Peter Vermes

As a player, Vermes received All-American honors at Rutgers University before representing the United States in the 1988 Olympics in South Korea. He was named 1988 Chevrolet U.S. Male Soccer Athlete of the Year for his standout performances. Vermes was also an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, marking the first time the U.S. had qualified for the World Cup in 40 years. In 1989 and 1990, he became the first American to compete in the Hungarian and Dutch First Divisions, playing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueras in Spain.

For Major League Soccer’s inaugural season in 1996, Vermes served as captain of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. In 1997, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for current Sporting KC Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin and played in Denver through the 1999 season, leading the Rapids to the 1997 MLS Cup.

Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful season of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors while helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 and was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2013.

PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC

Year	MLS	MIB KO	Playoffs	Open Cup	International	Total
2009	3-6-3	-	-	-	-	3-6-3
2010	11-13-6	-	-	0-1-0	-	11-14-6
2011	13-9-12	-	2-1-0	3-1-0	-	18-11-12
2012	18-7-9	-	1-1-0	4-0-1	-	23-8-10
2013	17-10-7	-	2-1-2	1-1-0	2-0-2	22-12-11
2014	14-13-7	-	0-1-0	1-1-0	3-2-1	18-17-8
2015	14-11-9	-	0-0-1	4-0-1	-	18-11-11
2016	13-13-8	-	0-1-0	1-1-0	1-2-1	15-17-9
2017	12-9-13	-	0-1-0	4-0-1	-	16-10-13
2018	18-8-8	-	1-1-2	2-1-0	-	21-10-10
2019	10-16-8	-	-	0-1-0	3-3-0	13-19-9
2020	12-6-3	0-1-1	0-1-1	-	-	12-8-5
2021	17-10-7	-	1-1-0	-	0-1-0	18-12-7
2022	11-16-7	-	-	3-0-1	-	14-16-8
Total	183-147-107	0-1-1	7-9-6	23-7-4	9-8-4	122-172-122

Manager and Sporting Director