MLS Sporting Kansas City

Wizards Blank Earthquakes 1-0, Earning Second Shutouts in Four Days

Published on May 28, 2005 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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KANSAS CITY, MO - The Kansas City Wizards posted their second shutout in four days at home, blanking the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 at Arrowhead Stadium Saturday night. Jack Jewsbury's goal in the 59th minute held up as the Wizards defense took over and helped Bo Oshoniyi earn his fourth clean sheet of the season. The Wizards improve to 4-2-3 (15 points) heading into next week's two-game road trip against Chivas USA and New England.

Recap: www.kcwizards.com

The Wizards take to the road for a two-game, cross-country trip next week. Kansas City will travel to Los Angeles and will face expansion side CD Chivas USA for the first time ever at the Home Depot Center on Wednesday, June 1st at 9:30 p.m. CT. The Wizards will then travel to New England on Saturday, June 4th to face the first-place New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium at 6:30 p.m. CT.

Kansas City Wizards Lineup (4-4-2): Bo Oshoniyi-GK; Nick Garcia, Jimmy Conrad, Shavar Thomas, Jose Luis Burciaga Jr.; Chris Klein, Sasha Victorine, Diego Gutierrez, Alex Zotinca (Jack Jewsbury-46'); Scott Sealy (Justin Detter-73'), Davy Arnaud

San Jose Earthquakes Lineup (4-4-2): Pat Onstad-GK; Chris Aloisi, Danny Califf, Eddie Robinson, Wade Barrett (Wes Hart-72'); Mark Chung (Ian Russell-79'), Ricardo Clark, Dwayne DeRosario, Brad Davis; Alejandro Moreno, Ronald Cerritos

Officials: Referee- Ricardo Salazar Assistant Referees- Nathan Clement, Jorge De La Bandera Fourth Official- Hilario Grajeda

Attendance - 8,526

KCWizards.com Player of the Game - Jack Jewsbury

KC SJ Shots 11 11 Shots on Goal 7 5 Saves 5 6 Fouls 23 16 Corner Kicks 3 10 Offside 0 2

Cautions: SJ- Eddie Robinson (Dissent) 70' SJ- Danny Califf (Reckless Foul) 78' KC- Davy Arnaud (Tackle From Behind) 82'

Ejections: None

Postgame Quotes: Kansas City Wizards Head Coach Bob Gansler On Jack Jewsbury "He is a good attacking player, he gets his shots off and he puts them on frame. You've got the sixth man (in basketball) and we have the 12th man. He is our designated scorer."

Kansas City Wizards Goalkeeper Bo Oshoniyi On two home wins heading into next week's two-game road swing "This was big for us. We needed to come home after the D.C. game (May 21st) and get two home wins and were able to do that. Now we need to go on the road for two games, it's always tough playing in LA, but hopefully we can go after it and keep this roll going. Everyone is fighting for each other right now, and hopefully we can keep things going."

Kansas City Wizards Midfielder Jack Jewsbury On his goal "I didn't really hit the first one as well as I would have liked to and I didn't place it in the corner like I meant to. But the ball came off Onstad right to me and it looked like he was on his heels so I cut back in the middle. At that time it looked like the net was pretty much wide open so I just slotted it to the near corner."

On the increased energy in the second half "I think we knew at halftime we didn't come out the way we planned, we wanted to have a lot more energy. When we talked at halftime we understood that a little better and we were able to execute our plan a little better."

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