After a sub-discussion in this thread: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=163661 I've decided to start a new thread. Please supply any additions/corrections. Here is a webpage (sorry, I've just discovered CSS today ) which tracks Wizard uniform numbers through the team history. http://www.ibiblio.org/footy/wiz/wiz_nums.html white background means that the player did not see any MLS action during the season in quesiton, but was issued the number.
The most interesting thing to me is that of the three traditional "star" numbers - 9, 10 and 11 - 9 has never really seen a great player adorn it in the true "number 9" fashion. KZ obviously wore it for a year when he gave up 15 to Roy Lassiter before moving to 5, and he's a great player, but he isn't a "number 9." 10 obviously had Mo, and 11 is God's country, but where is our star 9? Bunbury? Fabbro? Will Victorine finally be the guy? Why can't our number 9 be someone of star quality. 9 is just such a sweet number for strikers, it is just interesting to me that 9 has been a black-hole of numbers of sorts for Wizard strikers (obviously KZ is the exception, but a striker he isn't).
http://web.archive.org/web/20010207213652/www.mlsnet.com/news/rosters/kcroster.html 7 was his # from 2000 with DC. He took 6 when DC reclaimed him 5/10. He was waived 3/26. http://web.archive.org/web/20010405...zards.com/latest/latest.asp?storyID=271&cat=1 http://web.archive.org/web/20010405210152/http://www.kcwizards.com/TeamInfo/rosters.asp?rosterID=Num Isn't on this 4/5/2001 roster. First game was 4/7/2001. So considering how he wasn't on the roster at any point during the regular season, maybe he never got a #. Even if he did, I'd consider leaving him off the chart. Plenty of players probably not listed have been in preseason camps.
I get that someone might remember Wood playing preseason and know the #. I looked around the places on the web and the newspaper databases and found nothing. KC Star, Washington Post, Soccer America, mlsnet.
I posted above an archive.org mlsnet link showing #7, but Santel was on the same roster with #7. It's very possible all that meant was that when mlsnet moved his name from DC to KC's roster, they kept the same # that he had the previous year with DC. I doubt that preseason that both Santel and Wood were wearing #7.
Quote: Originally Posted by kckicker23 The most interesting thing to me is that of the three traditional "star" numbers - 9, 10 and 11 - 9 has never really seen a great player adorn it in the true "number 9" fashion. KZ obviously wore it for a year when he gave up 15 to Roy Lassiter before moving to 5, and he's a great player, but he isn't a "number 9." 10 obviously had Mo, and 11 is God's country, but where is our star 9? All we are saying.... is give us a nine... Repeat. I got the six, gimme your nine. -ZZ Top The galaxy have also had terrible luck with the number 9. Its cursed.
I saw that as well... glad it made it to BS, because I was not in the mood to copy it over when I saw it... Those are some classy digs
If anyone would like to help keep this project up to date, here's a Google Spreadsheet that anyone can update, and you can get all the info from each season's Wikipedia page. For example, here's 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Kansas_City_Wizards_season https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1o78Yz8QzO7N6G3vJImp0k5JcSQbz9sjwBSrP-cB0QbE/edit?usp=sharing
Zusi must have magical powers because in the entire history of Wizards/Sporting, he seems to be the only one to wear number 8 and not be totally cursed. Brown, Walsh, and Auvray each had their moments, but Zusi has taken number 8 to a new level.
But not enough magic to be mentioned in the KC Star's "We Love Ya" book after helping us win the 2013 MLS Cup. * flip to the back pages that detail the 2013 roster. According to the KC Star, Zusi wasn't on the team. http://www.rallyhouse.com/shop/spor...ty-we-love-ya-2013-mls-cup-champions-10980000