# 2002 Kansas City Wizards season
## 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 | Tony Meola |
| 2 | MF | USA | Matt McKeon |
| 3 | DF | USA | Nick Garcia |
| 4 | DF | USA | Mike Burns |
| 5 | MF | USA | Kerry Zavagnin |
| 6 | DF | USA | Peter Vermes |
| 7 | MF | USA | Diego Gutierrez |
| 8 | MF | USA | Chris Brown |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Darío Fabbro |
| 10 | MF | USA | Francisco Gomez |
| 11 | MF | USA | Preki |
| 12 | FW | TRI | Gary Glasgow |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | USA | Carey Talley |
| 15 | FW | USA | Roy Lassiter |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Stephen Armstrong |
| 17 | MF | USA | Chris Klein |
| 18/28 | DF | USA | Chris Brunt |
| 19 | MF | USA | Eric Quill |
| 20 | DF | USA | Jose Burciaga Jr. |
| 21 | FW | RUS | Igor Simutenkov |
| 22 | FW | USA | Davy Arnaud |
| 25 | GK | USA | Bo Oshoniyi |
| 30 | GK | USA | Taly Goode |

## 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: 2002. Source: Major League Soccer
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers |
| March 23, 2002 | Colorado Rapids | H | 1–1 | Brown |
| April 13, 2002 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 2–0 | Klein Brown |
| April 20, 2002 | D.C. United | A | 1–2 (OT) | Preki |
| April 27, 2002 | Dallas Burn | A | 1–1 | Klein |
| May 4, 2002 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 1–2 (OT) | Preki |
| May 11, 2002 | Colorado Rapids | A | 0–2 | |
| May 18, 2002 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 2–1 | Gutierrez Preki |
| May 25, 2002 | MetroStars | A | 1–1 | Klein |
| June 1, 2002 | Dallas Burn | H | 2–2 | Fabbro 2 |
| June 8, 2002 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 0–3 | |
| June 15, 2002 | D.C. United | H | 2–0 | Brown Armstrong |
| June 19, 2002 | Columbus Crew | A | 1–1 | Preki |
| June 22, 2002 | New England Revolution | H | 3–2 | Simutenkov 2 Talley |
| June 29, 2002 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 1–2 | Fabbro |
| July 4, 2002 | D.C. United | H | 2–1 | Fabbro Talley |
| July 6, 2002 | Dallas Burn | H | 1–1 | McKeon |
| July 13, 2002 | New England Revolution | A | 4–2 | Klein 2 Zavagnin Fabbro |
| July 20, 2002 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 2–2 | Klein Talley |
| July 24, 2002 | MetroStars | H | 1–3 | Simutenkov |
| July 27, 2002 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 2–1 | Armstrong Simutenkov |
| July 31, 2002 | Dallas Burn | A | 1–0 | Armstrong |
| August 10, 2002 | D.C. United | A | 0–0 | |
| August 14, 2002 | Chicago Fire S.C. | A | 1–5 | Preki |
| August 18, 2002 | Columbus Crew | H | 0–4 | |
| August 21, 2002 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 1–2 | Preki |
| August 31, 2002 | Chicago Fire S.C. | H | 2–1 | Fabbro Brown |
| September 14, 2002 | Colorado Rapids | H | 1–2 | Preki |
| September 20, 2002 | Colorado Rapids | A | 1–1 | Klein |

### U.S. Open Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers |
| July 17, 2002 | Third Round | Rochester Rhinos | A | 3–2 (ASDET) | Fabbro Simutenkov Brown |
| August 24, 2002 | Quarterfinals | Milwaukee Rampage | A | 2–0 | Quill Preki |
| September 10, 2002 | Semifinals | Columbus Crew | A | 2–3 (ASDET) | Own Goal Quill |

### MLS Cup Playoffs

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers |
| September 25, 2002 | Conference Semifinals | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 2–3 (OT) | Preki Brown |
| September 28, 2002 | Conference Semifinals | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 4–1 | Simutenkov Quill Preki Fabbro |
| October 2, 2002 | Conference Semifinals | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 2–5 | Klein Preki |

### CONCACAF Champions' Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers |
| March 3, 2002 | First Round | W Connection | A | 1–0 | Gomez |
| March 16, 2002 | First Round | W Connection | H | 2–0 | Burns Preki |
| April 10, 2002 | Quarterfinals | Santos Laguna | A | 1–2 | Glasgow |
| April 24, 2002 | Quarterfinals | Santos Laguna | H | 2–0 | Talley Brown |
| August 7, 2002 | Semifinals | Monarcas Morelia | A | 1–6 | Fabbro |
| August 28, 2002 | Semifinals | Monarcas Morelia | H | 1–1 | Brown |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | MLS | MLS | USOC | USOC | Playoffs | Playoffs | CCC | CCC | Total | Total | Minutes | Minutes | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | League | Total | | |
| 8 | MF | Chris Brown | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 1512 | 2333 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Kerry Zavagnin | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 2484 | 3606 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Nick Garcia | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2499 | 3531 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Preki | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 2141 | 3018 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Stephen Armstrong | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 1791 | 2323 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Matt McKeon | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1146 | 1877 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Chris Klein | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 2171 | 2924 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Mike Burns | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1966 | 2680 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Carey Talley | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 1902 | 2635 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Diego Gutierrez | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1914 | 2573 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Tony Meola | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1519 | 2551 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Francisco Gomez | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1249 | 1448 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Igor Simutenkov | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 1480 | 1827 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Eric Quill | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 992 | 1688 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Peter Vermes | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1181 | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Darío Fabbro | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 1116 | 1507 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Bo Oshoniyi | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1096 | 1096 | 0 | 0 |
| 18/28 | -- | Chris Brunt | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 158 | 299 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Gary Glasgow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 174 | 389 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Davy Arnaud | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 178 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Roy Lassiter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 191 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Jose Burciaga Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | -- | Taly Goode | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
Final Statistics