Fernando Clavijo
Fernando Clavijo
Fernando Caetano Clavijo Cedrésis a retired American soccer defender and former head coach of the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. He played three seasons in the American Soccer League, two in the North American Soccer League and ten in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He earned 61 caps with the United States men's national soccer team and 8 with the U.S. National Futsal Team. He later coached both indoor and outdoor teams as well as at the national team...
needed playing playoff whatever
Today, for us, it was a playoff game. We were playing on the road, and we needed to do whatever we needed to win.
air aware believe cleared counting extremely guaranteed help jeff minutes prepared ready start takes trained whatever
I don't believe he'll start right now, but we have cleared the air extremely well. I like the way he trained (Friday), specifically. Right now, Jeff is ready to come in. I'm counting on him to play, don't know how many minutes. Nobody's guaranteed minutes in this franchise. Jeff is aware of that and, I think, is prepared to play and do whatever it takes to help this team.
allow believe bit game gave knowing last match played point
I believe we match (up) very well because they like to play and allow (opponents) to play. That last game we played them gave us a little bit of confidence, knowing we can come with the point from there. But at the same time, we need to win.
came family greatest love soccer
I did it because I love it, I did it because it's part of me and I did it because I had the greatest support. I didn't come (to the U.S.) to play soccer, I came here for a new life. ... Soccer is in my blood. My family is in my heart.
ball defend forced
We were forced to make many changes. We didn't defend the ball as well as we should have.
afraid became clear closer good half instead needed pressure second step sure
We were very tentative in the first half, instead of being aggressive. We made it clear in the second half it was not good enough. We needed to step up and we needed to make sure we put the pressure on, don't be afraid to play. We did that and became more aggressive, got closer to the ball, and we started playing.
good talented year
Fabrice is a very talented young player. . . . I think you are going to see a lot of good things this year from Fabrice.
jeff playing season
I've had Jeff playing for me for most of the season and he's done tremendously well. So, do I need to see more of Jeff? No, I don't.
nightmare total
It was a total nightmare out there, by everyone. We just didn't perform.
opportunity team win won
I want it. This team has really not won many things, and I think an opportunity to win it is something we need to concentrate on.
absolutely action handled inside leading next talented
It was a disciplinary action that we handled inside the team. He's a very talented player, our leading scorer and he will absolutely (be back for the next game). We need him here for the playoffs.
great night playing wrong
It's a great night for Houston. It's a great night for the league. If you don't like playing in this environment, you're in the wrong sport.
credit free great injuries played suffered team
The other team played hard; they executed a great free kick. You have to give them credit. We suffered some injuries but you have to give the credit to the team that played well.
came complain game guys hard harder knew ourselves worked
We knew this game was going to be hard and we made it a little harder on ourselves today. Overall, all the guys came up, worked hard and I can't complain for that.