It’s a pattern that’s well-established for MLS teams recruiting players from overseas: Everybody knows and loves North America’s big cities and coastal communities, but the quieter places in the continent’s interior? Not so much.
Kansas City – both literally and metaphorically – is about as far from places like New York, Los Angeles and Vancouver as you can get. So how do Sporting KC keep drawing talent and competing for trophies year in, year out?
Manager and technical director Peter Vermes provided a fascinating window into that process in a detailed conversation with Chad Smith of TheBlueTestament.