On a gray, cloudy Monday morning at Swope Soccer Village, an array of cones, hurdles and goals lined the Sporting Kansas City practice field.
But more than an hour after the club was scheduled to start its practice, the field remained absent of players.
Fastened in a six-match winless streak, Sporting KC held an extended team meeting Monday that covered a host of topics, most notably what coach Peter Vermes perceived to be a “lack of hustle” during Saturday’s 2-0 loss in Houston.
“When you’re going through a bad patch, it’s always a lot of different (reasons why),” Vermes said.