KC Wizards Break Ground On New Kansas Complex

Kansas City Wizards ownership group OnGoal, LLC announced Tuesday that approval has been granted for a state-of-the-art soccer-centric stadium for the Wizards and a nearby youth-soccer complex. Construction is set to begin tomorrow at the stadium site, located across from Nebraska Furniture Mart and The Legends in the Village West district of Kansas City, Kansas. [...]

KC Wizards to hold third annual open tryouts in March

The Kansas City Wizards will hold its 3rd annual open tryouts from March 13-14, 2010. The tryout costs $200, and players can sign up and get all the information on the tryouts by going to www.kcwizards.com/opentryout. Any additional questions can be sent to tryouts@kcwizards.com. “The last two years we have been pleased with the number [...]

KC Wizards Will Be Moving Dirt in Kansas

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From the Hillcrest Road website comes news that OnGoal CEO/Wizards President Robb Heineman has an update on the progress of our stadium project. Mike over at Down the Byline does a great job of summarizing the details of the announcement: The big news is that Heineman states that the team will be permanently staying out [...]

KC Wizards Stadium Update

From the KC Star comes word of new discussions regarding the location of a KC Wizards soccer specific stadium The Kansas Speedway area has emerged as the new choice for a long-sought Wizards soccer stadium in a sweeping proposal that would include at least 4,000 new Cerner Corp. jobs. The developer working for OnGoal LLC, [...]

How Was Your Weekend?

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I ask that question as a prelude to sharing Andy Wilkinson’s weekend with you from last week. As you can see in the photos, he covered a lot of bases. He started his road trip with a drive from Joplin up to Kansas City to enjoy the KC Wizards game against the LA Galaxy on [...]

KC Wizards Sign Zoltan Hercegfalvi

Zoltan Hercegfalvi has officially been added to the Kansas City Wizards roster with the receipt of his P-1 Visa and International Transfer Certificate. Zoltan, which will appear on the back of his #20 jersey, will be available for selection immediately as soon as he is deemed fit enough to contribute according to the Hillcrest Road [...]

US Open Cup Quarterfinals Tonight

Down to the Final 8 and there’s a pair of Springfield boys still active. Cody Reinberg (Drury 2007/Springfield Demize/Des Moines Menace) plays for Harrisburg Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) at D.C. United (MLS) Maryland Soccerplex – Boyds, MD | 7:30 p.m. This is the fourth time the third-year USL2 club will meet an MLS team in [...]

KC Wizards Open SuperLiga Play In St Louis Against Atlas FC

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SuperLiga, a premier tournament that pits the best of the United States against the best of Mexico, returns with its third edition to award the heftiest winner’s purse in North American soccer history. The KC Wizards are one of four MLS teams that are competing against four Mexican teams in the SuperLiga tournament, or as [...]

KC Wizards vs Atlas FC in St Louis on Sunday

The Kansas City Wizards will bring Major League Soccer action to St. Louis, MO….at least for one day when they host FC Atlas, from the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Primera Division, in the 3rd edition of SuperLiga™. The game will be held at Robert R. Hermann Stadium on the campus at St. Louis University on [...]

Jack Jewsbury And Kansas City Wizards Update

Nice little feature ad that is screening on cable in the KC area. I neglected to post anything earlier this week but Jack just had a birthday, Monday April 13th. As he notes in the ad, he’s in his 7th year with the Wizards and one of the benefits is that family and friends can [...]

Weekend Opportunities – World Cup Qualifiers, MLS, Snow?

Sorry, knowing the quality of our weather prognosticators around here I probably shouldn’t even bring up the Winter Storm Watch that flashed across Twitter yesterday afternoon. Any bets there won’t be any in Springfield? While pondering the weather and it’s impact on your schedule, have you added these quality options? US Men at El Salvador [...]

This Week In Soccer in Southwest Missouri

I’m drafting this after midnight while mulling the details of my client call in St Louis Monday morning. Probably a sign of things to come this season as my Small Business consulting efforts continue to bear fruit. Do you struggle to manage the technology needs of your firm, and wonder about all these internet technologies [...]

KC Wizards Open Season Saturday, Jack Jewsbury Featured

I use some hyperbole but you can forgive me when there are nice feature articles on Jack on the eve of the season, reflecting his role and responsibilities as one of the leaders on the KC Wizards squad S365 Exclusive: Jewsbury Settles In The Middle Kansas City ace Jack Jewsbury could accurately have been described [...]

Kevin Souter Interview

Nice interview with Kevin Souter of the KC Wizards on Advantage Played, a KC area blog that focuses on MLS and international play. Kevin is the Scottish native who made the leap from playing at Graceland to the Wizards at last year’s tryouts. Graceland University is in the Heart of America Conference with Evangel University, [...]

Peter Vermes, KC Wizards Technical Director Interviewed

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Soccer By Ives recently did a two-part interview with Peter Vermes of the KC Wizards. It’s timely with the visit of the KC Wizard Juniors teams that are playing in the Challenge Cup at Lake Country Soccer this weekend. Vermes, who represented the US in the 1990 World Cup, is the Technical Director for the [...]