Kansas City Wizards Soccer News

Curt Johnson will step down as the Kansas City Wizards' general manager at the end of the season because a contract agreement couldn't be reached with the new owners. Johnson, the general manager since November 1999, said Saturday that he had wanted a long-term deal. The team announced his impending departure on Friday. Johnson will remain as an adviser during the transition to a new GM. ``First and foremost, the ...

The Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer were sold to a six-person investment group led by Cerner Corp. executives Neal Patterson and Cliff Illig. The deal was announced Thursday, three days after the Overland Park City Council voted to put a $75 million US soccer complex on the November ballot. The new owners, who will assume operations Friday, hope to have the Wizards' stadium built in that suburban Kansas City complex. The Wizards now play in Arrowhead ...