# 1998 Kansas City Wizards season

The 1998 Kansas City Wizards season was the third MLS history. Played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. MLS did not allow matches to end in ties in 1998 and thus Shootouts were used to decide draws, the stats that follow do not include shootout goals scored and the teams actually point total in the regular season was 32 even though it is shown below as 36. Shootout win= 1 point, Shootout loss= 0 points.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Mike Ammann |
| 2 | MF | USA | Matt McKeon |
| 3 | FW | ENG | Paul Wright |
| 4 | DF | USA | Scott Uderitz |
| 5 | MF | CRO | Goran Hunjak |
| 6 | DF | USA | Sean Bowers |
| 9 | FW | USA | Ryan Tinsley |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Mo Johnston |
| 11 | MF | USA | Preki |
| 12 | FW | ZIM | Vitalis Takawira |
| 13 | MF | USA | Mark Chung |
| 14 | FW | USA | John DeBrito |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Paul Rideout |
| 15/19 | FW | USA | Scott Vermillion |
| 16 | MF | USA | Jake Dancy |
| 17 | MF | USA | Chris Klein |
| 18 | GK | USA | Chris Snitko |
| 20 | DF | NGA | Uche Okafor |
| 21 | DF | USA | Brian Bliss |
| 22 | FW | USA | Brian Johnson |
| 23 | FW | USA | Nino DaSilva |
| 24 | FW | USA | Pete Marino |
| 25 | DF | BIH | Refik Sabanadzovic |

## Competitions
### Major League Soccer

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1998. Source: Major League Soccer
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers |
| March 21, 1998 | D.C. United | A | 2–3 | Johnston 2 |
| April 4, 1998 | MetroStars | H | 2–0 | Rideout Preki |
| April 8, 1998 | Chicago Fire S.C. | H | 1–0 | Marino |
| April 11, 1998 | Miami Fusion | A | 1–1 (L) | Wright |
| April 18, 1998 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 1–2 | Rideout |
| April 25, 1998 | Dallas Burn | A | 1–3 | Tinsley |
| April 29, 1998 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 0–2 | |
| May 13, 1998 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | A | 1–2 | Johnston |
| May 16, 1998 | New England Revolution | A | 3–1 | Takawira 3 |
| May 20, 1998 | Dallas Burn | A | 1–1 (W) | Own Goal |
| May 23, 1998 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 0–1 | |
| May 27, 1998 | Columbus Crew | H | 1–1 (W) | Rideout |
| May 31, 1998 | Colorado Rapids | A | 1–2 | Takawira |
| June 6, 1998 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | H | 1–0 | Johnston |
| June 24, 1998 | Chicago Fire S.C. | A | 1–4 | Johnston |
| July 1, 1998 | New England Revolution | H | 1–0 | Preki |
| July 4, 1998 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 0–2 | |
| July 11, 1998 | Dallas Burn | H | 2–0 | Wright Johnston |
| July 19, 1998 | Colorado Rapids | H | 4–1 | Preki Tinsley Wright Takawira |
| July 25, 1998 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 1–1 (L) | Johnston |
| July 29, 1998 | MetroStars | A | 2–2 (L) | Preki Wright |
| August 8, 1998 | Colorado Rapids | H | 3–1 | Johnston 2 Wright |
| August 13, 1998 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 0–3 | |
| August 16, 1998 | Columbus Crew | A | 3–5 | Preki 2 Rideout |
| August 23, 1998 | Miami Fusion | H | 2–0 | Takawira Vermillion |
| August 26, 1998 | D.C. United | H | 1–2 | Preki |
| August 29, 1998 | Chicago Fire S.C. | H | 2–2 (L) | Chung Johnston |
| September 2, 1998 | Colorado Rapids | A | 2–3 | Takawira Chung |
| September 5, 1998 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 5–1 | Johnston Preki 3 Wright |
| September 17, 1998 | Chicago Fire S.C. | A | 0–1 | |
| September 19, 1998 | Dallas Burn | H | 0–1 | |
| September 27, 1998 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 0–2 | |

### U.S. Open Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| July 8, 1998 | Third Round | Nashville Metros | A | 1–3 | Rideout | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | MLS | MLS | USOC | USOC | Total | Total | Minutes | Minutes | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | League | Total | | |
| 13 | MF | Mark Chung | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 2551 | 2641 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | Paul Wright | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 2060 | 2150 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Ryan Tinsley | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 2305 | 2305 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Sean Bowers | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2565 | 2565 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Vitalis Takawira | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 1769 | 1769 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | GK | Mike Ammann | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2430 | 2520 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Paul Rideout | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 2114 | 2204 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Mo Johnston | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 2080 | 2170 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Preki | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 2164 | 2254 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Uche Okafor | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1967 | 2057 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Scott Vermillion | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1955 | 2045 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Matt McKeon | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1875 | 1965 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Scott Uderitz | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1660 | 1750 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Refik Sabanadzovic | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1644 | 1719 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Chris Klein | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 782 | 782 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Goran Hunjak | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 261 | 276 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Pete Marino | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 276 | 276 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | John DeBrito | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 267 | 267 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Brian Johnson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 140 | 140 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Chris Snitko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 450 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Brian Bliss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 106 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Jake Dancy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 135 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Nino DaSilva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Final Statistics