A field day for fans of soccer

MIKE HENDRICKSThe Kansas City StarLamar Hunt’s footballers will play at least one more season at Arrowhead Stadium. But after that, they could scoot town for good.Now, Mabel, don’t go searching for the smelling salts. He wasn’t talking about the Chiefs. They’re not going anywhere for at least another eight years, though after that they, too, could vamoose if the stadium leases aren’t sewn up.But let’s worry about that later, which seems to be Jackson County’s approach.No, Hunt’s announcement on Tuesday concerned his other Kansas City football team.The one that plays soccer, which is referred to as “football” everywhere else in the world except America, where the sport is hardly ever referred to at all.Nevertheless, those of us who consider ourselves Wizards fans were tickled to death Tuesday to hear Hunt award the team a one-year reprieve.Until recently, it looked as if the Wizards’ 2005 season, the team’s 10th, was to have been its final one in Kansas City.That last home game in October I attended was like a wake. Preki retired and so, we feared, might be the team the legendary midfielder played on for so many years.The Wizards went on the block late last year. The reasons I won’t go into here.