Physically, he's already a man, and he can handle the toughness of the sport. He has a great attitude, and he's smart. He's an all-around good player. |
So far, so good but there are still some things to work on. Nothing's perfect. |
That'll give us time to talk things over (with the players). Everyone will play. The guys who will start the game were guys who started a lot of games last year. |
The challenge this year for us is to be competitive every game. That's a challenge I think we can overcome pretty easily because we all have the same mindset. They put aside their individual goals and accolades. |
The guys just continue to play good soccer and that is what is getting results for us. They are confident with each other out there and they always work hard for each other. Tonight we came out well and put a lot into the first half and we could have even been up by more than a goal. The players bring that energy right from the start every week. |
The last few games we've playing guys who played a lot of games last year early on, but today we mixed it up. |
The players get along, enjoy playing together and enjoy working together. It's not a military school, and it's not Club Med. |
There was some deep thought for my wife and I, because we have a family, about moving. That was expressed both to [club president] Oliver [Luck] and the people at AEG. This wasn't one I was going to say, 'OK, 100 percent, let's do it.' I had to think about it. |
These games are good but when you start the season, no one has a win and no one has a loss. It's all brand new. |
They hit the crossbar there and that was a scary moment, but you've got to give them credit. |
They still put three forwards taking on our four defenders. We'll see how it plays out. |
This is one we're going to keep in the locker room. |
We can't wait for the first game to start. |
We have a lot of smart, experienced players on our team and they know how to prepare for each game. They know that if we slow down a little and get in a lull, it is hard to get out of it. It is a long season and we just have to keep working hard and getting results. I know everyone here is motivated to keep playing well and hopefully we can close out the season well. |
We just look at it and shrug our shoulders. We are here to play soccer. We haven't talked about it once. |