Before Sporting Kansas City embarked on the 2019 preseason, the team gathered inside a Phoenix complex, and coach Peter Vermes outlined the next seven weeks. During his tenure, it’s become customary to provide the players a sense of the process and the meaning behind it.
This one took some time.
The itinerary calls for a busy two months, with Sporting KC participating in two different competitions — the CONCACAF Champions League and the opening of the MLS season, in that order. The club will have made eight trips by the time it completes the opening week of the league’s season in early March.