# 1996 Kansas City Wiz season

The 1996 Kansas City Wiz season was the first in team and MLS history. Played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.The Wizards were at first named the Wiz and played under that name through 1996 before having it changed for the 1997 season. MLS did not allow matches to end in ties in 1996 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 41 even though it is shown below as 51. 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 |
| 0 | GK | USA | Mike Ammann |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Pat Harrington |
| 2 | DF | USA | Tommy Reasoner |
| 3 | FW | ENG | Paul Wright |
| 4 | MF | USA | Scott Uderitz |
| 5 | MF | USA | David Moxom |
| 6 | DF | USA | Sean Bowers |
| 7 | FW | LBR | Nyanforth Peters |
| 8 | FW | USA | Eric Eichmann |
| 9 | FW | JAM | Peter Isaacs |
| 10 | MF | USA | Mike Sorber |
| 11 | MF | USA | Preki |
| 12 | FW | ZIM | Vitalis Takawira |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | USA | Mark Chung |
| 14 | FW | USA | Frank Klopas |
| 15 | DF | CMR | Samuel Ekeme |
| 16 | MF | USA | Diego Gutiérrez |
| 17 | MF | USA | Kevin Koetters |
| 18 | MF | USA | Billy Baumhoff |
| 18 | MF | USA | Yari Allnut |
| 19 | DF | LBR | Dionysius Sebwe |
| 20 | DF | NGA | Uche Okafor |
| 21 | MF | USA | Matt McKeon |
| 22 | GK | USA | Chris Snitko |
| 23 | FW | USA | Alan Prampin |
| 23 | FW | USA | Stephen Martines |
| 25 | GK | USA | Garth Lagerwey |
| 26 | FW | SCO | Mo Johnston |

## 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: 1996. Source: Major League Soccer
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers |
| April 13, 1996 | Colorado Rapids | H | 3–0 | Takawira 2 Klopas |
| April 18, 1996 | Dallas Burn | A | 0–3 | |
| April 21, 1996 | San Jose Clash | A | 2–2 (W) | Okafor Prampin |
| May 2, 1996 | Columbus Crew | H | 6–4 | Chung Johnston 2 Preki 2 Sorber |
| May 5, 1996 | Colorado Rapids | A | 0–4 | |
| May 8, 1996 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | A | 0–2 | |
| May 11, 1996 | Dallas Burn | H | 2–3 | Preki 2 |
| May 19, 1996 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 0–2 | |
| May 22, 1996 | NY/NJ MetroStars | H | 2–1 | Prampin Preki |
| May 29, 1996 | San Jose Clash | A | 1–2 | Allnut |
| June 1, 1996 | New England Revolution | H | 2–1 | Preki Johnston |
| June 5, 1996 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | H | 1–3 | Preki |
| June 8, 1996 | Columbus Crew | A | 3–3 (W) | Takawira Uderitz Preki |
| June 15, 1996 | New England Revolution | A | 1–1 (L) | Preki |
| June 20, 1996 | D.C. United | H | 5–1 | Preki Takawira 2 Chung Sorber |
| June 26, 1996 | NY/NJ MetroStars | A | 0–2 | |
| June 29, 1996 | Dallas Burn | A | 1–0 | Sorber |
| July 6, 1996 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 3–1 | Uderitz Preki Takawira |
| July 10, 1996 | Colorado Rapids | H | 2–0 | Klopas Okafor |
| July 18, 1996 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | A | 2–3 | Johnston Prampin |
| July 20, 1996 | Dallas Burn | H | 1–2 | Preki |
| July 27, 1996 | New England Revolution | H | 4–2 | Takawira 2 Chung Preki |
| July 31, 1996 | D.C. United | A | 3–2 | Own goal Preki Chung |
| August 4, 1996 | D.C. United | A | 4–2 | Chung 2 Takawira 2 |
| August 7, 1996 | Colorado Rapids | A | 2–4 | Preki Sorber |
| August 11, 1996 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 2–2 (W) | Preki Chung |
| August 15, 1996 | San Jose Clash | H | 4–1 | Johnston Preki Takawira 2 |
| August 21, 1996 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 1–1 (W) | Chung |
| August 24, 1996 | Columbus Crew | A | 1–2 | Johnston |
| September 1, 1996 | NY/NJ MetroStars | H | 2–2 (W) | Own goal Takawira |
| September 7, 1996 | Columbus Crew | H | 1–5 | Preki |
| September 21, 1996 | San Jose Clash | H | 0–0 (L) | |

### 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 |
| September 23, 1996 | Conference Semi-Finals | Dallas Burn | H | 3–2 | Johnston McKeon Preki |
| September 29, 1996 | Conference Semi-Finals | Dallas Burn | A | 1–2 | Preki |
| October 2, 1996 | Conference Semi-Finals | Dallas Burn | A | 2–2 (W) | Chung Takawira |
| October 10, 1996 | Conference Finals | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 1–2 | Preki |
| October 13, 1996 | Conference Finals | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 1–1 (L) | Preki |

## Squad statistics

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

## Kits

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