I wasn't certain how he was going to do, but I can see differences in Steve between now and 2001 when he first came to us. He is a much more experienced player and he is a very good player, and if he remains healthy, there's no reason to believe that he won't be in our first 11. |
I would imagine I'll find some kind of employment after the World Cup. If not, I might want to be a sportswriter. |
I'd much rather have this challenge than having to deal with lesser known countries. The challenge we have in particular ... everybody has basically written us off. |
I'm not saying anyone's in or anyone's out after tonight. But Taylor's chances are looking as good as they did (after the Norway game). He's had a good couple weeks, and he's certainly putting himself into a good position. Tonight's play didn't hurt. |
I'm not sure he's been real patient. I think it's his time. |
I'm not sure the snow was an advantage for anybody. We have been training in California, our domestic players, for seven weeks. |
I'm optimistic that we can qualify out of the group, regardless of what anyone else thinks. I think we're capable of playing with any team in the world. |
I'm real pleased with this seven-week camp we've had to bring back players into the swing of things. |
If he's healthy we have two months to see if he can get fit to play in a World Cup. It's not like we need to rush him back into everything. We know the kind of player he is. There's a lot of quality there and if, over the next couple of weeks, we see steady improvement he's obviously going to get pretty strong consideration for the final roster. |
If I'd grade us, I'd say a C. We can't worry about it. We have to remember that it's January and a lot of players have been away from the game for a while. |
If the comments are accurate they're stupid, but I believe they've probably been lost in translation. |
If you told me I had to hand in a roster tomorrow, I could do it. However, we know from experience -- at least from the last time -- a lot of things happen. |
In games like this, you have to jump on any opportunity that you get. |
In my opinion it's going to be the best World Cup in history for a lot of reasons. It's in Europe, which tends to bring in all the best teams. |
In this kind of game, you have to jump on any opportunity you get. That made the difference. |