Last Friday, Sporting Kansas City and (nearly) all of their players arrived in KC for the start of preseason for the 2023 MLS season. They had meetings, fitness tests, probably physicals and other formalities, but it also meant a chance to talk to Peter Vermes, Johnny Russell and new signing Nemanja Radoja. While this story will focus on the Vermes quotes, they are all worth a listen.
Here are the interviews (with their durations) if you want to listen for yourself:
If you don’t have time, I’ll try to condense and hit some high points for you.