Well, we got a point, so that's a plus. Scoring on Davy's first-half crossbar job or Kerry's last minute blast would have made the evening VERY nice. Hartman was great in goal, tying a season high with seven stops on the night. On a personal note, good job to Davey B. on the Metro Sports pre and post game shows.
Thoughts on the game? Post them below.
Notables:
· Following the match, Kansas City sits 3-4-3 in 6th place in the Eastern Conference.
· The Wizards are now 3-2-2 all-time against Real Salt Lake, including a 1-2-1 mark on the road.
· Kansas City concludes two-month road trip with 1-3-2 record.
· Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman tied his season high with seven saves on the night, including multiple outstanding efforts.
· Hartman now has 1057 career saves, trailing only former Wizards standout Tony Meola on Major League Soccer’s all-time list.
· Hartman records 4th shutout of season, MLS-record 71st of his career.
· Hartman and defender Jimmy Conrad are the only Wizards to play all 900 minutes so far this season.
· Forward Claudio Lopez sits just behind Conrad and Hartman with 896 minutes and has played the entire 90 in seven matches.
· Conrad and Lopez were two of four Wizards to play all 210 minutes of competitive action this week, after going the full 120 against Colorado at midweek.
· Each player also converted a penalty kick in the 5-3 shootout win to put the Wizards into the U.S. Open Cup Round of 16.
· Defenders Jonathan Leathers and Michael Harrington also played all 210 minutes in the last two matches.
· Defender Aaron Hohlbein made his first start of the season, playing all 90 minutes at center back alongside Jimmy Conrad.
· Hohlbein, a second-year player, now has five career starts.
· Forward Scott Sealy was not with the team due to the birth of his daughter, Diem Marie Sealy, Thursday in Kansas City. Diem is Sealy’s second child.
· Head Trainer Chet North missed the first Wizards game since the team was founded in 1996. North was in Kansas City with his wife; the couple are expecting their second child.
· Kansas City wore its white tops for the first time in 2008.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
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The midfield seems a mess. Plenty of hustle, just tons of poor passes and bad decisions. It's all stalling out there. Arnaud and Zavagnin's shots were about the only offensive highlights.
ReplyDeleteHartman saved that tie.
Crappy turf and long game on Wed didn't help.
I'm pretty sure we wore the white tops at home v. the revs. If memory serves correctly, this is the first time we wore the all white kit. Looked pretty good. Now only if the attack looked that good...
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