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KansasCity.com has a lengthy rundown on the upcoming Kansas City Wizards-OnGoal Soccer Stadium and Retail Development called The Trails. I like these new KC owners - young, good soccer attitude, risk takers, and dreaming big. (more...)

Nothing like a 3rd person reference while previewing your upcoming opponent AND holding your own bobblehead...

The destruction of the exterior of what was formerly the Bannister Mall in southeast Kansas City began today, the first step in a project that will include a new 18,500 seat stadium for the Wizards.

From the Seattle Times:  Seattle Sounders FC made its first-ever draft pick Thursday morning, selecting University of Akron forward Steve Zakuani with the first overall pick of the 2009 Major League Soccer SuperDraft in St. Louis. Zakuani, a 20-year-old under classmen who signed an MLS contract before his college eligibility was complete, was born ...

(December 19, 2008) – The Kansas City Wizards announced Friday that retired midfielder Kerry Zavagnin will join the coaching staff for the 2009 season as an assistant coach. Zavagnin, 34, joined the Wizards in 2000 and helped lead the team to its first-ever MLS Cup championship. He was an integral part of the club’s midfield for the next nine ...

Big thanks to Unbiased for making sure that we saw Bumpy Pitch represented over at the Kansas City's Wizards' blog Hillcrest Road with my boy Josh Wolff. Wolffy and I go all the way back to 1997 and the US Under - 20's, experiencing 6 months at the ARCO Olympic Team Training Center in San Diego, the 2000 Sydney Olympics and some truly great ...