Sporting Kansas Metropolis have appointed head coach Peter Vermes because the membership’s new chief soccer officer and supervisor forward of the 2024 season.
Vermes, who’s been with Kansas Metropolis since 2009 and has compiled a 238W-119D-184L report in 541 video games, is without doubt one of the most well-respected coaches within the league and is ready to tackle a few new roles with the Western Convention ream.
Vermes is not the one head coach to have one other position inside a membership, as LA Galaxy’s Greg Vanney has held related roles in 12 months’s previous.
As chief soccer officer and supervisor, Vermes might be accountable for newly appointed sporting director Gavin Wilkinson. Vermes beforehand served as SKC’s sporting director from 2019-2023.
“In his new place, Wilkinson will play a number one position within the membership’s long-term participant recruitment technique, roster constructing and budgeting, technical workers administration, and the continued improvement of Sporting’s skilled participant pathway, together with MLS NEXT Professional workforce Sporting Kansas Metropolis II and the Sporting Kansas Metropolis Academy,” a membership assertion learn.
SKC could not purchase a win of their first 10 video games of the 2023 MLS season on account of long-term accidents and recovering gamers like Comeback Participant of the Yr Alan Pulido.
Nevertheless, Vermes was in a position to proper the ship close to the top of the marketing campaign to steer Kansas Metropolis to a Wild Card spot as they triumphed over San Jose Earthquakes and St Louis CITY earlier than arising quick towards Houston Dynamo within the Western Convention semifinal.
With the 2024 season on the horizon, SKC have introduced in full-back Zorhan Bassong whereas transferring out midfielder Gadi Kinda. Proper earlier than the 2023 marketing campaign kicked off, Vermes signed a brand new long-term cope with Kansas Metropolis, preserving him on the membership via 2028.
