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...
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.
ball bit fighting physical played pressure spirit
The fighting spirit was better. Pressure on the ball was better, and we played a bit more physical tonight, which was good.
difficult good last san team
It's not going to be easy. We know it's going to be a difficult challenge; San Jose was a very good team last year.
anywhere created easy effort goals good possession stop teams until
Effort was good, possession was very good ... we created a lot of chances. (But) we're never going to go anywhere until we stop all the easy goals that go in. We just make it too easy for teams at times.
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.
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.
ball experience field
It's disappointing because I know we're better than what we showed. We have too much experience on the field to give the ball away as many times as we did.
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.
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.
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.
games guys reserve reward senior time
We try to reward those guys who play well in reserve games with time in the senior games.