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SOCCER COLLEGES THE KANSAS CITY STAR 3 Sunday July 23 2000 Wizards end slump by battling past Crew MetroStars win fifth straight The Associated Press JIM BAHCUSThe Kansas City Star Wizards players Vicente Figueroa (left) and Tony Meoia (right) scuffled with John Wilmar Perez (middle) on Saturday night iVm Wizards 3 Crew 1 Columbus 10-1 KansasCity 1 2 3 CREW: Mark Dougherty Mike Lapper Michael Clark Mario Gori (Roland Aguilera 77th) Todd Yeagley Jason Farrell (Miles Joseph 73rd) John Wilmar Perez Mike Duhaney Robert Warzycha Dante Washington Jeff Cunningham WIZARDS: Tony Meoia Nick Garda Peter Vermes Brarv don Prideaux Kerry Zavagnin Matt McKeon Chris Henderson Chris Klein (Uche Okafor 86th) Vicente Figueroa (Chris Brown 68th) Preki (Brian Johnson 78th) Mo Johnston Goal scoring Kansas City: Klein (Henderson Preki) 22nd Columbus: Warzycha (penalty kick) 40th Kansas City: Henderson (McKeon Zavagnin) 73rd Kansas City: Henderson (Johnson Klein) 81st COL KC Total shots 11 Shots on goal 1 Saves 6 Fouls 22 Offsides 1 Comer kicks 4 Possession pci 46 Cautions Kansas City: Vermes 27th Kansas City: Johnson 88th Officials Referee: Richard Heron Referee's assistant: Richard Huber assistant Peter Kokolski Announced attendance: 8629 (McKeon) was a determined cowpoke tonight He going to be And that was evident in the 74th minute when the Wizards took the lead for good McKeon who is sometimes called broke loose pushing the ball into the right side of the box much like he did Wednesday against New England But instead of attacking the goalkeeper he waited and made a perfect pass to Henderson in the middle talked about finding ways to do McKeon said difference tonight was we took advantage of our Indeed Henderson waste the beautiful pass sending the ball past Crew goalkeeper Matt Dougher ty giving the Wizards a 2-1 lead Seven minutes later Klein passed to Brian Johnson Johnson who entered the game late in the second half set up Henderson for another easygoaL and BJ gave me great balls Henderson said I had to do was place The signs of a turnaround for the Wizards certainly showed up in the first half For the ninth time in their last 10 games the Wizards went into the half tied But this time it of the boring variety Instead Kansas City and Columbus played a wide-open style that resulted in a 1 -1 tie after 45 minutes The only bad news for the Wizards was they had seven shots on goal and scored once while Columbus scored on its only shot on goal But it was the initial attack in the opening minutes diat made it evident that the defenses for both teams were going to be tested The opening exam came in the second minute when Mike Duhaney passed to an open Dante Washington in the box Washington pushed the shot wide right and the Wizards were lucky Washington failed to do more with the opportunity But the way the Wizards who were displaying great passing were getting chances to score in the first 20 minutes it was only a matter of time before their scoring drought ended They broke through in the 22nd By DAVID BOYCE The Kansas City Star Forget that the Wizards were held scoreless in their last four games Toss away the fact Kansas City had lost five of its last six The Wizards returned to early-season form Saturday night The Wizards beat Columbus 3-1 in front 8629 fans at Arrowhead Stadium as midfielder Chris Henderson benefited from two great passes and scored two goals talked a little bit about the way been playing" said Henderson who had the first multiple-goal game of his Major League Soccer career was time for us to go out and do it Our next game until Aug 2 We wanted to leave for the (All-Star) break on a positive The victory allowed the Wizards to extend their lead in the West over Los Angeles Kansas City improved to 12-5-5 for 41 points The Galaxy which lost 2-0 to Tampa Bay on Saturday has 37 points Throughout the game the Wizards displayed pinpoint passing that led to long possessions and golden scoring opportunities Even with that Kansas City found itself tied 1-1 in a hotly contest game that featured a shoving match in the 51st minute were Wizards coach Bob Gansler said "Everybody was involved The ball was moving I think there was a blade of grass that Henderson touch Matthew The MetroStars long the laughingstock of Major League Soccer are suddenly the team to beat Alex Comas scored twice and Adolfo Valencia had a goal and assist Saturday as the MetroStars beat the Miami Fusion 4-2 in East Rutherford NJ The MetroStars set a team record with their fifth straight victory and they are 7-0-2 in their last nine games At 13-7-2 the MetroStars have the most victories in the league Wolde Harris got his second consecutive game-winning goal as the New England Revolution beat the Earthquakes 2-1 in San Jose Harris who had the Revolution goal in a 1-0 victory Wednesday against the Wizards scored in the 63rd minute Steve Trittschuh and Ma-madou Diallo scored late goals as the Mutiny beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 in Tampa Fla Saturday's MLS New England 2 at San Jose 1 Wolde Harris scores winner in 63rd minute At MetroStars 4 Miami 2 Alex Comas scores twice for MetroStars At Tampa Bay 2 Los Angeles 0 Carlos Valderrama sets MLS record with 20th assist Standings summaries C-14 minute when Preki passed to Henderson who dished it off to Klein shot skidded off the right goalpost and into the net giving Kansas City a 1-0 lead Columbus answered in the 39th minute Jeff Cunningham was tackled in the box allowing Robert Warzycha to score on a penalty kick It was the first of four penalty kicks an opponent has converted against the Wizards this season e' CHIEFS TICKETS WE BUY SELL UPGRADE STING TICKETS FOR TONIGHT ACE SPORTS TICKETS 1-800-223-6024 Oak Park Mall 913-541-8100 HOURS: M-F 9-9 11-6 Blood clot hospitalizes MUs Smith fJ NTB NATIONAL TIRE AND BATTERY Apply Today! 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