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Despite the tepid start to the season, Sporting still have everything to play for. They’re seven points behind the Portland Timbers, who hold the ninth and final Western Conference playoff spot, with one game in hand. They’re in a hole, but Vermes is still adamant that this team is good enough to dig themselves out.
He also has history to back him up. After going winless (0W-7L-3D) their first 10 games of 2023, SKC stormed back to lead the Western Conference in points (41), wins (12) and goals per game (1.88) from the the beginning of May through Decision Day, earning a spot in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs.
“Look, I think this is a good team. The issue last year, which was a little bit different, for the longest time, I had to be the one that tried to keep telling them that,” he said. “This win should reinforce that to them, that they’re good. When they want to play, they can play.”
“Hopefully this is going to give us a little bit of a burst that we need.”
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