Sporting KC Keeping Vermes

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The basics . . .

No, Sporting KC is not firing Peter Vermes, owner Mike Illig told me this week, and it does not appear as though the club is particularly close to making that move.

Instead, Illig says, the makeover will come in a different form. There’s the opportunity for a roster renovation this offseason — three-fourths of the roster is either out of contract or carrying a team option — and Illig says the club is prepared to take advantage. It’s the potential for an overhaul, and one they say they will embrace.

We’ll see. It’s past due . . .

Ownership has concluded it prefers Vermes be an instrumental part in shaping that overhaul rather than a casualty of it.

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