2004 Kansas City Wizards season

The 2004 Kansas City Wizards season was the ninth for the club in Major League Soccer. Kansas City completed what was their best-performing season at the time: the Wizards finished first in the Western Conference and second overall with 49 points. The club scored 38 goals and conceded 30 goals, the latter being the fewest in the 10-team season. The Wizards would eliminate defending MLS Cup champion San Jose Earthquakes over two legs in the conference semifinals, then defeat the 2002 MLS Cup winner LA Galaxy in the one-legged Western Conference final to advance to MLS Cup 2004.
In MLS Cup, Kansas City faced D.C. United, the second-place team in the East who had navigated significant mainstream media attention throughout the season due to the signing of teenage sensation Freddy Adu. The Wizards opened scoring in MLS Cup through José Burciaga Jr. in minute 6, but were done in by three successive D.C. goals as United took home the Cup in a 3–2 result.
Despite this ending to the season, the Wizards did attain silverware in the 2004 calendar year. In September, the club won their first U.S. Open Cup. Kansas City beat rivals Chicago Fire 1–0 in the final, which served as a bulwark somewhat from the tough MLS Cup loss. Their seasonal performance also qualified them for the ensuing CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Squad

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Competitions

[2004 [Major League Soccer season|Major League Soccer]]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
April 3, 2004	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	0-0
April 17, 2004	Columbus Crew	H	1-0	Arnaud
April 24, 2004	Dallas Burn	A	0-1
May 1, 2004	Colorado Rapids	H	2-0	Klein Wolff
May 8, 2004	Chicago Fire S.C.	H	2-2	Klein Arnaud
May 15, 2004	D.C. United	A	0-1
May 22, 2004	Dallas Burn	H	2-0	Jewsbury Wolff
May 30, 2004	MetroStars	A	0-1
June 2, 2004	New England Revolution	H	2-3	Wolff Arnaud
June 5, 2004	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2-1	Gomez Gutierrez
June 9, 2004	Colorado Rapids	A	1-0	Wolff
June 12, 2004	Columbus Crew	A	2-2	Conrad Thomas
June 19, 2004	New England Revolution	A	3-1	Arnaud Thomas 2
June 26, 2004	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1-1	Burciaga Jr.
July 3, 2004	Dallas Burn	H	5-1	Arnaud 3 Klein Wolff
July 10, 2004	D.C. United	H	1-0	Thomas
July 17, 2004	Dallas Burn	A	1-0	Gutierrez
July 24, 2004	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2-2	Arnaud Jewsbury
July 28, 2004	MetroStars	H	1-2	Klein
August 14, 2004	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0-2
August 18, 2004	Columbus Crew	A	1-2	Graham
August 21, 2004	New England Revolution	A	2-1	Wolff Arnaud
September 1, 2004	Chicago Fire S.C.	A	1-3	Wolff
September 4, 2004	MetroStars	H	1-0	Wolff
September 10, 2004	Colorado Rapids	A	1-3	Wolff
September 18, 2004	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1-0	Gutierrez
September 25, 2004	Colorado Rapids	H	1-0	Simutenkov
October 2, 2004	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1-1	Own goal
October 9, 2004	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0-0
October 16, 2004	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1-0	Josh Wolff

Squad statistics

Final Statistics
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