The Heart of America Soccer Foundation Created, Aims to keep the Wizards in Kansas City

(Kansas City, Mo) -- On December 9th 2004 Lamar Hunt, owner of F.C. Dallas, the Columbus Crew and the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL, announced he would be selling the Kansas City Wizards. He cited the impracticality of operating a Major League Soccer club without a suitable facility of the type commonly termed a "Soccer Specific Stadium" (SSS). While Mr. Hunt expressed a preference to sell the Wizards to a buyer with an interest in keeping them in Kansas City, he stressed that "it will similarly not be feasible for the Wizards to succeed without such a facility," and that "in the event a buyer in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area does not come forward, (Hunt Sports Group) will of necessity also look elsewhere for a solution," opening the possibility of a sale that would relocate the team out of the Kansas City area.