Steve Ralston
Steve Ralston
Steve Ralstonis a retired American soccer player and a current assistant coach for the San Jose Earthquakes. At the time of his retirement, Ralston was Major League Soccer's all-time career leader in assists. He also was the MLS record holder for appearances, startsand minutes played. He also held the U.S. record for professional appearancesin 2010. Tim Howard with 483 and Brad Friedel with 550 appearances have both made more professional appearances...
best guys hard spot time training trying work
There's still a lot of time to go, and a lot of guys will be trying to get our spot on the team. All I can do is keep training hard and do the best I can and hopefully, it will work out for me.
missed time
I was in the right place at the right time . . . if I had missed that one, it would have been embarrassing,
easiest game goal scrappy
It was about the easiest goal I've scored. It was a scrappy game and we showed a lot of heart.
april chance four games hoping left name season until
There's not a whole lot of time. I'm hoping to get another chance but there aren't many games left so we'll see. I don't think (Arena) is going to name his roster until the end of April so we'll be about four games into the season by then. I've just got to play well in all of those games.
afternoon ball begging driving felt hard hit
I was really driving the ball as hard as I could, and I think it fatigued (my quad). Then, in the afternoon practice, I hit a ball and felt something. I thought I could play through it. I didn't want them to think I was begging out of fitness. But then I hit another one, and I really felt it, and that's when I said enough.
edge fans goal late plan
Yeah, we always plan things that way. Get a late goal to keep the fans on the edge of their seats,
beforehand boss came felt fine game good half happy hit shot steve
(Revolution boss Steve Nicol) came to me a day or two beforehand and said I probably wouldn't start. I was fine with that and just said that I just felt like I could go but would be happy to be on the bench. In the game I hit a shot in the first half and just thought 'here we go, let's see.' It felt fine and that was good for my confidence.
cup hold january miss november rest schedule season team wish
We're part of a team in M.L.S., and if I make the World Cup team, it would be disappointing to miss so much of the season. I wish we could hold our season on the same schedule as the rest of the world. Right now, our schedule from January to November is too long.
included matter next playing team
We all know it doesn't matter if you are on the team now, ... You could be playing now and doing well and not even be included next year.
four great kansas los played points result three tie trying work
We've only played three games. We got a great result at Los Angeles, then a tie (at New York) and just didn't play very well in Kansas City. Four points after three games? Yeah, we'd like to be better, but we've been on the road, we're still trying to work in this new formation so we're still positive.
cut game happened mental mistakes open opportunity remember win
It was a very open game. They capitalized on every opportunity they had. If we cut down on the mental mistakes then we win that game pretty easily. We have got to remember what happened tonight. We have got to remember that if we make mistakes like that, we're going to get punished.
chance decision final focus games hope hoping last maybe prove seen
They've seen what I can do over the last two years, and now the focus is on getting back healthy. I'm hoping I get another chance, maybe in those games in Germany, to prove something. ... I hope I get the chance to go back before he makes his final decision on the (World Cup) team.
against amazing cup dreamed goal help high highest national scoring soccer team
It's an amazing high -- the highest of my soccer career. To be able to help the national team get to the World Cup by scoring a goal against Mexico, I don't know if I would have ever dreamed that.
almost banging gets later minute sure taylor upset
Our forwards don't get the calls. It could be because Taylor is in there banging hard, but when he gets fouled like that, it should be a penalty. I'm sure Taylor was upset by the non-penalty call, but a minute later he was back in there and almost scored.