New Mexico Cup

The Wizards will face Guatemala’s CSD Municipal at 8 tonight in the inaugural New Mexico Cup.  Some short notes on the matchup:

The game will be played at midfielder Lance Watson’s alma mater, University of New Mexico.  Watson, the 16th overall pick in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft, was on the Lobos’ 2005 national championship runner-up side.  [...]

Thursday Tidbits

The Wizards will partner with Kicks 4 Kenya, a non-profit initiative to support soccer in Kenya and raise money for mosquito nets to stop the spread of malaria.  Last summer, the Wizards supplied balls, jerseys, and shoes to the Iowa college couple behind the effort, whose time and philanthropy in Kenya last summer are documented in these [...]

News and Notes

Wizards rookie Jonathan Leathers started at right back and played the full 90 for the US this morning in the Toulon Invitational Tournament in France.  At half, he switched to the left side where much of the Turkish attack had been originating.  In the end, the U-23’s fell 3-2 to an impressive U-21 Turkey side [...]

The Good And The Bad So Far

The Good and the Bad so far
By Tony Felich
The season is still young, but it’s not too early to evaluate how our team is doing. I have been able to watch every minute of every game so far and despite the last five games being relatively disappointing, the team has managed to maintain [...]