OnGoal

OnGoal, LLC is a group of Kansas City investors formed for the purpose of purchasing the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer and seeing through the construction of a permanent soccer-specific stadium for the team. On August 31st, 2006, OnGoal bought the Wizards from their previous owner, Lamar Hunt, for a figure "in the ballpark" of US$20 million. [http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5925620]

In December of 2007, OnGoal received approval for approximately $275 million of public financing to create a soccer specific stadium in southeast Kansas City.

OnGoal consists of five principals: Neal Patterson (CEO and co-founder of the Cerner Corporation), Clifford Illig (co-founder and vice-chairman of the Cerner board), Pat Curran (founder of C3 Holdings), Greg Maday (CEO of SpecChem), Robb Heineman (CEO of OnGoal, Partner of Rock Island Capital ,and owner of the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA Development League). [http://www.sportkc.org/news/WizardsOwnership.htm]