Herculez Gomez Quotes (9 Quotes)

There were about 100 players on two small fields at Southwestern College, ... It was interesting, a lot of weird drills. I was fortunate to get a call back and was asked if I wanted to train with the team. I stayed in a Holiday Inn and trained with the team.

Chris picked his head, saw me, and chipped me a great ball. It was half the goal himself. The ball was just up there. All I remember was saying 'go for it'. I tried it, and it went in the back of the net.

It definitely made me take a step back. It humbled me and showed me how much more I needed to improve or mentally maybe I wasn't there. I sharpened up my game. I was really young and I'm still growing mentally and still learning.

Their strength is that they have a very creative attack. Chris Rolfe, I'm one of his biggest fans. I think he's a great player. If we don't lock it up back there he can do a lot of damage.

I thought we started off great, but goals will do that. They'll help your team or they'll crush it, and today it crushed us. Dempsey scored and took the wind out of our sails. It was almost like we were stuck in second gear and they were running on all cylinders.

They chose their own destiny. They play us. Let's bring it. They're a good team. We've got to come out with everything.

Goals will lift you up or bring you down. They're going to kill you, those goals.

I'm a soccer fan, so I'll be watching to see what's going on around the league. But I'm not going to put too much focus on that. We can't control what Dallas or Colorado does. Now we've got to sit patiently and wait our turn.

They're weak on the counter attack. They don't defend well when players are going at them. That's what we have to do -- set the precedent and take it to them.