News and Notes

    ~ Biggest news of the day: Rookie Jonathan Leathers was named to the 22-player roster for the US U-23 team that will compete in the Toulan Invitational Tournament in France.  The US will play Turkey, Italy and Ivory Coast later this month — all on FSC.  The team arrives in Toulon on Thursday, so Leathers will be [...]

Crew 2, Wizards 1

   
Against the top team in the league and on the road, the Wizards couldn’t make many mistakes if they expected a positive result.  The boys in blue made several on Saturday, the first coming in the 4th minute of the game as Columbus opened the scoring on a Guillermo Barros Schelotto freekick.  Tyson Wahl hacked [...]

Friday Round-Up

Greg Lalas featured KC in his April wrap-up piece earlier this week.  His “Five Reasons to Watch KC” has some solid points and this particularly poignant line: “Claudio Lopez is the most exciting thing to hit KC since barbecue sauce.”  He also credits Chance Myers, CommunityAmerica Ballpark, Bruce Arena, and the attacking mentality as deserving [...]

Foreign Footie

Kansas City’s partner club, Atlas AC, won 1-0 yesterday in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores round of 16.  The Mexican side was away to Lanus (Argentina) but secured the victory through Bruno Mariani’s cheeky first half finish. Highlights below.