KC Wizards beat Arkansas Wizards 13-0

As I noted yesterday, we played the Arkansas Wizards today in a scrimmage at our Swope Park Training Center. The club brought a U-23 team, and we used it as a tune-up with most players getting a half of game time. Check out the lineups and goal-scoring summary below:

1st half lineup:

------------Hartman (Kronberg 36)-----------

Leathers----Conrad---Wahl---Harrington---

Gomez---Arnaud (Marinelli 36)---Jewsbury--Espinoza

-------Wolff---------Thompson (Trujillo 36)---------


1st half goals:
5th minute- Davy works give-and-go with Thompson and slots inside the left post.
19th- Herculez played ball in along the ground from the left flank for easy tap home by Thompson.
26th- Thompson collected free ball at top of the 18, dribbled ahead and slotted home from 12 yards out.
27th- Herculez plays ball central in the air from the right to Wolff who touches wide right to Espinoza. Espinoza hits the ball on the first time, chipping the 'keeper who misplayed the chance.
44th- Conrad headed home an Espinoza cross from 6 yards out after a deflected restart.

2nd half lineup:

-----------Kronberg (Pardo 60)------------

Souter------McKenzie----Hohlbein---Watson

Lopez----Zavagnin---Morsink---Marinelli (Pizarro 67)

---------Pore-------Trujillo (Kraus 67)--------

2nd half goals:
50th- Lopez takes pass from Marinelli and strikes home from 12 yards out...nice through ball from Carlos.
52nd- Lopez plays a long ball out of midfield for overlapping Souter up the right. Souter brings it down then serves a hard, low cross into the area for a tap home by Trujillo. Best goal of the day.
61st- Trujillo wins the end line then cuts back to Pore for easy tap home.
63rd- Watson intercepted a pass at the half line and played ahead to Trujillo, who back-heeled a pass to Marinelli. Marinelli controlled the ball, cut a defender twice at the top of the 18 and then placed a ball inside the right post from the top of the area.
67th- Morsink pressured a defender into a turnover inside his own penalty area and Trujillo struck home on the first effort from 12 yards out.
69th- Morsink tapped home a goal from close range after it deflected around in the area for a bit.
72nd- Kraus took a short corner to Morsink, who curled in a cross to Hohlbein at the back post for a diving-header finish.
74th- Zavagnin took a long shot after a cleared CK, but his effort was deflected. The ball bounced straight to Claudio who hit a first-time volley inside the back post from 20 yards out.

After the game, players from the Arkansas Wizards got autographs from our boys, especially Claudio Lopez. It was a pretty cool sight. A group of children from Kansas School for the Deaf came out today as well and had a great time. We'll post some pictures from that later on.