Sporting KC’s Peter Vermes returns to MLS Cup, this time as manager
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Peter Vermes’ office is tucked away in the back corner of the Sporting Kansas City training facility at Swope Park. He works there almost every day, though the space still looks...
View ArticleSporting KC captures MLS Cup in thrilling penalty-kick shootout
A pair of Major League Soccer officials slowly walked the MLS Cup trophy onto the Sporting Park field about 10 minutes before kickoff Saturday and placed it on a podium for display. It’s here to stay....
View ArticleSporting KC's Peter Vermes happy to reward hard-luck fans (Sporting Kansas City)
(Source: Sporting Kansas City) Peter Vermes is a list of one. With Saturday's shootout victory over Real Salt Lake, after the two sides played to a 1-1 draw through regulation and extra tie, Sporting...
View ArticleMLS Cup: Sporting Kansas City's Peter Vermes happy to reward hard-luck fans...
(Source: MLS - Major League Soccer) KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Peter Vermes is a list of one. With Saturday's shootout victory over Real Salt Lake, after the two sides played to a 1-1 draw through regulation...
View ArticleSporting KC goalie Jimmy Nielsen announces retirement
A penalty kick smacked off the crossbar, and Jimmy Nielsen raised both arms in the air. He turned toward his bench, then fell back into the goal as his Sporting Kansas City teammates mobbed him. After...
View ArticleJeff Bradley: The long road to success for Sporting Kansas City's Peter...
(Source: MLS - Major League Soccer) Our normal meeting place was a rest stop off the New Jersey Turnpike, Exit 7A. We would meet there around 9 pm on Sunday nights. He'd get out of his car, hop in the...
View ArticleAS Roma routs MLS All-Stars in 2013 Major League Soccer All-Star game
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A raucous crowd packed into one of Major League Soccer's glitzy new stadiums to watch a team comprised of its best players on a picturesque late-summer night. All that was...
View ArticleSporting Kansas City manager Peter Vermes can give city its first title...
(Source: Sporting Kansas City) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City hasn't won a major league title in any sport since Peter Vermes helped the then-Wizards win the 2000 MLS Cup as a player. Now, 13 years...
View ArticleSporting KC's Matt Besler and Graham Zusi voted to MLS Best XI for second...
(Source: Sporting Kansas City) Sporting Kansas City defender Matt Besler and midfielder Graham Zusi were named to the 2013 MLS Best XI on Tuesday, further recognizing their outstanding seasons in...
View ArticleWeekly Update: September 4, 2013 (Sporting Kansas City)
(Source: Sporting Kansas City) Sporting KC hosts the Columbus on Saturday at Sporting Park Sporting Park box office shifts to gameday hours only Sporting KC moves atop East with win over Colorado Dom...
View ArticleIntensity, versatility earn Joe-Max Moore, Peter Vermes Hall of Fame calls...
(Source: MLS - Major League Soccer) While sometimes players view their own versatility as a curse, because it can mean they never get to settle into one role on the field, today the ability to play...
View ArticleGraham Zusi named MLS Player of the Week (Sporting Kansas City)
(Source: Sporting Kansas City) Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi was voted Major League Soccer Player of the Week on Monday by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) for Week 10 of the...
View ArticlePeter Vermes on Hall of Fame career: "Right where I want to be" (Sporting...
(Source: Sporting Kansas City) Ever since the 1990 World Cup, Peter Vermes has heard the same question over and over. What if his shot - the second-chance ball that went through Italian goalkeeper...
View ArticleTony Meola likes what he sees in Sporting KC
Tony Meola isnât going to be upset if Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen breaks his single-season record for goals-against average, and he isnât jealous of his former teamâs new digs....
View ArticleSporting KC has become a top destination for players
Sporting Kansas City has enjoyed a whirlwind offseason already, one that certainly is done either. Still, there’s already a trend emerging as coach Peter Vermes shuffles the roster in preparation for...
View ArticleSporting Kansas City lock up manager, technical director Peter Vermes with...
(Source: MLS - Major League Soccer) It's only half over, but 2013 has already been a good year for Peter Vermes. A few months after earning an invitation to the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame and just over...
