Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter
On the overall season and tonight’s game...
I would think so, I would categorize tonight as a lost opportunity. I mean we had the chance to come to the conference leaders and really show what we are about. And I don’t think we did that. It’s disappointing because, I think highly of that group. I think highly of the guys in the locker room and I know that we had more in us than we showed tonight.
On the Red Card...
I spoke to him [the ref], what we said was private but ill look at it again and see what it was and then go from there.
On any positives from this game...
Yeah, I think Philadelphia was a good example of the hunger. The hunger of if you want to be at the top, that’s what you need. Let’s look at them, they were in Orlando on Saturday, they had Colorado on Wednesday and us again on Saturday, excuse me, Wednesday, Saturday, Wednesday. They came off that one, and they won 66% of duels in the first half. I mean this is the middle of the game, this is a physical league, if we expect to win games losing 66 percent of duels, it’s not happening. Not in this league, no way.
On Ola Kamara...
He’s doing well, he’s settling well. He will get chances in this league, and it’s up to us to keep working to get him ever more chances. Today, I think we missed that final pass; we missed the looking to get behind the back line, having said that he still had a number of good goal-scoring chances. And that’s what he’s going to do and he scored and he will score.
Midfielder Ben Swanson
On the overall game...
I don’t think we played our best today, but it was nice to get my first minutes in. I came on and then was probably about 15 minutes left in, we were down 2-1 at that point, so we were looking for a goal and they got one and we got another one back. It was obviously nice for me to get my first minutes but we have a nice little break coming up and we’ll regroup and get back after it and we’ll see what happens.
On being subbed on and making his debut...
It’s kind of just like Mo [Saeid] is injured, so go out there and move. It was an awesome experience, and I couldn’t be nervous to be honest. I have been kind of looking forward to it for a while but it was nice to finally get out there.
Forward Ola Kamara
On the overall game...
I mean they, after 20 minutes, they got a little bit more pressure on us. Then they had that shot and it went in and they get some momentum and I think they feel a little better. But I feel even in the second half we started out good, we had the chances, we had possession. But when they get the second goal, it’s difficult.
On chemistry with Ethan Finlay...
Yeah, it’s good to get assist from Ethan as well. A great assist to Martinez as well but I mean right now I’m not thinking really about that. We lost the game and that’s in my mind.
On what’s next for the team...
I mean I think the guys need to relax a bit, get fresh again, and we just have to start over again and we're going to win at home next week, that’s the goal.
