Atlanta United has yet to play a match of any sort but it is clearly well-versed in the ways of MLS. It has signed attacker Jacob Peterson as a free agent and negotiated a trade withColumbus for the right to sign defender Greg Garza, who is being loaned by Club Tijuana for the 2017 season. […]
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MLS Moves: SKC signs trio to new deals
Sporting Kansas City concluded negotiations on new contracts for three players, including one claimed in the MLS Expansion Draft. Defenders Jimmy Medranda andKevin Ellis and goalkeeper Alec Kann, who was selected by Atlanta United FC, have signed new deals. Ellis’ contract runs through 2018; Medrandra is signed through 2019 with anoption for 2020; and Kann’s deal […]
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MLS Moves: SKC's Vermes: 'I'm exactly where I want to be'
Double-duty for Peter Vermes as technical director and manager of Sporting Kansas City has worked out pretty well, and thus the team has extended his contract. Hired as head coachin September 2009, Vermes led SKC to an MLS Cup title in 2013 in between U.S. Open Cup crowns in 2012 and 2015. He had rejoined […]
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MLS Moves: Options picked up on five Sporting KC players
Sporting Kansas City exercised contract options on five players — Saad Abdul-Salaam, Benji Joya, Jimmy Medranda, Lawrence Olum and Seth Sinovic — who join12 players already under contract for 2017. Six players are out of contract, including three who played in Sporting KC’s loss to Seattle in the Knockout Round: Kevin Ellis, PauloNagamura and Jacob […]
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Report: Interest in Klinsmann replacement has been gauged since 2015
U.S. Soccer has been gauging the interest of potential replacements for Jurgen Klinsmann — notably LA Galaxy coach Bruce Arena and Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes –since late in 2015, sources told ESPN FC. One source said Tab Ramos, Klinsmann’s current assistant, could also be a candidate if Klinsmann is fired.
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MLS Moves: Feilhaber, Opara sign new deals with SKC
Sporting Kansas City has slipped a notch among the elite MLS teams since winning its second MLS Cup title in 2013, and to bolster its quest for a return trip it has re-signed midfielder BennyFeilhaber and defender Ike Opara to new contracts. Feilhaber, 31, has scored 24 goals and logged 38 assists for SKC since […]
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MLS Playoffs: Sporting KC demands apology from league
Sporting Kansas City did everything possible but score against Seattle, which was saved time and again by the goalkeeping of Stefan Frei, and when it exited, 1-0, in MLS’s Knockout Round onNelson Valdez‘s controversial goal in the 88th minute, Sporting coach Peter Vermes was not a happy man. Paulo Nagamura, a veteran of seven MLS […]
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MLS: SKC takes win streak into first playoff meeting
By the margin of a single point did Seattle edge out Sporting Kansas City to grab fourth place and a home game in the Knockout Round. Seattle’s dramatic rise from ninth to fourth isone of the season’s most compelling stories and SKC will be up against a boisterous CenturyLink Field crowd as well as a […]
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MLS Playoffs: Teams at familiar stage
MLS’s Knockout Round concludes Thursday with two games: D.C. United-Montreal and Seattle-Sporting KC. All four teams played in the Knockout Round a year ago and all but Sporting KC, loser of an epicshootout to eventual champion Portland, advanced. Knockout Round: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 D.C. United vs. Montreal,7:30 pm ET, UniMas Seattle vs. Sporting KC, 10 […]
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MLS: Brad Davis joins vets who are retiring
Brad Davis, a six-time MLS all-star and two-time MLS champion, announced Sunday that he will retire from professional soccer at the end of the 2016 MLS season with Sporting Kansas City. Hejoins veteran Americans Ned Grabavoy, Jack Jewsbury and Zach Scott in announcing plans to step aside. Davis, 34, won 2006 and 2007 MLS Cup […]