# 2000 Kansas City Wizards season

In 2000 the Kansas City Wizards earned their first ever honor winning the MLS Supporters' Shield by finishing atop the regular season point total (57). The Wizards continued good play took them through the playoffs and into MLS Cup 2000 versus the Chicago Fire where they finished their season in a 1-0 victory earning the club the MLS Double. 2000 was the first season that MLS games could finish in a draw, but to do so tied matches had an additional ten-minute overtime.

## 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 | Brandon Prideaux |
| 5 | FW | USA | Brian Johnson |
| 6 | DF | USA | Peter Vermes |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Miklos Molnar |
| 8 | MF | USA | Chris Brown |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Alex Bunbury |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Mo Johnston |
| 11 | MF | USA | Preki |
| 12 | FW | UGA | Peter Byaruhanga |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | USA | Vicente Figueroa |
| 14 | DF | USA | Michael Green |
| 15 | MF | USA | Kerry Zavagnin |
| 16 | DF | USA | John Wilson |
| 17 | MF | USA | Chris Klein |
| 18 | DF | USA | Tahj Jakins |
| 19 | MF | USA | Chris Henderson |
| 20 | DF | NGA | Uche Okafor |
| 21 | MF | USA | Francisco Gomez |
| 22 | FW | TRI | Gary Glasgow |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ihor Dotsenko |
| 25 | GK | USA | Bo Oshoniyi |

## 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: 2000. Source: Major League Soccer
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers |
| March 25, 2000 | Chicago Fire S.C. | H | 4–3 | Molnar Klein Henderson Preki |
| April 1, 2000 | Colorado Rapids | H | 3–0 | Molnar Johnston Klein |
| April 8, 2000 | Miami Fusion | A | 0–0 | |
| April 15, 2000 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 2–0 | Henderson Molnar |
| April 19, 2000 | MetroStars | A | 2–1 | Molnar 2 |
| April 22, 2000 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | H | 1–0 | Johnston |
| April 29, 2000 | Colorado Rapids | A | 5–0 | Johnston Klein Preki McKeon Henderson |
| May 6, 2000 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 0–0 | |
| May 13, 2000 | MetroStars | H | 2–0 | McKeon Henderson |
| May 17, 2000 | D.C. United | H | 2–0 | Zavagnin Molnar |
| May 20, 2000 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 2–0 | Vermes Molnar |
| May 27, 2000 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | A | 2–1 | Vermes Molnar |
| June 4, 2000 | Chicago Fire S.C. | A | 2–3 | Glasgow Henderson |
| June 10, 2000 | D.C. United | A | 0–0 | |
| June 17, 2000 | Dallas Burn | A | 1–4 | McKeon |
| June 21, 2000 | Dallas Burn | H | 0–0 | |
| June 24, 2000 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 2–0 | Klein Glasgow |
| July 4, 2000 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 0–0 | |
| July 8, 2000 | MetroStars | H | 0–1 | |
| July 15, 2000 | Columbus Crew | A | 0–2 | |
| July 19, 2000 | New England Revolution | H | 0–1 | |
| July 22, 2000 | Columbus Crew | H | 3–1 | Klein Henderson 2 |
| August 2, 2000 | Colorado Rapids | H | 3–1 | Zavagnin Molnar Glasgow |
| August 5, 2000 | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 1–5 | Johnston |
| August 12, 2000 | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 1–1 | Klein |
| August 16, 2000 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 3–0 | Gomez Figueroa Henderson |
| August 18, 2000 | Miami Fusion | H | 1–2 | Gomez |
| August 23, 2000 | MetroStars | A | 0–0 | |
| August 26, 2000 | Colorado Rapids | A | 1–1 | Preki |
| September 2, 2000 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | H | 1–0 | Molnar |
| September 6, 2000 | New England Revolution | A | 1–0 | Molnar |
| September 9, 2000 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | A | 2–2 | Henderson Molnar |

### U.S. Open Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| June 14, 2000 | Second Round | Chicago Sockers | A | 0–0 PK (6-7) | | |

### MLS Cup Playoffs

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers |
| September 16, 2000 | Conference Semifinals | Colorado Rapids | H | 1–0 | Molnar |
| September 20, 2000 | Conference Semifinals | Colorado Rapids | A | 0–0 | |
| September 24, 2000 | Conference Semifinals | Colorado Rapids | H | 3–2 | Henderson Molnar Gomez |
| September 29, 2000 | Conference Finals | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 0–0 | |
| October 3, 2000 | Conference Finals | Los Angeles Galaxy | A | 1–2 | McKeon |
| October 6, 2000 | Conference Finals | Los Angeles Galaxy | H | 2–0 | Molnar 2 |
| October 15, 2000 | MLS Cup 2000 | Chicago Fire S.C. | N | 1–0 | Molnar |

## 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 | | |
| 6 | DF | Peter Vermes | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 2916 | 3695 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Nick Garcia | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2916 | 3695 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Kerry Zavagnin | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 2743 | 3522 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Chris Henderson | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 2694 | 3406 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Preki | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 2485 | 3138 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Tony Meola | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2826 | 3485 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Brandon Prideaux | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2809 | 3468 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Matt McKeon | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 2631 | 3202 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Chris Klein | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 2205 | 2883 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Mo Johnston | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 1982 | 2451 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Chris Brown | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1116 | 1442 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Miklos Molnar | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 1353 | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Brian Johnson | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 586 | 619 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Francisco Gomez | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 709 | 1001 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Uche Okafor | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 298 | 434 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Gary Glasgow | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 479 | 599 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | -- | Vicente Figueroa | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 322 | 400 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Alex Bunbury | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 259 | 326 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | -- | Peter Byaruhanga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 170 | 170 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | John Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 103 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Bo Oshoniyi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 210 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Tahj Jakins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 118 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Ihor Dotsenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
Final Statistics