MLS Game #8
Sunday, May 23, 2010, 3:00 p.m. CT
English TV: KCWE 29
Spanish TV: KCWE 29 (SAP)
CommunityAmerica Ballpark | Kansas City, KS
Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy
Attendance: 10,385 – SOLD OUT
Score: 1 2 F
Kansas City Wizards (2-4-2, 8 pts) 0 0 0
Columbus Crew (6-0-2, 20 pts) 0 1 1
Kansas City Wizards: Jimmy Nielsen; Jonathan Leathers (Craig Rocastle 80), Jimmy Conrad, Matt Besler, Michael Harrington (Birahim Diop 87); Davy Arnaud ©, Jack Jewsbury, Graham Zusi (Josh Wolff 67); Teal Bunbury, Kei Kamara, Ryan Smith
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Chance Myers, Pablo Escobar, Korede Aiyegbusi
Columbus Crew: William Hesmer; Jed Zayner, Eric Brunner, Andy Iro, Danny O’Rourke (Gino Padula 49); Eddie Gaven, Brian Carroll (Duncan Oughton 67), Adam Moffat, Emmanuel Ekpo (Emilio Renteria 59); Steven Lenhart, Guillermo Barros Schelotto ã
Subs not used: Andy Gruenebaum, Jason Garey, Sergio Herrara, Shaun Francis
Stats: Kansas City Columbus
Shots 18 7
Shots on Goal 6 2
Saves 1 6
Fouls 10 12
Corner Kicks 3 4
Offside 1 7
Misconduct Summary:
KCW – 38’ – Ryan Smith (caution – reckless tackle)
CLB – 44’ – Emmanuel Ekpo (caution – reckless foul)
CLB – 56’ – Gino Padula (caution – tactical foul)
CLB – 89’ – William Hesmer (caution – delaying a restart)
KC – 90’ – Craig Rocastle (caution – unsporting behavior)
Scoring Summary:
CLB – 64’ – Emilio Renteria 2 (Guillermo Barros Schelotto 2)
(May 23, 2010) – The Kansas City Wizards fell 1-0 Sunday to the 1st place Columbus Crew despite outshooting the Crew 18-7. Columbus converted the game’s only goal in the 64th minute when substitute Emilio Renteria headed home a corner kick from Argentine playmaker Guillermo Barros Schelotto. The Wizards controlled possession for most of the match but could not find an equalizer in front of an energetic, sellout crowd.
Midfielder Davy Arnaud delivered Kansas City's first shot on goal in the 2nd minute after a restart taken by Jimmy Conrad deflected to Arnaud, who made a move to the right and sent a shot low toward the far post. Columbus ‘keeper William Hesmer went to ground to make his first of six saves on the afternoon.
Wizards ‘keeper Jimmy Nielsen kept the game tied in the 10th minute after Guillermo Barros Schelotto laid a ball off for an open Eddie Gaven on the left wing. Gaven carried the ball deep into the box from midfield, but was unable to beat Nielsen with a low shot.
Rookie striker Teal Bunbury, who made his first start of the season, was active early and often in the match. In the 18th minute, he took a low strike off a pass from Jack Jewsbury that was unable to fool Hesmer. Un-phased, Bunbury delivered a great pass to Arnaud who sent the one-touch shot just wide of the post in the 22nd minute. The Wizards had another chance just after in the 23rd minute when Graham Zusi sent a hard shot just over the crossbar after Bunbury made a great tackle to win the ball and played ahead to Zusi.
The Wizards came close again in the 25th minute after Davy Arnaud, who made a great run down the left wing, slid a cross toward Bunbury inside the penalty area, but Crew defender Danny O’Rourke stepped in and knocked the ball out for a corner.
The second half started much like the first, with the Wizards on the attack. Teal Bunbury created two good chances right away in the 47th and 48th minutes. Kamara sent a header just over the crossbar off a Bunbury cross, and Graham Zusi stuck a ball wide of frame after Bunbury held the ball up and laid a pass backward to the onrushing midfielder.
The game quickly turned on a set piece for Columbus in the 64th minute. Guillermo Barros Schelotto delivered a corner kick into the danger area, and Emilio Renteria, who came on as a 59th minute substitution, was able to beat 'keeper Jimmy Neilsen with a header from close range. Columbus held onto their lead in the 71st minute when Andy Iro deflected a Ryan Smith cross heading for Kansas City's leading scorer Kei Kamara.
The Crew almost added to their lead in the 80th minute on another corner from Schelotto, but Steven Lenhart sent a header wide of the back post.
Kansas City pressed late, with Birahim Diop lofting a ball over the top to Arnaud in the area in the 93rd minute. Arnaud brought the ball down off his chest, but his off-balance shot went over the bar. One minute later, Kei Kamara slid a cross behind the defense toward Josh Wolff, but Wolff couldn’t reach the pass with a slide and Hesmer held on to secure victory.
The Wizards drop to 2-4-2 through 8 matches for the season after winning their first two matches. Columbus held onto their undefeated record, now 6-0-2 in 8 MLS matches thus far in 2010. Kansas City returns to the road next week at Rio Tinto Stadium when they face off at 8 p.m. CT against Real Salt Lake. The match will be broadcast live on KCWE 29 in HD.
Fast Facts:
· Kansas City dropped to 2-4-2 on the season and is currently 5th in the Eastern Conference.
· The Wizards are winless in their last six matches after recording back-to-back wins to open the season.
· The Wizards outshot their opponent for the 7th time in eight games.
· Kansas City put 6 of 18 shots on frame and have now recorded 53 shots on goal for the season out of 102 total shots.
· For the year, Kansas City leads MLS with 52 percent of their shots on frame.
· The Wizards have only been called offside seven times through eight games, by far the best mark in MLS.
· The next closest team, the Philadelphia Union, has been whistled for offside 15 times through seven matches.
· Striker Teal Bunbury made his 1st career MLS start, playing 90 minutes in his 7th appearance of the season.
· Defender Jonathan Leathers made his 1st start of 2010, playing 80 minutes at right back.
· Defender Matt Besler returned to the lineup, making his 5th start of 2010.
· Left back Roger Espinoza missed his first game of 2010.
· Espinoza is currently with the Honduras National Team at a pre-World Cup training camp.
· Espinoza is the 20th player in Wizards history to be named to a World Cup roster, and the 7th player to make the World Cup while on Kansas City’s roster.
· Midfielder Stéphane Auvray missed his 2nd straight match after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery Friday. Auvray is expected to miss 1-2 more matches.
· Midfielder Davy Arnaud played in his 198th match for Kansas City Sunday.
· With two more appearances, Arnaud will become the 5th player in team history to appear in 200 games.
· Kansas City recorded its 2nd sellout of 2010.
· After the match, the Wizards joined fans for an autograph session at Dave and Buster’s in the Legends.
