Peter Vermes
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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) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Sporting Kansas City (head coach) | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Loyola Greyhounds | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1987 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | New Jersey Eagles | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | Győr | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 1988–1997 | United States | 66 | (11) | ||||||||||||
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| 2009– | Sporting Kansas City | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Peter Joseph Vermes (born November 21, 1966) is an American former professional soccer player. He is currently the head coach of Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.
As a player, Vermes spent several seasons playing in Hungary, the Netherlands, before establishing himself as one of the best defenders in Major League Soccer, enjoying successful stints with 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 U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame.
Vermes was born in Willingboro, New Jersey. He grew up in Delran Township, New Jersey and played high school soccer at Delran High School. He graduated in 1984, having scored 109 goals. In 1999, he was named by The Star-Ledger as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1980s.
Vermes played his first year in college on the men's soccer team at Loyola College in Maryland under head coach Bill Sento. Vermes then transferred and played three years of college soccer at Rutgers University, from 1985 to 1987, where he elevated the status of the program to that of a national power. In his final season, Vermes scored 21 goals and 10 assists for the team, finishing a first team All-American, as well as runner-up for the National Player of the Year Award. During that season, Vermes led Rutgers to their first victory in the NCAA Tournament in 26 years, scoring the winning goal in a contest against Seton Hall University.
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