Tony Meola
Tony Meola
Antonio Michael "Tony" Meolais an American former soccer goalkeeper who represented the United States national team at the 1990, 1994, and 2002 World Cups, and from 1996 to 2006 played in Major League Soccer, the U.S. top soccer division, where he obtained multiple honors. He currently serves as head coach of Jacksonville Armada FC...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth21 February 1969
CityBelleville, NJ
ali few guys known matter mohammed name whose
He's the Mohammed Ali of our sport. He's one of very few guys whose name is known no matter where you go.
anymore aside career contribute injured might step team time wondered
There hasn't ever been a time that I've said that it is time to stop, even when I was injured and I wondered if my career might be over. When I feel I can't contribute to the team anymore I'll be the first to step aside and say enough is enough.
beginning forever game great hard home played points seems since week
We've got to get points out of this, ... Just like the playoffs, if you play at home first, you've got to win. That's the way we have to look at it. We had a great week of training, I thought. A really hard week, especially in the beginning of the week. It seems like forever since we played a game and I think everyone's ready.
When I got here I never thought we'd be at this point,
came flat
We did come out a little flat - and they came out on fire,
held toward wore
He held his own out there. He wore down toward the end, which is to be expected, but he was solid.
bus kicked took
We took the bus over here and I got kicked out of the stadium. I would have done anything to see him train.
happy michael
I'm so happy for Michael Bradley and the Bradley family.
grown start understanding week win
I think every week we've grown and I think we have a better understanding of each other. It's still a new team. My expectations at the start are like everyone else's in the league, and that's to try to win a championship.
ali anywhere knows mention muhammad name
I said it the other day, he's the Muhammad Ali of our sport. He's a name that you can mention anywhere in the world and everyone knows who he is.
dominated forget kansas minutes nice points pressure road three tough
We dominated for 70 minutes and they dominated the rest. It would have been nice to get the three points and put pressure on Kansas City, but they still have a tough road so it's not over. We have to go to D.C. and get three points and forget about this.
game guys hard knows lax process
He (Arena) knows it's a process and the guys know it's a process. It's hard to think you'd go into a game and just be lax about it.
coach felt game good happy hook run stadium start three weeks win
All I know is I said when I got to the stadium (Sunday) I was going to do everything I had to do to win the game, ... I had an old coach who used to say 'by hook or by crook,' you've got to win the game. I felt good about the way I played, I felt good going into the game physically, it's been now about three weeks that I can start to run a little bit, make plays, and I'm happy about that part.
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The last three weeks have been a whirlwind for all of us. We're just happy to get past the first game and next time, we'll get a win. We've played two games and we haven't been beaten, but we could have gotten one tonight, because we deserved it.