St. John's will be another test, and that's great. But we'll enjoy this one for one day anyway. |
The ball that made the goal was the diagonal from Miller. That was a hell of a ball. It was unbelievable. |
The one thing I would be proud of the team, they kept trying really hard to win it, ... We forced both the overtimes - Notre Dame was the team looking to win the game. |
The one thing I would be proud of the team, they kept trying really hard to win it. We forced both the overtimes - Notre Dame was the team looking to win the game. |
The whole key to the goal was Miller's pass. It was a beautiful pass and opened up the field. This weekend shows how closely bunched the top 25 and even the top 50 teams in the nation are in the men's soccer game. St. Louis played a great game against us and a great game against IU (a 1-1 tie on Friday and here they are with a 1-2-1 record so far. |
Then we found our feet again and once we did that, I thought we were excellent, ... Into the overtime I thought we were looking very, very solid, we maybe could have snuck out of there with a win. |
They both worked hard and one of the most pleasing things for me was to watch at halftime Justin was out warming up Chris, getting ready, ... He was a rival and they both work so well to help one another and to improve each other. |
They're a good team. And then when you add the fact of the Notre Dame-Michigan rivalry, that makes it a game that is going to count in everybody's minds. |
This is a game that I think could really make this team be of age. I think this is a great opportunity game for us, and I think its one where I think we're capable of - I know we're capable, I don't just think we're capable - but this is a wonderful opportunity for this team. |
This is not an easy trip for Notre Dame soccer, but it's a trip I think we have got the ability to take something positive out of it. |
Those two guys [Dalby and Ben Crouse] did very well. I thought Ryan Miller did well also at right back. He put a lot of energy into the game, a lot of effort. |
We also travel to Syracuse on Sunday so two very, very [key games]. Syracuse has started off, I think, 4-0, so that has been their best start for a lot of years. |
We couldn't open with a harder game. I think you can count on one hand the number of games that St. John's will have lost in the Big East in Queens in New York in the last 10 years. |
We forced the game even though we were playing away from Alumni Field. Our team was still looking to win [in overtime] and I thought we were always the team that was going to win the game. |
We're taking what we learned from the Dean campaign and are applying it to a state. If we do our job right, when election time comes around, we will have a much more engaged electorate. |