It's all about fitness. I'm not interested in the result. I'm interested in seeing certain things. Mike Magee's been great. He's been great the whole preseason. I'm very pleased with him. |
It's been a long week for all of us, the staff, the front office and the players. The players did an unbelievable job for me, after all the commitments they made all week trying to sell this game. That's what you have to do in America. |
It's important to stay compact against them and to keep the ball. You need to take care of Moreno, and Freddy will be dancing in between people and it's important to keep pressure on their wide guys and we can do that. |
It's painful because we played so well for a good part of the game. It's not over though. We know we still have a chance and it has to start against D.C. They are a good team but we have to play like this is our last chance, because it could be. |
Knowing the guy for four years, it's not his make up. Does he do other things on the field? Of course he does. Will he lash out and call somebody something racial? That I'm sure he wouldn't do. |
Magee has had a very good training camp. He has worked on his fitness and it shows. His finishing this entire camp has been in a different class. |
Magnificent. He's been magnificent all season. There is a door open now for the World Cup and I hope he's on it because of his performance here, not only tonight, but throughout his time here has been tremendous. |
Obviously, we need a little more confidence. We're lacking it at the moment. |
Our problem is we can't put the ball in the back of the net. |
Panic struck when they scored the first one and then there were six or seven minutes of added time. You have to compete right to the end and we fell asleep on a couple of plays. |
Right now, I don't care if we get yellow cards. I want this group to be nasty as a team because sometimes we're too soft. And tonight I got a feeling when I was on the sideline that New England kept (complaining) to the referee. That was a good sign because we were playing tough. |
Silly foul. I just told Carlos Mendes, there's no need to foul there. He let his teammates down because we defended very well for 87 minutes. Then, all of a sudden, we gave a stupid foul, they put a ball in the box and no one's marking Kreis. It's criminal. I can't fault the effort, but what I can fault is [not] closing up shop. |
So far, Johnny X has shown a bit more than most. He's one for the future. He's one that you look at and spend some time on. He's a threat. He has good pace. He's got an eye for the goal. |
Taylor has had a very impressive camp. He came in very fit and his height obviously gives him a big advantage on the backline. |
The goal for these two weeks is to bring the group together and to train hard. The guys have already started to come together in the first few days of training in New York and our time down here will certainly accelerate the process. |