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A Look at the Way Peter Vermes Uses Substitutions

Sporting Kansas City head coach, Peter Vermes has coached close to half the games in the club’s history, having coached 403 of KC’s 820 league games in their 26 seasons. He’s recorded 172 wins, won four trophies, and made the playoffs 10 of his 12 seasons in charge as the full-time head coach. One thing that has been a regular complaint of Vermes’ strategy/coaching style by fans has been his use of substitutions. That’s especially been true in the 2021 season as fans have asked whether Vermes’ lack of rotation and substitutions worked against KC late in the season, especially during their three-game losing streak to end the 2021 regular season.