Kansas City Wizards Defeat New York Red Bulls 2-1 Thursday at CommunityAmerica Ballpark
July 10, 2008 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Sporting Kansas City News Release
(July 10, 2008) - The Kansas City Wizards defeated the New York Red Bulls 2-1 Thursday in front of a loud crowd at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kan. Defender Jimmy Conrad and midfielder Davy Arnaud provided the scoring, and goalkeeper Kevin Hartman made six saves, including two in the last minute of the match. The Wizards moved into a tie with New York following the match on 20 points in the jam-packed Eastern Conference standings. Only two points separate five teams between 3rd and 7th place.
Kansas City opened the scoring in the 11th minute with another set-piece goal from defender and captain Jimmy Conrad. The Wizards earned a corner kick from the left corner flag, and forward Claudio Lopez swung a perfectly placed cross into the path of Conrad eight yards off the end line. Conrad rose to meet the ball and snapped a bullet of a header underneath the crossbar for his team-leading 4th goal of the season. Conrad's four goals on the year match a career high set back in 2003, his first year in Kansas City.
New York generated a dangerous chance of their own in the 45th minute off a corner kick. Former Wizards midfielder Dave van den Bergh played an in-swinging cross to Kevin Goldthwaite near the penalty area, but Goldthwaite's effort went just over the bar shortly before the halftime whistle blew.
The Wizards scored immediately to open the second half, as midfielder Kurt Morsink unlocked the defense with a long through ball from the middle of the field. Arnaud ran onto the ball in behind the defense and touched the ball cleanly past goalkeeper Jon Conway from the top of the 18-yard area into the open net. The goal was Arnaud's first of the season, and Morsink recorded his first career assist on the play.
New York fought back within a goal in the 71st minute when substitute midfielder Dane Richards found striker Juan Pablo Angel for a header goal. Defender Kevin Goldthwaite played a long ball into the corner, with Richards reaching it first. Richards settled and curled a pass directly onto the head of Angel at the top of the six-yard area for Angels 3rd goal of the season.
Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman made the 2-1 advantage stand up from there, stopping a difficult shot in the 84th minute and two in the 1st minute of second-half stoppage time. First, Hartman denied Richards after the speedy wing player received a long ball over the top and was alone to goal. Then, in the 91st minute, Hartman stopped point-blank efforts from van den Bergh and Goldthwaite to preserve the lead.
The Wizards next travel to Columbus next Tuesday for an MLS Primetime match-up against the Columbus Crew at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN 2. Kansas City is 0-2-0 so far this season against the Crew, and next Thursday's game wraps up the season series between the clubs. The following Thursday, at least one Wizards player will take part in the 2008 Pepsi MLS All-Star game at BMO Field in Toronto. Team captain Jimmy Conrad was named to the MLS All-Star First XI Thursday in a vote of fans, players, coaches and general managers and the media.
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