In a candid and insightful discussion with The Program’s Soren Petro on Sports Radio 810 WHB this afternoon, Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes made it clear that his team intends to go for the jugular during the Audi 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs.
Sporting KC earned a 5-3 aggregate win over Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference Semifinals, winning the decisive second leg in a 4-2 thriller on Sunday at Children’s Mercy Park. In that game, the hosts led 2-0 at halftime but showed no signs of bunkering in throughout the second half.
While a few pundits might have questioned such an approach, Vermes indicated that parking the proverbial bus simply isn’t in Sporting KC’s DNA—at least not in the vast majority of situations as a game unfolds.