The Kansas City Wizards needed a shake up and a change - they hadn't advanced into the MLS Playoffs, and head coach Curt Onalfo was dismissed.
In came Peter Vermes - the former captain of the US National team, and the Wizards' technical director and interm head coach.
Vermes was named the team's full-time head coach at the conclusion of the season, and has worked hard on trying to change the culture within the locker room.
Tod Palmer of the Kansas City Star reports on Vermes' attempt at building a culture in Kansas City.
“What we’ve tried to do since day one is take a business approach to this,” he said. “I don’t mean to sound corporate, but what I mean is that we have a job to do as a team. Everybody has to understand that every time we step inside those white lines, we are there to compete and to win. That’s why we step inside those white lines. It’s not just, ‘Hey, I played a game today.’ It’s got to be that we’re focused on the result. How do we get that result?”
In came Peter Vermes - the former captain of the US National team, and the Wizards' technical director and interm head coach.
Vermes was named the team's full-time head coach at the conclusion of the season, and has worked hard on trying to change the culture within the locker room.
Tod Palmer of the Kansas City Star reports on Vermes' attempt at building a culture in Kansas City.
“What we’ve tried to do since day one is take a business approach to this,” he said. “I don’t mean to sound corporate, but what I mean is that we have a job to do as a team. Everybody has to understand that every time we step inside those white lines, we are there to compete and to win. That’s why we step inside those white lines. It’s not just, ‘Hey, I played a game today.’ It’s got to be that we’re focused on the result. How do we get that result?”
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