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Buzz Killington · Mar 18, 2008

With the threads on Eddie Johnson and Will John leaving staying active, and Jermaine Hue playing tonight for Harbour View FC, it got me thinking about all the former Wizards, both in MLS and around the world. Figured it'd be kind of cool to keep a thread updated with what/where these players are. It's something that other team's forums do, and like the sheep game, thought would be something interesting to do, to talk about former Wizards, whether they were loved (Garcia) or hated (Walsh).

Anyways, here's a list I have of former Wizards still playing that I'd come up with for a blog entry I did a while back. Feel free to add any that I forgot

MLS:
Nick Garcia - San Jose
Jose Burciaga Jr. - CO
Chris Klein - LA
Dave van den Bergh - NY
Carey Talley - RSL
Diego Gutierrez - Chicago
Shavar Thomas - Chivas USA
Alex Zotinca - Chivas USA
Brandon Prideaux - Chicago
Will Hesmer - Columbus

USL/indoor
Stephen Armstrong - Charleston/Chicago Storm(indoor)
John Wilson - Charleston
Chris Brown - Portland
Andrew Gregor - Portland
Taylor Graham - Seattle Sounders
Vincente Figueroa - California Cougars (indoor)
Pat Healey - Crystal Palace Baltimore
Tony Meola - New Jersey (indoor)

International
Antti Sumiala - Porin Palloilijat (Finland)
Khari Stephenson - AIK (Sweden)
Josh Wolff - 1860 Munich (Germany)
Diego Walsh - Adelaide United FC (Australia)
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View FC (Jamaica)
Onandi Lowe - Arnett Gardens (Jamaica)
Gary Glasgow - Joe Public FC (Trinidad)
Chris Konopka - Bohemian FC (Ireland)
Eddie Johnson - Fulham FC (England)
Will John - Randers FC (Denmark)

Others that were playing somewhere last season that I haven't found this year yet.
Ihor Dotsenko - Richmond Kickers(07)
Matt Taylor - Chivas USA/Portland(07)
Jay Alberts - Vancouver(07)
Stephen Shirley - Rochester(07)

Gordo KC · Mar 18, 2008

i hear that raybould may have signed with a team in Sweden, i don't know if thats true but my dad said that that is what Sam said

Buzz Killington · Mar 18, 2008

Gordo KC said: ↑

i hear that raybould may have signed with a team in Sweden, i don't know if thats true but my dad said that that is what Sam said
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Interesting, according to the wiki page on Raybould, he signed with Sandvikens IF today actually. Sandvikens IF is in the 4th division of Sweden.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Raybould

His name's listed on their site: http://www.svenskidrott.se/Organisation.asp?WCI=wiKlubbKassaNews&WCU=1118865&CatId=315868

He'll wear number 8.
http://www.svenskidrott.se/Organisation.asp?WCI=wiKlubbKassaNews&WCU=1026411&CatId=315868. So get your order in for a Sandvikens #8 jersey Gordo.

Can't read Swedish though.

kcscsupporter · Mar 18, 2008

kuhnscoot said: ↑

Interesting, according to the wiki page on Raybould, he signed with Sandvikens IF today actually. Sandvikens IF is in the 4th division of Sweden.
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this can't be anything more than amateur ball.

Silock · Mar 19, 2008

Yura?

KCFutbol · Mar 19, 2008

A BS poster has a Swedish friend, maybe he can translate.

Buzz Killington · Mar 19, 2008

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Yura?
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Yeah I forgot Yura at Real Salt Lake.

Buzz Killington · Mar 19, 2008

I started a thread in Yanks Abroad about Raybould, and someone's posted some more media stuff, of course all in Swedish.

https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=671324

But it does have 1 picture.

vividox · Mar 19, 2008

This is a great thread. It's always fun to follow ex-Wizards.

In particular, there have been several LA Galaxy articles recently saying that the LA Galaxy are "Becks, Donovan, and Ruiz, a few decent MLS players like Vanney, and then a bunch of no names," with no mention whatsoever of Chris Klein. GIVE THAT MAN HIS DUE CREDIT DAMN YOU.

Buzz Killington · Mar 19, 2008

Oz City's gotten a translation of one of the articles listed on the yanks abroad forum
http://ozcitysoccer.com/2008/03/19/two-07-wizards-find-new-teams/

Some highlights,

The club has made its most spectacular signing in many years. The question is how long he’ll be staying. “It would be a dream to play in the Allsvenska (top tier),” the 24-year-old said.
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No offense to Ryan, but wow.

Raybould is the biggest signing Sandviken has made in the last 30 years, together with Stuart McManus and the English national team player Kevin Beattie who played there in the 80’s. Raybould explains how he ended up in Swedish division 2. “I knew someone in Stockholm who had connections. When my contract with the Wizards expired, I contacted him and ended up here. I thought it was time for a change. I want to grow and learn more about the tactical play of soccer - I think I will get that here.”
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Biggest signing is interesting. But it's cool to see how he got there.

