Sporting Kansas City learned their group stage opponents for the highly anticipated MLS is Back Tournament on Thursday, slotting into Group D alongside Western Conference rivals Real Salt Lake, the Colorado Rapids and Minnesota United FC. Shortly after the draw took place, Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes discusses the historic tournament with national media. His remarks are below.
On being drawn into a group with three familiar opponents…
I think the challenges are the same for all of the teams we haven’t played in a long time. The fact that we won’t be in top form yet and probably will have not played a ton of games prior to that—that’s probably going to be the biggest difficulty.