Dave Sarachan
Dave Sarachan
Dave Sarachanis a former U.S. soccer coach and player. He spent two seasons in the North American Soccer League and four in Major Indoor Soccer League before retiring in 1982. Since then, he has coached at the collegiate, professional and national team levels, most recently as the head coach of the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer...
changes count everybody good guys healthy thin
You don't make changes for change's sake. You put guys in that are healthy and in good form. Right now we have a very thin roster. We're going to count on everybody to get back into good form.
fit five forward pleased
We did well with all five of our picks. Overall, we're very pleased with our selections and we look forward to working with all of them. They will fit in well with our team.
allow defensive felt game goal good halftime job open patient plays possession push situations tonight trying
At halftime we felt that as long as we are patient and do a good job with possession we could get the goal back. ... When you are down a goal and you're trying to push to get the goal there are going to be situations that will allow the game to open up and that's what happened. You still have to make the defensive plays out of those situations and tonight we didn't.
columbus coming goal knew last points seven six team
As you get down to the last six or seven games, the points are very important. We knew it would be a real dogfight, a battle, with a team like Columbus coming at us. Getting the first goal was very important for us.
against came fine game good health saturday solid training week
Zach started Saturday and came through fine with his calf, so his health isn't an issue. He had a good week of training and a good solid game against New England.
box expected form sick time took
Zach got sick in Mexico, and that set him back. Physically, he was out of the box for a little while, and it took him a little time to get back to the form we've expected of him.
break needed road week worst
The bye week wasn't the worst thing. We have a long road stretch, so we needed to break it up.
against building came coming drop easy fact fair given goal guys knew last might points ready task team week
Coming into this building is never an easy task and given the fact that L.A. last week didn't come away with points we knew we had to be ready to play against a team that might show some urgency. They get the goal off a restart but our guys didn't drop their heads. They came back and we equalized. I think it was fair that we got a point off of this game.
couple games gave goal goals good moments negatives obviously positives
I think, as first games go, we had our good moments and we obviously had our moments where we can obviously be better. The positives are that we got the first goal and also that we got the go-ahead goal at 2-1. The negatives are that we gave up a couple of goals that I thought could have been prevented and let them back in it.
batteries bonus caught clearly few great guys healthy hit knocks physically rest time wall
I think (the rest was) clearly a bonus for us because we had hit the wall physically and mentally. I think we've caught a great time to get our breath, get our batteries charged, get a few guys back healthy and rest a few guys that had had some knocks and bruises.
converted homework jeremy liked player
Jeremy is a player we did our homework on. He's a defender, but is actually a converted forward. There are a lot of things we liked about him.
defender good jeff size steady strength
Jeff is very consistent, very steady and comfortable with the ball. He has size and strength to be a good defender in our league.
caught defender eye jordan looking ourselves sleeper stronger
Jordan caught our eye at the combine. He could be a sleeper in this draft. We were looking for a defender to get ourselves stronger in the back.
although great john player potential saw thank year
I want to thank Will John for his year with us. Although we only saw him for one season, I feel that Will has great potential as a young player in this League.