The 2019 MLS calendar kicks off in earnest this week with Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes traveling from Orlando, site of the 2019 adidas MLS Player Combine, to Chicago for Friday's MLS SuperDraft, before landing in Arizona for the start of the club's preseason campaign on Sunday.
Veteran soccer broadcaster Dean Linke caught up with Vermes for the latest edition of the United Soccer Coaches Podcast, released earlier today and embedded below, amidst the busy week of activity in conjunction with the United Soccer Coaches Convention and annual MLS League Meetings.