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...
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.
definitely hoping infectious losing winning
We're definitely hoping so. I think winning is infectious and losing is as well.
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.
finish games season straight win
We have two games left, we need to win an away game. We want to win, we don't want to finish the season with 12 straight losses.
four last road three whether win
Three of the last four have been competitive. But right now we just want to win a game, whether it's on the road or at home, we just want to get a win.
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.
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.
asking bad ball bounce definitely plus turn
We definitely competed. I feel bad for the guys. They competed for 90 plus minutes. You're just asking for a break, just for a ball to bounce your way. That's all it's going to take to turn it around.
bad ball create game kinds midfield seemed situations turned
The story of the game was how many times we turned the ball over in the midfield and create bad situations for ourselves. You just can't keep making those kinds of mistakes, giveaways, and we seemed to do that a lot.
calm effect front good organizer settling team
He's very good as an organizer in front of him, he communicates very well. He has a calm demeanor, that has a settling effect on a team defensively.
He's very dangerous. You have to give him respect.
good itself talent team win work
D.C. is a very good team that prides itself on its work ethic, ... I've already said that if you've got talent and if you work hard, they're going to win a lot of games.
andy field forward hopefully looking time together underneath
I'm actually excited, looking forward to getting (Kreis and Cunningham) on the field together at the same time and hopefully having Andy underneath them.
far level produce product several talent team worked
So far it's worked well on several fronts. We have better team chemistry, the talent level is up and we will be able to produce a better product on the field.