Peter Vermes
Peter Joseph Vermes (/vɜːrˈmiːs/; born November 21, 1966) is an American professional soccer coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.
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| Full name | Peter Joseph Vermes | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | November 21, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Willingboro, New Jersey, United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Sporting Kansas City (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Loyola Greyhounds | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1987 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | New Jersey Eagles | (2) | |||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Győr | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Volendam | 28 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1995 | Figueres | 28 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | → New York Fever (loan) | 25 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | MetroStars | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Colorado Rapids | 98 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Kansas City Wizards | 78 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 302 | (39) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1997 | United States | 66 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009– | Sporting Kansas City | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Entering the 2023 MLS season, Vermes is currently the longest-tenured head coach in MLS and has won four major trophies as a manager, the second most of all active coaches in MLS.
As a player, Vermes spent several seasons playing in Hungary, the Netherlands, before establishing himself as a defender in Major League Soccer, playing for MetroStars, Colorado Rapids and the Kansas City Wizards. Vermes was also a regular member of the United States national team throughout the 1990s, and represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
On April 4, 2013, Vermes was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame.