As promised by the front office in the off-season, the club brought in a large number of trialist and draft picks to fight for the limited squad positions.

Despite "winning" the lottery, speculation was that the league had agreed the youngster would be placed somewhere on the west coast and he was quickly traded to Real Salt Lake for a second round draft pick, future transfer consideration, and a Senior International roster spot.

Nielsen was tested only the one time by the all-time league-leading goal scorer, Jaime Moreno, but the Danish keeper nicknamed "White Puma" responded properly and kept his sheet clean.

15 minutes later, Smith's corner intended for Kamara found instead the hand of a defender and referee Kevin Stott pointed to the spot; Jack Jewsbury (late entry to starting eleven) made the best of the situation and gave the home squad a 4-goal lead.

The Wizards fielded a weaken side for the second match but still came out ahead 2–1 thanks to a late Santiago Hirsig winner, more importantly though was the loss of backup center forward Zoltán whose ACL was torn and is expected to miss five-to-eight months.

The league match-up was hindered by harsh fouls and questionable officiating yet Kei Kamara scored the lone goal and winner off the boot of Ryan Smith from a long distance free kick.

Traveling to Seattle has proven tough for most clubs in the league, but Kansas City handed the Sounders their first ever home loss in 2009 and appeared ready to duplicate that result.

Young Colombian standout Freddy Montero was denied on the doorstep by the strong right hand of Jimmy Nielsen which marked the end of the Seattle pressure and ushered in Kansas City's possession for the remainder of the first half.

Frustrated and maligned James Riley first and Steve Zakuani later picked up careless yellow cards and Swedish International Freddie Ljungberg was held without incident for much of the match.

Landon Donovan and The Galaxy brought in their perfect 12 points and Edson Buddle's league leading seven goals to face the stingy defense of the Wizards.

The premise of the stunt was that Maxim was doing an animal themed photo-shoot for a future article, this prank resulted in national coverage as it appeared on numerous outlets including SportsCenter.

Wizards captain Davy Arnaud was sent off for only the second time in his eight years after making contact with the goalkeeper and the club never recovered in the heat and humidity as the Texan side cruised to a 3 – nil victory.

In an attempt to shake things up and to aid in the wary legs from playing a man down just days earlier Peter Vermes gave Santiago Hirsig and Chance Myers each their first starts of the season, neither of which made the desired impact and were both subbed by the 51st minute.

The Wizards created more chances but their finishing aim let them down again as they recorded 14 shots and only a single tally that came very late when substitute and team goal leader Kei Kamara spoiled the clean sheet in the 92nd minute.

Another struggling Eastern Conference foe would find a point off of the Wizards when the Chicago Fire came calling on another rainy Kansas City Saturday night.

The club followed their 2010 script perfectly as they outshot the Fire 18–8 (10–6 on net) while holding a commanding double digit corner kick advantage 11–1 but as in many of the earlier games the Wizards simply could not get the ball around Chicago goal keeper Andrew Dykstra who ended the match with eight saves.

Much of the second half would be played in the Wizards final third but the equalizer wouldn't come until Kamara tapped in a deflected shot from Teal Bunbury in the 89th minute, despite increased pressure the homeside would not find a magical stoppage time winner and was forced to live with splitting the points.

Salt Lake had won four straight league matches and was undefeated at Rio Tinto Stadium while out scoring their opponents 14–4 over the month, Kansas City on the other hand finished May 0–4–1 while netting four and leaking 12.

The biggest news of the month came when KC Wizards announced the international friendly with Manchester United to be played July 25 at the newly renovated Arrowhead Stadium.

To add to the disgrace the club captain Davy Arnaud picked up his third red card of the season in the 93rd minute causing a large number of supporters to call for him to lose the armband.

On June 24 Wizards President Robb Heineman indicated via BigSoccer that the club had tendered a Designated Player contract to Icelandic striker Eiður Guðjohnsen and they believed that Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Also on the same day as news of Gudjohnsen's offer, came word that ESPN planned to use the Wizards World Cup watch party as a cut away location for the United States versus Ghana second round match.

The first half saw KC not get a single shot as they looked more willing to defend and play for a scoreless draw until Colombian attacking midfielder David Ferreira unlocked the Kansas City defense.

Everyone has seen matches where one team deserves to win and in the end doesn't, as an example KC lead in corner kicks 14–1 and shots 20–8 yet were defeated 2–0 thanks to Justin Braun finding the net on two mistakes by center back Jimmy Conrad.

This match appeared to break the backs of many fans and there was much talk about Peter Vermes dismissal but it never came and the club went on the road hoping to end a three-game scoreless streak.

For the second straight match Teal Bunbury teamed up top with Smith and Kamara and his on ball strength and threat of splitting the opponents center backs made for another strong respected performance.

The Rapids most fortunate play in the first half came as Bunbury held the ball outside the 18' and then deftly turned and sent a rocket that beat Pickens but then hit the right post and hugged the line until it struck the left upright and came back to the spot where Kamara's rebound attempt was foiled by a defender.

Kansas City never got a clear chance in the second half yet they defended well until the 74th minute when Conor Casey equalized on the only shot on goal the home team got all night long.

Peter Vermes kept the same starting eleven who had sparked the recent good form and it paid dividends immediately as the Wizards pressured high and got stuck in versus the Red Devils.

In just the eleventh minute the home side would push ahead as Davy Arnaud was kept onsides by a lazy and slow moving Rafael and he easily tallied past backup Ben Amos.