HOUSTON – Sporting Kansas City head coach Peter Vermes didn’t mince words when asked about the performance of Gianluca Busio after the 16-year-old midfielder became the third-youngest player ever to start an MLS game in Saturday's visit to the Houston Dynamo.
“Man of the match for me,” Vermes said of Busio, who notched the game-winning assist in SKC’s 1-0 win. “For a 16-year-old to play in a game like this at the level that he did consistently for 90 minutes – he took some shots, physically, but he never got rattled, and he easily could have.