1998 Kansas City Wizards Statistics
Major League Soccer (MLS)
Team Record: 10-16 (SO: 2-4) - 32 points
Finishing 6th in MLS's Western Conference
Coach: Ron Newman (10-16, SO: 2-4)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 129,163, Avg. 8,073 in 16 home dates
1998 Kansas City Wizards RosterTeam Record: 10-16 (SO: 2-4) - 32 points
Finishing 6th in MLS's Western Conference
Coach: Ron Newman (10-16, SO: 2-4)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 129,163, Avg. 8,073 in 16 home dates
The Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer ended the 1998 season with a record of 10 wins and 16 losses, with a 2-4 showing in shootouts for 32 points finishing sixth in MLS's Western Conference.
The Wizards recorded 47 goals, worst in the circuit and surrendered 54. Mo Johnston scored 11 goals for Kansas City, while Vitalis Takawira, Paul Wright and Preki each netted five or more, too. Preki recorded 13 assists. Mike Ammann topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 1.04 goals against average, pacing qualifying goalkeepers.
Ron Newman coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | G | A | FC | FS | Y | R | OFF | Shts | S% | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preki | M | 25 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 86 | 11.6 | 33 | 30.3 |
| Mo Johnston | M-F | 26 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 60 | 18.3 | 34 | 32.4 |
| Paul Wright | F | 30 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 49 | 12.2 | 28 | 21.4 |
| Vitalis Takawira | F | 29 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 29 | 24.1 | 18 | 38.9 |
| Mark Chung | M | 30 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 60 | 3.3 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Paul Rideout | F | 27 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 58 | 6.9 | 28 | 14.3 |
| Ryan Tinsley | D | 30 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | 3 | 66.7 |
| Scott Vermillion | D | 22 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10.0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Pete Marino | F | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 12.5 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Goran Hunjak | M | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Refik Sabanadzovic | M | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Uche Okafor | D | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Scott Uderitz | D | 22 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Chris Snitko | GK | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sean Bowers | D | 29 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nino da Silva | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jake Dancy | M | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Brian Bliss | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Brian Johnson | M | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| John DeBrito | D | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Klein | M | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Matt McKeon | D | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Mike Ammann | GK | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 428 | 352 | 44 | 53 | 466 | 435 | 35 | 5 | 88 | 442 | 10.0 | 201 | 21.9 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | SHO | GA | GAA | PKG | PKA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ammann | 27 | 27 | 2430:00 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 1.56 | 4 | 7 | 132 | 85 | .644 |
| Chris Snitko | 5 | 5 | 450:00 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | .667 |
| Totals | 32 | 32 | 2880:00 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 1.56 | 4 | 7 | 159 | 103 | .648 |
