Peter Vermes was a few days into his first MLS job, technical director of Sporting Kansas City, when he went searching for a proper education. There were no models within the league to shadow — only a couple of teams even had the position in their front office — but Vermes knew the man he wanted to study.
Andy Reid.
Reid was seven years into his tenure with the Philadelphia Eagles, an NFL team Vermes grew up supporting from his childhood home in nearby Delran, N.J. To some, there was little correlation to the job Vermes had assumed — overseeing the roster of a soccer club — and the one assigned to Reid.