After snapping a club-record 13-match winless run last weekend in their first match following the departure of longtime manager Peter Vermes, Sporting Kansas City look to make it back-to-back victories when they host the Portland Timbers on Sunday.
After 15 years of a consistent playoff appearance, three Lamar Hunt trophies, and an MLS Cup in 2013, this past week marked the end of Peter Vermes’s tenure in Kansas City.
For the first time since 2009, Sporting Kansas City will play under new leadership. When they host St. Louis City on Saturday night, SKC will be run by longtime assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin.
Looking to earn their first points of the season, winless Sporting Kansas City host a confident Minnesota United team on Saturday night. Kansas City (0-3-0, 0 points) finds itself as only one of three clubs without a point through three contests this season, but have been competitive in each loss.
Sporting Kansas City's Peter Vermes will coach in his 500th regular season match Sunday at Seattle, becoming the first in Major League Soccer history to do that with one team.
Desperate Sporting Kansas City, with their slim playoff hopes, will host surging Orlando City SC Saturday night in Kansas City, Kan. Sporting KC (6-14-6, 24 points) are nine points below the playoff line in the Western Conference with eight matches left in the regular season.