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...
coming kids players
Sometimes the kids only think about making the team. Now there are a lot of players coming in who want to make a difference.
highlight life rewarded soccer worked
I'm overwhelmed. I always worked because it was in my body. To be rewarded like this is the highlight of my life. Soccer has been my life as long as I can remember.
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.
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.
anytime bring opportunity players pull trigger
Anytime you have an opportunity to bring players of this caliber, you have to pull the trigger right away.
ball defend forced
We were forced to make many changes. We didn't defend the ball as well as we should have.
mental
Being a professional is more a mental job.
based cards changes concerned jeopardize might red
At the end of the day, I was a little concerned that some red cards might jeopardize the playoffs, so we made some changes based on that.
came happy looking next open opportunity playing remember
It would be a very happy little surprise. I'm not looking for the next superstar, but you never know. I remember how I came out to play. I made it from an open tryout. I got an opportunity to try. That's how I started playing here in the States. You never know. Realistically, it would be very hard, but it's not impossible.
shut
They shut us down. And they shut us out.
change good happy player scenery wrong
Sometimes a player is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was happy there, but I think the change in scenery was good for him.
cannot game home
The significance of this game for us is that it's a home game and we cannot give up points.
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.