Bob Gansler
Bob Gansler
Bob Gansleris a Hungarian-born American soccer player and coach of German descent. He coached the US National Team at the 1990 World Cup, the team's first appearance at the tournament since 1950...
career gifted high obviously opportunity saw school work
We obviously had the opportunity to see Will. I think we saw Will his whole high school career and some sessions when he would come out and work with us. From day one he impresses you. He is, technically, a very gifted individual.
attacked created effective team winners
The better team doesn't always win. We attacked and we created more opportunities. The winners were a little more effective where it matters.
far played series
As far we're concerned, this is a two-game series and we're only at halftime. We've played at their place, and now they have to play at ours.
college faster game
As our game (MLS) is getting better, it's getting better, faster than the college game.
although america english german kept mother speak tongue trust
I've been in America for 50 years. The mother tongue is in German, but I trust I speak English better than I speak German, although I've kept up the German pretty well.
battle both extra home sides soccer
They play soccer on both sides of the ball. They are attack-minded. They are going to battle you for 90 minutes. At home they have a little extra zip.
conference favorites forward legitimate looking played whether
They are legitimate favorites in their conference and in the league. Having said that, we've played them well over the years whether it's been at their place or here. We're looking forward to that test.
advantage candy credit double draw eddie effective energetic exactly guy humble josh kid looking run sure takes teams watching
Davy has been this energetic and this important for us. For sure he's a humble guy to tell you they are watching 7 (Eddie Johnson) and 15 (Josh Wolff) and they don't think that the 22 (Arnaud) can do much. So he takes advantage of that. He was our most effective guy today. That's a credit to him. That's also a credit to Josh and Eddie because they draw the double teams more often. If you look at it, Davy has that one guy to run at. That's like a kid in a candy store. That's exactly what he's looking for.
bread butter confines defense good offense style suited
They are a very good team. They play a high-tempo style of play. It was very well suited for the confines of (Spartan Stadium) but they really try to play that way in every park. Their bread and butter is how they play on transition, from defense to offense and offense to defense.
adolescent coming good jokes laughter maybe obviously practical smiles start
There's more smiles, there's more laughter, there's more buffoonery on his part and coming back at him, ... We got off to good start this season, which obviously helps, and we see practical jokes and some of the adolescent things maybe he hadn't done for a while.
again behavior bottom certainly deep early forced friday knee line man night order rant rave schedule sorts wednesday
I could rant and rave about a lot of things. I could rant and rave about the man in the middle. I could rant and rave about the unsportsmanlike behavior of (Glen) for most of the game. I could certainly rant and rave about the schedule which forced us to play Wednesday night and again on Friday and on a rainy, knee deep field. There's all sorts of physiological reasons, but the bottom line is we didn't play well enough early enough in order to go and get that first goal.
complete early gave good man package quickness terms
For sure, the man explodes. He is the complete package in terms of quickness and speed. But Scott also gave him a good early ball.
guys houston longer periods possession quality time week
You never have a enough possession for a coach. You just don't want the other guys to have it. But we're getting better at that. I think we had it for longer periods of time and there were more quality sequences than we had in Houston (one week earlier), for example.
four goal last run time
The goal that Gomez got, that's the first time anybody's got a goal on us over the run of play in the last four games.