"I know I had to go through him a little bit. "I know I ended up with every piece of the ball," Conrad said. Replays appeared to show Conrad made contact with the ball before Berbatov went down, but referee Terry Vaughn went straight for the red card and Berbatov converted with a roller into the lower right corner. Given the one-on-one against backup keeper Ben Amos, Arnaud dribbled into the penalty area and calmly slotted the ball into the lower left corner.īerbatov equalized from the penalty spot in the 41st minute after Conrad was ejected for a sliding tackle on him. In the 11th minute, Arnaud beat United's offside trap and took a well-placed through ball from Kamara. With the unexpected win, Hunt and the others got all they wanted and more.īackup goalkeeper Eric Kronberg replaced Jimmy Nielsen at halftime and made five saves for the Wizards, who have not won an MLS title since 2000 and are 4-8-4 this season. Soccer when it comes time to make the decision on which stadium to bring the World Cup to," said Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, who lobbied to bring Manchester United to Arrowhead. "Events like tonight's where we're going to have over 50,000 people in the building for a soccer game I think will be a big selling point for both FIFA and U.S. By any means."Ĭity officials were hoping a big, enthusiastic crowd, drawn partly to get their first glimpse at Arrowhead Stadium following a $375 million makeover, might also boost chances of hosting World Cup games in 2018 or 2022 - if the U.S gets to host. Look, they've played in Champions League finals. And what matters most for us is the league, and trying to win an MLS championship. "It's a great accomplishment for our team, for our organization," Vermes said. United played without several of its biggest stars, though the Wizards were down to 10 men after Conrad was shown a straight red card for a sliding tackle on Dimitar Berbatov. Manchester City lost to the New York Red Bulls earlier Sunday.
"MLS owns the city of Manchester right now," crowed Conrad, who was sent off in the 39th minute.Ī crowd of 52,342 - largest ever to see a soccer match in Kansas City - watched Davy Arnaud and Kei Kamara score first-half goals and then fend off repeated shots on goal in the second half as the Wizards of the MLS handed the Red Devils their first loss in a four-city tour of the United States.
In the aftermath of the Kansas City Wizards' 2-1 win over mighty Manchester United, coach Peter Vermes tried to be humble.
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