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Out on winning note Three Kansas City players announce end of careers
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Scottish, Danish and Canadian internationals Mo Johnston, Miklos Molnar and Alex Bunbury all announced their retirement Sunday after helping the Kansas City Wizards to their first U.S. Major League Soccer Championship. Molnar's 11th-minute goal gave the Wizards a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire and former Bulgarian World Cup veteran Hristo Stoitchkov in the MLS Cup title game. Johnston, 37, came to MLS in its first season in 1996, scoring 19 goals in five seasons. He joined the upstart American league after a 15-year career in England, Scotland and France, winning league titles for both Celtic and Rangers in Scotland. He was the first Catholic and former Celtic player to play for Rangers in 1989, a move that earned him scorn by Celtic fans who branded him a traitor. This was Molnar's only season in MLS, joining the Wizards in January and leading the club in scoring with 12 goals. The 30-year-old Dane signed his first professional contract with Standard Liege in Belgium at 19, played for Denmark in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and had 15 caps for the Danish national team. Bunbury, who was injured in midseason and did not play after undergoing ankle surgery in June, joined the Wizards in midseason in 1999 after six years with FC Maritimo in the Portuguese first division. The 33-year-old forward played 65 times for Canada and is its third all-time leading scorer with 17 goals.
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