John Thorrington (caution; Reckless Foul) 5
CHI -- Gonzalo Segares (caution; Reckless Foul) 74
Notables:
• Following the match, Kansas City sits 8-10-9, 33 pts in a tie for 5th place in the Eastern Conference with D.C. United.
• Kansas City is one point out of the final playoff place behind the Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas. The Wizards are also just two points behind the New York Red Bulls for 4th place in the East.
• Kansas City is now 9-19-6 all-time against Chicago, including a 7-6-5 record at home.
• Two of Kansas City's three remaining matches will be played in Kansas City, where they hold a 7-2-4 record this season.
• Defender Michael Harrington scored his second goal of the season and the fifth of his two-year career.
• Striker Josh Wolff and midfielder Herculez Gomez recorded assists on the play.
• Wolff has three assists on the year and Gomez has three, two since joining Kansas City.
• Wolff has 23 career assists in a Wizards uniform, good for 6th all-time in franchise history.
• It was Gomez's 10th career assist.
• Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman and defender Jimmy Conrad are the only Wizards to play all 2430 minutes so far this season.
• They are two of eight players in MLS to play every minute for their team thus far in 2008.
• Hartman made three saves and now has 1123 for his MLS career.
• He trails only former Wizards standout Tony Meola (1136) for the all-time MLS lead.
• Hartman has 110 saves on the year, tied for 1st in MLS with Jon Busch of Chicago.
• Wizards midfielder Jack Jewsbury returned to the lineup after sitting out due to yellow-card accumulation last weekend.
• Two former Wizards started along the back line for Chicago (Diego Gutierrez and Brandon Prideaux).
• After the match, Gutierrez took part in an autograph signing that benefits Nothing But Nets, a charity to help end the spread of malaria world-wide.
• Wizards players Jimmy Conrad, Kevin Hartman and Josh Wolff joined Gutierrez and Brian McBride from Chicago.
• Following the match, Kansas City and Chicago's reserves faced off in an MLS Reserve Division match-up on the field at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.
• Kansas City entered the meeting 6-1-2 in 2nd place in the MLS Reserve Division standings behind the Houston Dynamo.
