Good Win Last Night

Quite the exciting game last night, wasn't it? As you've seen by now, 5,228 screaming fans attended the match last night at the Shawnee Mission North District Stadium. Read Bob Luder's nice write-up on the night here.

Below are the post-game quotes for those that aren't on our press release list. Some good ones from Coach, Kronberg and Morsink. It was Kronberg's first career start in a major first-team match. All other appearances have been in the Reserve Division or friendlies like last week's New Mexico Cup. Kronberg is undefeated this year at 5-0-2 in all competitions.

We are now 2-2 all-time in penalty kick shootouts. We're 1-1 in Open Cup competition and 1-1 in MLS postseason play.

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS HEAD COACH CURT ONALFO
On the game…
“I thought the first fifteen minutes it took us a long time to get adjusted to the field surface, and then we scored the goal and took the momentum. I thought we were very good and then we gave away too easy of a goal, and that is unacceptable. We let them right back in the game. I was very disappointed with that and I let the team know that at halftime. And then again we had a defensive lapse and an easy goal and we were down 2-1. We basically decided to go with a 3-4-3 after that, and it still wasn’t working. So we went for broke and about the 82nd minute we took a chance and we played with 3-3-4 and we played with four forwards and it paid off.”

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS GOALKEEPER ERIC KRONBERG
On his first career start with the first team…
“It was my first time in goal for first team. It’s exciting for me, you know, I’ve never had a shot, and this is my big opportunity. I was a little nervous beforehand, but once the whistle blows, you realize you are on the field, and it is just like any other day. As soon as the whistle blew, I was ready.”

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS MIDFIELDER KURT MORSINK
On the game…
“I think the most important thing for our team was we came from being 2-1 down. We scored a late goal, and we fought through with ten men. We fought through it; we came away with three points; and we advanced. Our goal is to always get three points and to always be aggressive and to stay sharp on defense. We want to get three points on the road this weekend at Real Salt Lake and then come back home in front of our great home supporters.”