View ArticleSporting KC reaches U.S. Open Cup final
CHESTER, Pa. — Jacob Peterson and Graham Zusi each scored second-half goals to lead Sporting Kansas City to a 2-0 victory over the Philadelphia Union in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals Wednesday night....
View ArticleAS Roma routs best of MLS in All-Star game
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A raucous crowd packed into one of Major League Soccer's glitzy new stadiums to watch a team comprised of its best players in an exhibition game on a picturesque late-summer night....
View ArticleSporting Kansas City manager Peter Vermes can give city its first title...
(Source: MLS - Major League Soccer) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City hasn't won a major league title in any sport since Peter Vermes helped the then-Wizards win the 2000 MLS Cup as a player. Now, 13...
View ArticleSporting KC vs. Real Salt Lake | MLS Cup Final Preview (MLS - Major League...
(Source: MLS - Major League Soccer) 2013 MLS CUP SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. REAL SALT LAKE Sat., Dec. 7, Sporting Park, 4:00 pm ET/3:00 pm CT TV: ESPN; UniMas; TSN2/RDS Sporting Kansas City and Real...
View ArticleMLS Cup final matchup set: Sporting KC to host Real Salt Lake at Sporting...
(Source: MLS - Major League Soccer) And then there were two. After four weeks of MLS Cup Playoff action, we now know the two clubs that will contend for the MLS title on December 7: Sporting Kansas...
View ArticlePeter Vermes reflects on career as he enters soccer Hall of Fame
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Peter Vermes is not a braggart. Despite his decorated resume, he doesn't boast much about his career accomplishments. Ask him about scoring in the United States' 2-0 win against...
View ArticleSporting KC believes Bieler can adjust quickly to MLS
In some circles, there is blowback already about Sporting Kansas City’s newest designated player, Argentinian striker Claudio Bieler. Not every player coming from South America has adjusted well to...
View ArticleSporting Kansas City boss Peter Vermes on Hall of Fame career: "Right where...
(Source: MLS - Major League Soccer) KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Ever since the 1990 World Cup, Peter Vermes has heard the same question over and over. What if his shot - the second-chance ball that went...
View ArticleAll-Star: The top 7 matches in Kansas City soccer history (MLS - Major...
(Source: MLS - Major League Soccer) With the AT&T MLS All-Star Game now just hours away (9 pm ET on ESPN2, UniMas, TSN/RDS, live chat on MLSsoccer.com), we take a look back at the history of...
View ArticleSporting News: Meola enters Hall of Fame, historic day for USA
MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ Former Kansas City Wizards goalkeeper Tony Meola will be inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2012. There were two no-brainers on the 2012...
View ArticleU.S. Open Cup Preview: Let's go back in time
JILL TOYOSHIBA The Wizards' Igor Simutenkov (left) celebrated his penalty-kick goal with teammates during Kansas City's 1-0 victory against the Earthquakes in a U.S. Open Cup match at the Blue Valley...
View ArticleFour Sporting KC players voted to MLS Best XI (Sporting Kansas City)
Sporting Kansas City had four players named to Major League Soccer's Best XI on Monday in recognition of their outstanding performances throughout the 2012 MLS season. Goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen,...
View ArticleEmotional Peter Vermes takes his place among soccer’s all-time greats
Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes choked back tears while standing in the plaza in front of Sporting Park on Friday afternoon. Vermes, who was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame...
View ArticleJeff Bradley: MLS Cup 2000 still vivid for Sporting KC's Kerry Zavagnin,...
(Source: MLS - Major League Soccer) For C.J. Brown, it's a memory that still makes him shake his head more than a dozen years later. And for Kerry Zavagnin? The same game elicits a nod and a smile....
View ArticleMatt Besler named MLS Defender of the Year (Sporting Kansas City)
Sporting Kansas City defender Matt Besler was voted the 2012 MLS Defender of the Year, Major League Soccer announced on Tuesday. "I am very humbled, yet ecstatic, to be honored as MLS Defender of the...
View ArticleJimmy Nielsen named 2012 MLS Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year (Sporting...
Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen was voted the 2012 MLS Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year, Major League Soccer announced on Wednesday. "I'm very proud and thankful to the players and...
View ArticleSporting KC's strong start leads to comparisons with franchise champions
JOHN SLEEZER | The Kansas City Star Sporting Kansas City's Aurelien Collin (center) and his teammates have gotten off on the right foot this season, giving their fans plenty to cheer. Admit it, soccer...
View ArticleVermes, Moore elected to US soccer Hall of Fame
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Peter Vermes remembers going on vacation with his family to Hungary as a child, sitting in a soccer stadium there and watch the country's national team play what was then the...
View ArticleMeola reminisces on return to transformed KC soccer scene (Sporting Kansas...
In some ways, this week represents a homecoming for Tony Meola. In others, he's discovering just how much the soccer landscape has changed in the city where he enjoyed his greatest MLS success. Meola...
View ArticleSix Sporting Kansas City nominees revealed for MLS All-Star fan ballot...
(Source: Sporting Kansas City) Major League Soccer revealed today the six Sporting Kansas City nominees among the 115 players who were nominated for the 2013 AT&T MLS All-Star Game fan ballot by a...
View ArticleSporting KC's Vermes and Zavagnin on Hall of Fame Ballot
Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes and Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin are amongst the 31 players on the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2012 Ballot. Former Kansas City players Jose...
View ArticlePeter Vermes inducted into National Soccer Hall of Fame in ceremony at...
(Source: Sporting Kansas City) Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes was formally inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Friday in a ceremony held at Sporting Park prior to the FIFA...
View ArticlePeter Vermes on Veteran Ballot for National Soccer Hall of Fame (Sporting...
(Source: Sporting Kansas City) Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes is among 15 nominees on the National Soccer Hall of Fame Veteran Ballot, announced Friday by U.S. Soccer. Also appearing as...
View ArticleSporting Legends unveiled to honor club icons (Sporting Kansas City)
(Source: Sporting Kansas City) Sporting Legends, a new initiative paying tribute to club icons and providing a platform for inductees to re-engage with the local soccer community, was unveiled on...
View ArticleMeola reminisces on return to transformed KC soccer scene (MLS - Major...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - In some ways, this week represents a homecoming for Tony Meola. In others, he's discovering just how much the soccer landscape has changed in the city where he enjoyed his greatest...
View ArticlePeter Vermes to be inducted into National Soccer Hall of Fame on Oct. 11 in...
(Source: Sporting Kansas City) Former U.S. Men's National Team forwards Peter Vermes and Joe-Max Moore will be inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 11, in a ceremony taking...
View ArticleSporting KC Manager Peter Vermes voted into National Soccer Hall of Fame...
(Source: Sporting Kansas City) Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes will be inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame, U.S. Soccer announced on Wednesday. Vermes was elected as the top vote...
View ArticleVermes, Meola, Zavagnin among seven former Wizards vying for Hall of Fame
STEPHEN J. BOITANO Kansas City Wizards goalkeeper Tony Meola stops a shot by Chicago Fire's Ante Razov during the first half of the MLS Cup at RFK Stadium in Washington on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2000....
View ArticleSporting Kansas City-Chicago Fire rivalry stretches back to lone postseason...
(Source: MLS - Major League Soccer) Here's a little-known fact. Despite being in the same conference for the majority of their existences, Kansas City and Chicago have only ever met once in the...
View ArticleSporting KC creates early buzz
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Admit it, soccer fans, you’re all wondering the same thing: Does Sporting Kansas City have what it takes to make a run at the MLS Cup? The cold, hard truth is that only time will...
View ArticleThere's no comparing the 2000 Wizards to 2011 Sporting KC - not yet, anyway
Go ahead, ask Peter Vermes about the glory days. Then listen as Sporting Kansas City's coach - whose team is set to open the Eastern Conference semifinals tonight in Colorado - invariably starts...
View ArticleSporting KC’s Peter Vermes returns to MLS Cup, this time as coach
Peter Vermes’ office is tucked away in the back corner of the Sporting Kansas City training facility at Swope Park. He works here almost every day, though the space still looks desolate. The walls are...
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