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...
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.
final game mistake possession stop tough until whistle
It was a tough game and was going back and forth. You can look at the stats and the possession could have said 99 to 1 for Sierra Leone, but we weren't going to stop until the final whistle blew. That's what we said we were going to do at halftime. Any mistake they had we were just going to pounce on them.
anywhere easy effort stop teams until
The effort was there, but we aren't going anywhere until we stop all the easy goals. We just make it too easy for the other teams at times.
games guys reserve reward senior time
We try to reward those guys who play well in reserve games with time in the senior games.
best felt loves player
We felt that he was the best player in the draft. He loves to pass.
certainly crosses deal players
We certainly have to deal with their crosses and the players they get on the end of the crosses.
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.
except final positive
Everything was positive except for the final result, and that's the only thing that we're down about now.
andy attacking clint coming evolved felt forward space
Originally, I think we thought that Clint was going to come in and play like a forward and Andy was going to play the attacking mid. But kind of how it evolved was Clint felt more comfortable coming back and sometimes they were in the same space and it kind of complicated things at times.
attacking ball brian forward offensive robert scarlett second space stressed supposed yards
Brian Dunseth was supposed to play forward a little bit, like an attacking midfielder. But Robert Scarlett and Adolfo Gregorio were supposed to be more offensive in the first half. A lot of times, the ball would come to them and after a second touch, they would still have space after 30 yards with the ball. We stressed that at halftime.
broke half moments played second
Even in the first half we had moments when we played well, but in the second half, we broke down, we broke down and broke down again. It's just unacceptable.
april goal positive result
There's one goal right now and that's to get a positive result on April 2.
definitely hoping infectious losing winning
We're definitely hoping so. I think winning is infectious and losing is as well.
behind casual somebody tight urgency
I still think he was a little too casual at times. There has to be more urgency when you have to get behind somebody and get tight on somebody.