1996 Kansas City Wiz season

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Squad

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	Template:Fba/core	Mike Ammann
1	GK	Template:Fba/core	Pat Harrington
2	DF	Template:Fba/core	Tommy Reasoner
3	FW	Template:Fba/core	Paul Wright
4	MF	Template:Fba/core	Scott Uderitz
5	MF	Template:Fba/core	David Moxom
6	DF	Template:Fba/core	Sean Bowers
7	FW	Template:Fba/core	Nyanforth Peters
8	FW	Template:Fba/core	Eric Eichmann
9	FW	Template:Fba/core	Peter Isaacs
10	MF	Template:Fba/core	Mike Sorber
11	MF	Template:Fba/core	Preki
12	FW	Template:Fba/core	Vitalis Takawira


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	Template:Fba/core	Mark Chung
14	FW	Template:Fba/core	Frank Klopas
15	DF	Template:Fba/core	Samuel Ekeme
16	MF	Template:Fba/core	Diego Gutiérrez
17	MF	Template:Fba/core	Kevin Koetters
18	MF	Template:Fba/core	Billy Baumhoff
18	MF	Template:Fba/core	Yari Allnut
19	DF	Template:Fba/core	Dionysius Sebwe
20	DF	Template:Fba/core	Uche Okafor
21	MF	Template:Fba/core	Matt McKeon
22	GK	Template:Fba/core	Chris Snitko
23	FW	Template:Fba/core	Alan Prampin
23	FW	Template:Fba/core	Stephen Martines
25	GK	Template:Fba/core	Garth Lagerwey
26	FW	Template:Fba/core	Mo Johnston

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
32	17	0	15	61	63	−2	51	11	0	5	40	28	+12	6	0	10	21	35	−14

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Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
April 13, 1996	Colorado Rapids	H	3–0	Takawira 2 Klopas	21,141
April 18, 1996	Dallas Burn	A	0–3		9,405
April 21, 1996	San Jose Clash	A	2–2 (W)	Okafor Prampin	17,580
May 2, 1996	Columbus Crew	H	6–4	Chung Johnston 2 Preki 2 Sorber	8,848
May 5, 1996	Colorado Rapids	A	0–4		11,070
May 8, 1996	Tampa Bay Mutiny	A	0–2		7,025
May 11, 1996	Dallas Burn	H	2–3	Preki 2	17,706
May 19, 1996	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–2		25,231
May 22, 1996	NY/NJ MetroStars	H	2–1	Prampin Preki	8,916
May 29, 1996	San Jose Clash	A	1–2	Allnut	10,299
June 1, 1996	New England Revolution	H	2–1	Preki Johnston	117,808
June 5, 1996	Tampa Bay Mutiny	H	1–3	Preki	9,551
June 8, 1996	Columbus Crew	A	3–3 (W)	Takawira Uderitz Preki	16,526
June 15, 1996	New England Revolution	A	1–1 (L)	Preki	21,407
June 20, 1996	D.C. United	H	5–1	Preki Takawira 2 Chung Sorber	9,458
June 26, 1996	NY/NJ MetroStars	A	0–2		16,103
June 29, 1996	Dallas Burn	A	1–0	Sorber	9,615
July 6, 1996	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–1	Uderitz Preki Takawira	17,921
July 10, 1996	Colorado Rapids	H	2–0	Klopas Okafor	8,062
July 18, 1996	Tampa Bay Mutiny	A	2–3	Johnston Prampin	7,520
July 20, 1996	Dallas Burn	H	1–2	Preki	11,592
July 27, 1996	New England Revolution	H	4–2	Takawira 2 Chung Preki	11,555
July 31, 1996	D.C. United	A	3–2	Own goal Preki Chung	9,457
August 4, 1996	D.C. United	A	4–2	Chung 2 Takawira 2	12,356
August 7, 1996	Colorado Rapids	A	2–4	Preki Sorber	6,013
August 11, 1996	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–2 (W)	Preki Chung	13,362
August 15, 1996	San Jose Clash	H	4–1	Johnston Preki Takawira 2	8,250
August 21, 1996	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–1 (W)	Chung	13,073
August 24, 1996	Columbus Crew	A	1–2	Johnston	20,246
September 1, 1996	NY/NJ MetroStars	H	2–2 (W)	Own goal Takawira	11,139
September 7, 1996	Columbus Crew	H	1–5	Preki	12,141
September 21, 1996	San Jose Clash	H	0–0 (L)		18,594

U.S. Open Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
September 15, 1996	Quarterfinals	Colorado Rapids	H	2–3	Bowers Takawira	5,009

MLS Cup Playoffs

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
September 26, 1996	Conference Semi-Finals	Dallas Burn	H	3–2	Johnston McKeon Preki	4,466
September 29, 1996	Conference Semi-Finals	Dallas Burn	A	1–2	Preki	10,125
October 2, 1996	Conference Semi-Finals	Dallas Burn	A	2–2 (W)	Chung Takawira	9,802
October 10, 1996	Conference Finals	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	Preki	25,212
October 13, 1996	Conference Finals	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–1 (L)	Preki	11,041

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		USOC		Playoffs		Total		Minutes		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	League	Total	File:Yellow card.svg	File:Red card.svg
11	MF	Template:Flagicon Preki	32	18	1	0	5	4	38	22	2880	3420	0	0
13	MF	Template:Flagicon Mark Chung	32	8	1	0	5	1	38	9	2847	3386	0	0
6	DF	Template:Flagicon Sean Bowers	31	0	1	0	5	1	37	1	2769	3309	0	0
26	FW	Template:Flagicon Mo Johnston	29	6	1	0	5	1	35	7	2573	3113	0	0
20	DF	Template:Flagicon Uche Okafor	30	2	1	0	4	0	35	2	2593	2880	0	0
12	FW	Template:Flagicon Vitalis Takawira	28	13	1	1	5	1	34	15	2233	2762	0	0
16	MF	Template:Flagicon Diego Gutiérrez	28	0	1	0	5	0	34	0	2069	2609	0	0
4	MF	Template:Flagicon Scott Uderitz	28	2	0	0	5	0	33	2	2115	2546	0	0
10	MF	Template:Flagicon Mike Sorber	23	4	1	0	5	0	29	4	1960	2429	0	0
25	GK	Template:Flagicon Garth Lagerwey	23	0	0	0	5	0	28	0	1959	2409	0	0
14	FW	Template:Flagicon Frank Klopas	22	2	1	0	3	0	26	2	1235	1316	0	0
15	DF	Template:Flagicon Samuel Ekeme	23	0	0	0	2	0	25	0	1693	1723	0	0
4	FW	Template:Flagicon Paul Wright	17	0	1	0	5	0	23	0	690	1125	0	0
21	MF	Template:Flagicon Matt McKeon	12	0	1	0	5	1	18	1	823	1189	0	0
17	MF	Template:Flagicon Kevin Koetters	15	0	1	0	0	0	16	0	744	768	0	0
23	FW	Template:Flagicon Alan Prampin	15	3	1	0	0	0	16	3	337	386	0	0
8	FW	Template:Flagicon Eric Eichmann	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	480	480	0	0
2	DF	Template:Flagicon Tommy Reasoner	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	645	645	0	0
1	GK	Template:Flagicon Pat Harrington	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	630	630	0	0
0	GK	Template:Flagicon Mike Ammann	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	291	336	0	0
22	GK	Template:Flagicon Chris Snitko	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	45	45	0	0
18	MF	Template:Flagicon Yari Allnut	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	45	45	0	0