If Ryan Raybould gets his way, he would play central midfield. But during his two seasons at the Wizards, he was used mainly at right back. Those who’ve seen him play describe the American as a fit and athletic player.
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He also posts a link to this article, where Edson Elcock has been invited to camp with the PR Islanders of USL-1
http://www.puertoricoislandersfc.com/news_full.php?id=168

vividox · Mar 19, 2008

kuhnscoot said: ↑

Oz City's gotten a translation of one of the articles listed on the yanks abroad forum
http://ozcitysoccer.com/2008/03/19/two-07-wizards-find-new-teams/

No offense to Ryan, but wow.
Biggest signing is interesting.
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Wow. Okay, I never had any problems with Ryan Raybould, I thought he was pretty solid in the back when he had to be, and Gansler seemed to think he had a lot of potential too. In fact I have to say that with our current defensive situation I was surprised we let him go this off season. But best signing in over 30 years? That just seems pathetic for their league. I wish him well there, hopefully he can make an impact and have some fun doing it. I don't know how much he could grow as a player in that setting though. I'd be really interested to see his stats after a season of play there.

Buzz Killington · Mar 19, 2008

Well it also says that he has an agreement with the club that he can leave in July. So theoritically, if he plays well, he could be in a higher division by July.

Soccer7947 · Mar 19, 2008

wow... now that is whoreing out a jersey...

Buzz Killington · Mar 19, 2008

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wow... now that is whoreing out a jersey...
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You think that's bad, check out Porin Palloilijat, the team Antti Sumiala is playing for now.

http://www.fcpopa.fi/

Soccer7947 · Mar 19, 2008

kuhnscoot said: ↑

You think that's bad, check out Porin Palloilijat, the team Antti Sumiala is playing for now.

http://www.fcpopa.fi/
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Hahaha that is awful... I wonder how much they had to pay Nascar for the idea of Multi-sponsers...

Buzz Killington · Mar 19, 2008

speaking of former Wizards, one had a game today.

Diego Walsh and Adelaide United played Changchun Yatai in the AFC Champions League.

0-0 draw.

Abracadabra · Mar 19, 2008

kcscsupporter said: ↑

this can't be anything more than amateur ball.
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Actually even the Allsvenskan is little more than amateur soccer, and that's almost literally true, although truth be known the typical Allsvenskan player may actually be better on the whole than your typical MLS player. Even so, many of their players have to take second jobs to make ends meet. Allsvenskan is full of players who might be able to upgrade but just prefer to stay in Sweden for whatever reason-in fact that's why Henke Larsson is playing there now, but he would be the extreme example obviously. Also there are some guys who were under contract with bigger clubs but got tired of sitting. It's quite a sore point with Swedes how much their league has deteriorated in the last 20 years.

KCFutbol said: ↑

A BS poster has a Swedish friend, maybe he can translate.
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Yeah he could, but I will never show this to my Swedish friend because I would never hear the end of how "horrible MLS is" if he knew about this.

kuhnscoot said: ↑

You think that's bad, check out Porin Palloilijat, the team Antti Sumiala is playing for now.

http://www.fcpopa.fi/
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I think the traffic generated by your post may have crashed their server because their home page took like 5 minutes to come up.

cjgwizard · Mar 20, 2008

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=518125&cc=5901

Bad news for an ex-Wizard.

Buzz Killington · Mar 20, 2008

Ouch, not fun, ACL tears suck, trust me I know.

Buzz Killington · Mar 23, 2008

speaking of former players, I had this link emailed to me by someone reading my blog.

http://www.gousfbulls.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=36619&SPID=2914&DB_OEM_ID=7700&ATCLID=1380358

szazzy · Mar 23, 2008

kuhnscoot said: ↑

speaking of former players, I had this link emailed to me by someone reading my blog.

http://www.gousfbulls.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=36619&SPID=2914&DB_OEM_ID=7700&ATCLID=1380358
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Not a bad place to be for Bo. USF is a solid program on the rise.

the_cyclones · Mar 23, 2008

kuhnscoot said: ↑

speaking of former players, I had this link emailed to me by someone reading my blog.

http://www.gousfbulls.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=36619&SPID=2914&DB_OEM_ID=7700&ATCLID=1380358
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Congrats to Bo.

KCFutbol · Mar 23, 2008

Good for Bo, he was certainly a good guy when he was here.

Buzz Killington · Mar 23, 2008

Wolff and Johnson were called up for the US team in the game against Poland.

http://ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_5799937.html

Buzz Killington · Mar 24, 2008

Didn't realize this, but Taylor Graham is playing for the Puerto Rico National Team, he has 3 caps and a goal for them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Graham