Nearly two years since putting the Kansas City Wizards up for sale, Lamar Hunt has sold the club to a six-person group of Kansas City area residents led by Cerner Corporation executives Neal Patterson and Cliff Illig and known as OnGoal LLC. The Cerner Corporation is a supplier of healthcare information technology with almost $1.5 billion in annual revenue. OnGoal LLC hopes to open a soccer-specific stadium for the Wizards by April 2009. Hunt and his Hunt Sports Group (HSG), which operated the team since its inception in 1996, still own the Columbus Crew and FC Dallas.
MLS Ownership
Club Investor/Operator (Previous Investor/Operator)
Chicago Fire Phil Anschutz & AEG
D.C. United Phil Anschutz & AEG (Washington Soccer, L.P.)
Los Angeles Galaxy Phil Anschutz & AEG (L.A. Soccer Partners, L.P.)
Houston Dynamo nee San Jose Phil Anschutz & AEG (SVSE; Robert Kraft & Kraft Soccer; league run)
Columbus Crew Lamar Hunt & HSG
FC Dallas Lamar Hunt & HSG (league run)
Kansas City Wizards OnGoal LLC (Lamar Hunt & HSG)
CD Chivas USA Jorge Vergara & Antonio Cue
Colorado Rapids Stan Kroenke & KSE (Phil Anschutz & AEG)
New England Revolution Robert Kraft & Kraft Soccer
New York Red Bulls Red Bull Company Unlimited (Phil Anschutz & AEG; John Kluge, Stuart Subotnik & Metromedia)
Real Salt Lake Dave Checketts & Sports Capital Partners