John Ellinger
John Ellinger
John Ellingeris a former American soccer coach of the Under-17 United States men's national soccer team, and former head coach of Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer...
asked bottom seems table
They did everything we asked them to do. It seems when you're at the bottom of the table things just don't go your way,
asked
They did everything we asked them to do.
cancel
They canceled our game, ... We didn't cancel it.
bit came hard legs lost pressured second
They came out and pressured hard in the first half, and then kind of lost their legs a little bit in the second half, and we had two new groups.
bummed next playoffs
They were bummed that the playoffs kind of ended, but they are professionals and they know we've got to get better next year.
allowed front guys looked net position problem
It looked like a problem with our shape. We were out of position and allowed two guys to be in front of our net unmarked.
good problem
It's a good problem to have up front.
lake positives salt team
The positives are, there is a team in Salt Lake City. And the fans; we've been received.
games reserve
We use the reserve games for a reason.
bad ball bounce couple definitely feels frustrated games good happening punished teams work
We feel -- and probably Chivas feels the same way too -- you definitely get punished for your mistakes. Good teams make the ball bounce their way and sometimes we get frustrated with it not happening for us. We've had a couple games where we've said, 'Nothing bad is going to happen, we're going to make our own breaks,' but to actually say that and then play that way, it doesn't always work out.
both defensive happy jason mistake played shape worked
I thought we played well in both halves. Unfortunately we had one mistake in our defensive shape and they put in the rebound, but it worked out in the end. I can't tell you how happy I am for Jason (Kreis) to get that goal.
looking next outside time today
Today was the first day of next season. That's how we want to look at it. We don't want to be on the outside looking in at this time next year.
playing seemed sit three
We were just going to take it to them from the start, and why not, why sit back and play defensive. We just seemed to be playing better with three forwards.
bad build definitely guys
We definitely competed. It's frustrating. You feel bad for guys because you feel they competed for 90-plus minutes, but you didn't come away with a point. It's something we can definitely build on.