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...
appreciate certainly games given good paul played
He's been a warrior. He's played some good games in a lot of pain, and I certainly appreciate everything Paul has given us to try and make us more competitive during this stretch.
games players senior time younger
Our younger players are getting better. That time in the senior games helps.
backs balls continue outside solve until
Our outside backs have to play quicker. We're getting balls blocked, and that's going to continue until we actually solve the problem.
confident playing
For us, mentally, we're pretty confident in how we're playing and what we can do, so we'll just keep building.
both sides specimen
He was a specimen on both sides of the ball.
constantly guys heals running wants
He wants to go forward, and especially at Spartan Stadium, you were constantly on your heals with those guys running at you.
best bring exactly figure gave handle knows week
He knows how to bring the best out of a player. He has you for a week and he knows exactly how to handle you. He just gave me guidelines. I went out there and he let me play and figure things out for myself.
eliminate
We just have to eliminate mistakes. If you do that, you're always in every game, especially on the road.
simple talking
When he's talking about doing the simple things, the formula's the same. I know how he feels.
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.
focus stage thinking winning
At this stage we just want to focus on winning a game. We're not even thinking about the playoffs, we just want to win a game.
ball cough coughing game higher opponent pressure watching
If you are an opponent watching our game film, what are you going to do? You're going to higher pressure us and make us try and cough the ball up. So we have to get better at not coughing the ball up under pressure.
few figure games hard last veterans
I figure that they're going to play hard, ... that they want to play and the veterans are going to have to play hard if they want to play the last few games of the season.
definitely eliminate felt played road since throughout
I definitely felt that we competed throughout and I think we can do even better with that. We just have to eliminate mistakes. If you can do that, you're always in every game, especially on the road. I think that is as competitive as we've played on the road since I've been here.