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Sporting KC’s Davy Arnaud out 6 weeks

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Sporting KC captain Davy Arnaud is expected to miss the next six weeks after undergoing sports hernia surgery.

“I’m a quick healer and will work hard to get back on the field,” Arnaud said in a press release. “With the new stadium and our commitment to making the playoffs, I will do whatever it takes to return and contribute on the field.”

Arnaud, 31, is the longest-tenured player on the Sporting roster. He has been in the league for 10 seasons.

Arnaud has played in 15 matches this season. He did not play in Sporting KC’s US Open Cup match against Chicago PDL on Tuesday.

This is the second sports hernia injury the team has incurred this year, Omar Bravo was sideline with the same ailment to start the year.

 

Sporting Kansas City Preview

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Omar Bravo, Mexican National Team

Omar Bravo, Mexican National Team ( AFP PHOTO / JAIME RAZURI)

From the Sporting KC website – 2011 Sporting Kansas City Preview

The Tweet and Lowdown:
SKC may just be the sleeper pick to pace the Eastern Conference if they can weather an early road trip and continue building on last season.

Setting the Scene:
For the former Wizards, 2010 was a season of extremes spent yo-yoing between debilitating lows (nine-game winless streak and missing the MLS Cup Playoffs for the second straight season) and epic highs (a victory against Manchester United and a thrilling run back into the playoff picture).
Though the team embarked on an 8-5-3 run to finish the regular season, inconsistent scoring production and a defense that struggled with conceding soft goals kept manager Peter Vermes’ squad from the playoffs in his first full season at the helm.

Now, after an offseason rife with organizational change, newly christened Sporting Kansas City hope they have addressed their shortcomings before a 2011 season that kicks off with much higher expectations than years past.

Read all the details from Sporting KC’s review

SB Nation chimes in with Sporting Kanas City Has Sights Set On Playoffs

It’s “Playoffs or Bust” for KC in 2011. Quite simply, this is Vermes’ second full year as head coach with the team, and fifth as technical director. After he fired Curt Onalfo and appointed himself head coach in August 2009, he put himself on the clock. The team was vastly overhauled between his interim spell to finish 2009 and his first full year in 2010. He signed almost half of a new roster, brought in his players that he wanted to coach to play the way he wanted to play, and had varying degrees of success doing so.

And here’s Yahoo’s take – Fan preview: Sporting Kansas City should make 2011 MLS Playoffs

The 2011 Major League Soccer season hasn’t even begun and I will make a not-so-bold prediction. Sporting Kansas City will make the playoffs this year.

There are several reasons the team will be in the post-season. First, we start with forward Omar Bravo. He’s the team’s lone designated player so far. Although other teams will have their flashy players lured with larger contracts, Bravo will be a hit with a team looking to score.

Teal Bunbury is another reason Sporting will be in the playoffs. At 21 he’s an up and coming star. He’s already a hit with Bob Bradley on the U.S. Men’s National Team. If Bunbury can stay in shape and not get his dislocated elbow tweaked he’ll be a fine striker alongside Bravo.

Davy Arnaud is the heart and soul of the team…

The Goal.com MLS Guidebook offers

Newcomers made a huge impact for Kansas City in 2010. Longtime Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman was replaced by Jimmy Nielsen, who proved to be one of the top goalkeepers in the league. Guadeloupe international Stephane Auvray solidified the spine of the team as a holding midfielder, and Englishman Ryan Smith turned into one of the more creative and dangerous wide men in the league.

What went wrong?

Though Nielsen performed admirably in goal, Hartman was even better for FC Dallas, leading them to the MLS Cup, where they lost to Colorado. After a solid 2009 season, veteran striker Josh Wolff regressed in 2010, leaving the team thin up top. Central defense was constantly in a state of flux, as Jimmy Conrad played with several partners in the middle, none of which were particularly successful.

The loss of Conrad and Jack Jewsbury also leaves the side potentially lacking leadership; midfielder Davy Arnaud is now the club’s longest tenured player.

This And That

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Work, and The Magazine, are requiring plenty of my time these days folks so I apologize for the lack of diversity on the site the past week or so. I love the High School game but there’s more to be aware of and enjoy out there. I’ll be back to normal programming next week, including a number of College Player updates. I’ve got a backlog of reports to share with you but it takes time to put them together properly so they’ll have to wait. In the meantime, here are some items I found interesting.

Hopefully, the economic challenges the US is facing won’t affect you any more personally than this reminder – Manchester United confident AIG sponsorship deal will survive Wall Street uncertainty At least we know Zack the Chelsea fan will be unaffected.

On a more positive note, I didn’t get pictures or a game report on the KC Wizards win over David Beckham, Landon Donovan and the LA Galaxy last Saturday. Heck it was Monday before I even heard what the score was, which was a bit strange. I did see that Jack Jewsbury played in his 150th game for the KC Wizards that day, tying him for 10th all-time for the Wizards. It’s also great to see that Jack’s back in the middle. He expressed an interest in that position in my interview with him in the first Magazine, teaming with his best friend Davy Arnaud has to ensure great communication as well. Congrats Jack!

OK, now for the goalkeepers and coaches out there. Was chatting with a couple of high school coaches recently and goalkeeper training came up. Well, here’s one of two video examples I found recently that will probably offer some good ideas that are easily implemented for your team. Click on the video itself to be taken to a second example as well as others that YouTube will highlight for you.

And yes, that’s Chris “Tommy” Tombridge (Kickapoo/Springfield SC/Northwestern) doing plenty of hard work with Lance Parker (Chivas/MSU Bears) under the guidance of former MSU Coach Jesse Miech.

Have you been watching the US Men’s team qualifying games? Any thoughts on who deserves to play in South Africa in 2010? These guys have been!