Peter Vermes and Sporting Kansas City have mastered the small market philosophy of buy low, sell high. As other teams around the league throw huge sums of money of big names, Trader Pete continues to find success and win trophies by finding diamonds in the rough and developing quality players.
Sporting Kansas City is a small market team. However the international recognition, the product we see on the field, and the trophy case certainly don't feel that way.
Peter Vermes and company are mastering the idea of buy low, sell high. We've heard rumors of this club offering huge sums of money to players like Rafael Van der Vaart and possibly even Michael Bradley, but these are not the type of moves that have given this club so much success.