Peter Vermes of Sporting Kansas City

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Grant has a wide-ranging conversation with Peter Vermes, the manager and sporting director of Sporting Kansas City, the only MLS team to reach the semifinals of this year's CONCACAF Champions League. They talk about the special preparations that Sporting made to get ready for CCL (including hyperbaric chambers and a special dispensation from the MLS Players Union), the advantages of controlling the entire soccer side for SKC and his thoughts on the U.S. men's national team under new coach Gregg Berhalter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	Hi, I'm Grant Wall, and welcome to the Planet Football
0:30.6	Podcast, where I go in-depth with the most intriguing people in the world of soccer.
0:36.4	In this episode, I'm joined by Peter Vermeese, the manager and sporting director of Sporting
0:41.2	Kansas City, which has reached the Kakaaf Champions League
0:44.7	Semi-finals against Monterrey. Just a quick reminder, it's a huge help if you
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0:54.3	Odd word!
0:55.3	Our guest today is Peter Vermeese, the manager and sporting director for
1:01.8	sporting Kansas City,
1:03.7	which is the only MLS team left in the Kankakath Champions League
1:08.1	with a showdown coming against Mexican Power Monare in the semi-finals.
1:13.2	Peter, thanks for coming on the show.
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