The tour required two hours, with Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes guiding Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber through every nook and cranny of the Pinnacle training center. After its conclusion, Garber stood in the gym, the nucleus of the building’s medical advancements, and cited it as an example of growth in the league.
This has always been among the many responsibilities of his job — not only expanding the game but also promoting and selling that expansion.
Kansas City, he says, has becoming his leading exhibit.
“There’s a lot said about the big cities and the big markets, but the model franchise for Major League Soccer is right here,” Garber told The Star in an interview this week.