Brown Johnston
April 21, 2001	Columbus Crew	A	3–0	Gomez Brown McKeon
April 28, 2001	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–0
May 2, 2001	MetroStars	A	1–4	Zavagnin
May 5, 2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2 (OT)	McKeon
May 19, 2001	Chicago Fire S.C.	A	0–2
May 24, 2001	MetroStars	H	1–0	Lowe
June 2, 2001	Tampa Bay Mutiny	A	2–1	Gomez Lassiter
June 9, 2001	Miami Fusion	A	1–5	McKeon
June 13, 2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–4
June 16, 2001	D.C. United	H	0–3
June 23, 2001	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–2
June 30, 2001	Tampa Bay Mutiny	H	3–0	Gomez Brown McKeon
July 4, 2001	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	0–7
July 7, 2001	New England Revolution	A	2–1	Klein Brown
July 14, 2001	Dallas Burn	H	3–2	Lassiter 2 Lowe
July 18, 2001	Colorado Rapids	A	0–0
July 29, 2001	New England Revolution	H	2–0	Santel Glasgow
August 4, 2001	Columbus Crew	H	1–3	Lowe
August 12, 2001	Colorado Rapids	A	2–2	Gomez Lassiter
August 15, 2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–2 (OT)	Lowe
August 19, 2001	Colorado Rapids	H	3–2	Klein Lassiter Glasgow
August 25, 2001	Dallas Burn	A	0–3
September 1, 2001	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–3
September 8, 2001	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–0	Lassiter

U.S. Open Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
June 27, 2001	Second Round	Seattle Sounders (USL)	H	4–0	Own Goal Santel McKeon Burns
July 11, 2001	Third Round	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	0–1

MLS Cup Playoffs

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
September 22, 2001	Conference Semifinals	Miami Fusion	A	0–2
September 26, 2001	Conference Semifinals	Miami Fusion	H	3–0	Lowe McKeon Gomez
September 29, 2001	Conference Semifinals	Miami Fusion	A	1–2	Lowe

Copa Merconorte

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Santos Laguna	15	6	5	0	1	15	6	+9
Sporting Cristal	11	6	3	2	1	10	10	0
Kansas City Wizards	4	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4
Barcelona	3	6	0	3	3	9	14	−5

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
August 1, 2001	Sporting Cristal	H	1–2	Lowe
August 8, 2001	Santos Laguna	A	2–4	McKeon Lassiter
August 29, 2001	Barcelona SC	A	3–2	Lassiter Brown Gomez
September 12, 2001	Sporting Cristal	A	1–2	Lowe
October 17, 2001	Barcelona SC	H	1–1	Lassiter
November 21, 2001	Santos Laguna	H	0–1

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		USOC		Playoffs		Copa Merconorte		Total		Minutes		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	League	Total
9	MF	Kerry Zavagnin	27	1	2	0	3	0	6	0	38	1	2472	3326	0	0
2	MF	Matt McKeon	26	5	2	1	3	1	6	1	37	8	2372	3362	0	0
8	MF	Chris Brown	27	5	2	0	3	0	5	1	37	6	2034	2814	0	0
3	DF	Nick Garcia	24	0	2	0	3	0	5	0	34	0	2142	2976	0	0
21	MF	Francisco Gomez	24	4	1	0	3	1	6	1	34	6	1320	1889	0	0
17	MF	Chris Klein	24	3	1	0	3	0	5	0	33	3	2039	2769	0	0
15	FW	Roy Lassiter	23	7	2	0	3	0	5	3	33	10	1648	2100	0	0
6	DF	Peter Vermes	20	0	2	0	3	0	4	0	29	0	1826	2636	0	0
16/29	DF	Mike Burns	19	0	2	1	3	0	5	0	29	1	1179	1981	0	0
4	DF	Brandon Prideaux	23	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	28	0	2028	2335	0	0
22	FW	Gary Glasgow	18	2	1	0	3	0	5	0	27	2	1124	1687	0	0
7	MF	Mark Santel	21	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	27	2	813	1089	0	0
1	GK	Tony Meola	17	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	24	0	1534	2164	0	0
13	MF	Andrew Gregor	13	0	2	0	3	0	5	0	23	0	812	1428	0	0
23/32	FW	Onandi Lowe	13	4	1	0	3	2	3	2	20	8	1034	1604	0	0
10	FW	Mo Johnston	11	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	16	1	864	1077	0	0
25	GK	Bo Oshoniyi	11	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	0	938	1298	0	0
18	DF	Tahj Jakins	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	13	0	604	792	0	0
14	--	Michael Green	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	154	334	0	0
20	DF	Jose Burciaga Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	93	183	0	0
5	FW	Brian Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	62	62	0	0
26	--	Narciso Fernandes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	0	0

Final Statistics

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