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 Saturday, June 22, 2002 22:16 EST

Wizards hold off Revolution for win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Igor Simutenkov scored twice as the Kansas City Wizards beat New England 3-2 Saturday night.

Simutenkov, playing in his fifth game since joining the Wizards (4-4-5) last month, scored his first goal of the season in the 22nd minute, beating New England goalkeeper Adin Brown on a penalty kick.

The Revolution (4-7-1) evened the score two minutes later when defender Jay Heaps sent a Joe Franchino pass into the Wizards goal.

"That's the most vulnerable you are, five minutes after you score,'' Wizards goalkeeper Bo Oshoniyi said. "They capitalized on it, and maybe we had a little bit of a lull. Jay Heaps had a good goal.''

Kansas City took the lead again in the 30th minute when Simutenkov scored his second. Five minutes later, defender Carey Talley slotted a cross from Preki into the Revolution's net.

Kansas City coach Bob Gansler had initially played Simutenkov along with the recently acquired Dario Fabbro. The Argentine forward did not play Saturday, however, after scoring only two goals this season.

Preki's assist in the 35th minute put him in sole possession of the MLS scoring record with 212 points, passing recently released Wizards forward Roy Lassiter.

Despite sloppy play by both teams, Kansas City clearly dominated the first half, outshooting New England nine to six.

The most exciting goal of the game came in the 66th minute when rookie forward Taylor Twellman launched a bicycle kick past Oshoniyi.

"When you're on fire like he is, those type of goals go in all the time,'' Oshoniyi said. "At least it wasn't the game winner. We'll take the three points, and he can have his bicycle kick.''



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