Sporting Kansas City’s performances were apt to be described best by Genarro Gatusso over the past week, but did reside mostly in the “sometimes maybe good” department, getting 2 consecutive wins at home over FC Dallas including a weather-interrupted Open Cup quarterfinal last night that went the full 120 minutes.  This had the effect of somewhat washing out the sour taste of a frustrating final 30 minutes in Colorado on the 4th of July that erased what was a fairly well executed, if unexpected, game plan for the first hour.

I don’t know if it’s fair to say SKC are making a turn, but we have seen more solid performances from certain players, and the coaching staff appearing willing to move on from some others that continue to make significant mistakes.  This all taking into account the level of the competition, which in the case of Dallas, candidly isn’t very good.

Tactical corner this week will be a look into how Vermes both looks to use his midfielders and fullbacks, and what kinds of dependencies that creates as well as the traits it requires to succeed.  

In Potpourri, we discuss Tactical Manager’s favorite news release of all time, Gregg Berhalter being fired by US Soccer.  What realistically can the fanbase expect from a replacement coach? Are people’s expectations way too high?  Who do we like for the position.  Finally we will each give you one thing to look for with two more games coming up in the next 6 days.