Vermes, 58, led the club as head coach since 2009, a 16-year spell among the longest for any head coach in global soccer.

After two decades, Peter Vermes’ tenure with Sporting Kansas City has concluded. Sporting KC and Vermes have mutually agreed to part ways, sources told The Star. Kerry Zavagnin has been appointed the interim coach, sources said.

Born in Willingboro and raised in Delran, Vermes played collegiately at Rutgers, and then for various clubs in Europe before MLS launched in 1996. The 58-year-old’s last stop was the then-Kansas City Wizards, which rebranded to the current name in 2010.