2001 Kansas City Wizards season

Kansas City Wizards

2001 season
Head coach	Bob Gansler
Major League Soccer	West: 3rd Overall: 7th
USOC	Third Round
Playoffs	Quarterfinals
Copa Merconorte	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Roy Lassiter (7) All: Roy Lassiter (10)
Average home league attendance	10,954
Home colors Away colors
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Main article: Kansas City Wizards Seasons

The following are stats for the Kansas City Wizards' 2001 season. The 2001 MLS season was cut short as a result of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. ^{[1] [2]}

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   USA Tony Meola 2 MF   USA Matt McKeon 3 DF   USA Nick Garcia 4 DF   USA Brandon Prideaux 5 FW   USA Brian Johnson 6 DF   USA Peter Vermes 7 FW   USA AJ Wood 7 MF   USA Mark Santel 8 MF   USA Chris Brown 9 MF   USA Kerry Zavagnin 10 FW   SCO Mo Johnston 12 FW   UGA Peter Byaruhanga

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF   USA Andrew Gregor 14 DF   USA Michael Green 15 FW   USA Roy Lassiter 16/29 DF   USA Mike Burns 17 MF   USA Chris Klein 18 DF   USA Tahj Jakins 20 DF   USA Jose Burciaga Jr. 21 MF   USA Francisco Gomez 22 FW   TRI Gary Glasgow 23/32 FW   JAM Onandi Lowe 25 GK   USA Bo Oshoniyi 26 MF   USA Narciso Fernandes

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Competitions

Major League Soccer

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	11	3	13	33	53	−20	36	8	1	4	19	21	−2	3	2	9	14	32	−18

Last updated: 2001.
Source: Major League Soccer & RSSSF ^[3]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
April 7, 2001	D.C. United	A	2–3	Lassiter McKeon
April 14, 2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	Brown Klein
April 18, 2001	Miami Fusion	H	2–1	Brown Johnston
April 21, 2001	Columbus Crew	A	3–0	Gomez Brown McKeon
April 28, 2001	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–0
May 2, 2001	MetroStars	A	1–4	Zavagnin
May 5, 2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2 (OT)	McKeon
May 19, 2001	Chicago Fire S.C.	A	0–2
May 24, 2001	MetroStars	H	1–0	Lowe
June 2, 2001	Tampa Bay Mutiny	A	2–1	Gomez Lassiter
June 9, 2001	Miami Fusion	A	1–5	McKeon
June 13, 2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–4
June 16, 2001	D.C. United	H	0–3
June 23, 2001	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–2
June 30, 2001	Tampa Bay Mutiny	H	3–0	Gomez Brown McKeon
July 4, 2001	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	0–7
July 7, 2001	New England Revolution	A	2–1	Klein Brown
July 14, 2001	Dallas Burn	H	3–2	Lassiter 2 Lowe
July 18, 2001	Colorado Rapids	A	0–0
July 29, 2001	New England Revolution	H	2–0	Santel Glasgow
August 4, 2001	Columbus Crew	H	1–3	Lowe
August 12, 2001	Colorado Rapids	A	2–2	Gomez Lassiter
August 15, 2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–2 (OT)	Lowe
August 19, 2001	Colorado Rapids	H	3–2	Klein Lassiter Glasgow
August 25, 2001	Dallas Burn	A	0–3
September 1, 2001	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–3
September 8, 2001	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–0	Lassiter

U.S. Open Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
June 27, 2001	Second Round	Seattle Sounders (USL)	H	4–0	Own goal Santel McKeon Burns
July 11, 2001	Third Round	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	0–1

MLS Cup Playoffs

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
September 22, 2001	Conference Semifinals	Miami Fusion	A	0–2
September 26, 2001	Conference Semifinals	Miami Fusion	H	3–0	Lowe McKeon Gomez
September 29, 2001	Conference Semifinals	Miami Fusion	A	1–2	Lowe

Copa Merconorte

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Santos Laguna	15	6	5	0	1	15	6	+9
Sporting Cristal	11	6	3	2	1	10	10	0
Kansas City Wizards	4	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4
Barcelona	3	6	0	3	3	9	14	−5

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
August 1, 2001	Sporting Cristal	H	1–2	Lowe
August 8, 2001	Santos Laguna	A	2–4	McKeon Lassiter
August 29, 2001	Barcelona SC	A	3–2	Lassiter Brown Gomez
September 12, 2001	Sporting Cristal	A	1–2	Lowe
October 17, 2001	Barcelona SC	H	1–1	Lassiter
November 21, 2001	Santos Laguna	H	0–1

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		USOC		Playoffs		Copa Merconorte		Total		Minutes		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	League	Total
9	MF	Kerry Zavagnin	27	1	2	0	3	0	6	0	38	1	2472	3326	0	0
2	MF	Matt McKeon	26	5	2	1	3	1	6	1	37	8	2372	3362	0	0
8	MF	Chris Brown	27	5	2	0	3	0	5	1	37	6	2034	2814	0	0
3	DF	Nick Garcia	24	0	2	0	3	0	5	0	34	0	2142	2976	0	0
21	MF	Francisco Gomez	24	4	1	0	3	1	6	1	34	6	1320	1889	0	0
17	MF	Chris Klein	24	3	1	0	3	0	5	0	33	3	2039	2769	0	0
15	FW	Roy Lassiter	23	7	2	0	3	0	5	3	33	10	1648	2100	0	0
6	DF	Peter Vermes	20	0	2	0	3	0	4	0	29	0	1826	2636	0	0
16/29	DF	Mike Burns	19	0	2	1	3	0	5	0	29	1	1179	1981	0	0
4	DF	Brandon Prideaux	23	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	28	0	2028	2335	0	0
22	FW	Gary Glasgow	18	2	1	0	3	0	5	0	27	2	1124	1687	0	0
7	MF	Mark Santel	21	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	27	2	813	1089	0	0
1	GK	Tony Meola	17	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	24	0	1534	2164	0	0
13	MF	Andrew Gregor	13	0	2	0	3	0	5	0	23	0	812	1428	0	0
23/32	FW	Onandi Lowe	13	4	1	0	3	2	3	2	20	8	1034	1604	0	0
10	FW	Mo Johnston	11	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	16	1	864	1077	0	0
25	GK	Bo Oshoniyi	11	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	0	938	1298	0	0
18	DF	Tahj Jakins	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	13	0	604	792	0	0
14	--	Michael Green	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	154	334	0	0
20	DF	Jose Burciaga Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	93	183	0	0
5	FW	Brian Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	62	62	0	0
26	--	Narciso Fernandes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	0	0

Final Statistics

References

1. "2001 Season Recap". Major League Soccer. February 22, 2012. Archived from the original on July 19, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
2. "MLS cancels remainder of regular season". USA Today. Associated Press. September 13, 2001. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
3. King, Ian (January 11, 2003). "USA 2001 - MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER (1st Division)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved November 11, 2025.