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Lopez rumors swirl as team lands in Buenos Aires
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The preseason drama continues. Will he? Or won’t he? The he in question is of course, Claudio Lopez. Negotiations have been “close” for about a week now. And seeing that Monday rosters must be compliant with the salary cap. According to Soccer America, this means that deals should be done by Monday.
While that would be [...]
Category: Team News
Coming to a local billboard near you…
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Well, only if you live in the KC Metro area…
The team’s blog posted images of four billoards that will be up and around KC. Obviously a good move on the team’s part to help boost their public image. Players on the billboard include USMNT member Jimmy Conrad, Davy Arnaud, and Kevin Hartman.
Post and images [...]
Category: Team NewsLeaving on a jet plane…
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A few thoughts/questions prior to KC taking off Wednesday night for a preaseason stint in Argentina:
Will Claudio Lopez be on the plane ride back home?
That’s one of the biggest questions. As reported earlier, last Friday discussions were quite close in bringing the Argentinian to KC as the DP. Convenient that they’ll be in his home [...]
Category: PreseasonOver 200 players present at KC Tryouts over the weekend
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The weekend of February 22-23 saw more than 200 players come out to Kansas City Sports Lodge to try and earn an extended trial with the Wizards this preseason. 15 different countries were represented on Saturday, with 60 players invited back for Day 2.
Wizards coaches were quite pleased with the talent displayed during the [...]
Category: Team NewsEJ makes EPL debut
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A quick note on former Wizards forward Eddie Johnson: he made his debut for Fulham today. Coming on in the 76th minute for fellow US International Clint Dempsey, he couldn’t prevent another Cottagers loss. I didn’t see the game as it wasn’t on TV down here. If you caught the game, please leave thoughts here.
Fulham [...]
Wizards close to signing a DP…
By: travis | 2 Comments
According to Goff, negotiations are close between Claudio Lopez and the Wizards. Interesting move, to say the least. Lopez, 33 years old, has quite the international background, having earned 50+ caps for Argentina and making appearances at the World Cup in 2002 and 1998.
Lopez would be a replacement for Johnson. Could be seen as an [...]
Category: Team NewsPreaseason thus far
By: travis | 5 Comments
Strap yourselves in ladies and gents, this is going to be doozy of a post.
That first post didn’t count. I wrote “the Wiz is back” and the “Wiz are back” in two different parts of the entry. I’m shaking my head in embarrassment.
Anyways, to continue, I’m going to write a bit more about myself before [...]
Category: PreseasonThe Wiz is back!
By: travis | 7 Comments
Greetings Offsiders. My name is Travis, and I’ve been given the keys to the KC Wizards Blog. I’m going to keep this post short and sweet to start things off as I’m trying to come up with a strategy to preview this season.
A lot of things have changed for the Wizards since their [...]
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