[Rogers] did a nice job switching fields in the last game. They have two creative and aware forwards, and hands down they have a very good keeper. |
I don't know anything about the team last year. I just know what I've been told. |
I don't know if that was a [penalty kick] or not. He clipped the guy, but he got the ball. I think that's only a penalty kick in high school soccer. Anywhere else, it wouldn't be. |
I hate to say [I'm happy] about a tie. They say a tie is like kissing your sister, but we were able to come back with a score. We're showing progress, it's just a shame it's so late in the season. We had good character [Monday night] and played a great game against Rogers. |
I thought all the guys in the back played well. They did a good job with the changes we made back there. |
I'm trying to figure out what high school soccer is like. |
It gives us more depth in the back. It gives us a head start when defending against the long ball, making it harder for people to get behind us. If the other team serves the long ball, then we're a little further back. We won't lose the foot race to the ball. |
Luke and I played that way in college, and it worked great for our team. But this team needs a sweeper in the back. The 3-5-2 alignment gives us more depth in the back and more numbers in the midfield. |
That was excellent character. All week long, I talked about how someone needs to step up and make a difference in the game. |
That's his role. He makes sure we keep our shape and people stay marked up. |
That's just poor defense. Our marks were loose in the back and the midfield, and we gave them too much time in space with the ball. |
That's what we've been asking them to do, send those through balls. Tonight we were able to get on to them. |
That's what we've worked on in practice. We want the forwards and the midfielders to play together. |
There's a right time for the long ball and right time for the 10-yard pass. We're trying to get them to understand that. We're working on those kind of decisions every day in practice. |
They were playing flat. Anytime they're playing flat, they don't have that depth, that last person to intercept things. |