John Ellinger Quotes (44 Quotes)

They had our backs up against the wall a lot of the time, but we were able to get the strike from Freddy at the end to make the difference. It's good to know we've advanced, but we still have to concentrate on Spain, which will be a tough test.

It was so demoralizing. It's that way in any sport you give up a goal right before halftime, and it demoralizes.

We need to get away from the road. I was hoping that this game would be the first time we would win on the road, but it's now 13 straight road games without a win. The answer has got to be out there somewhere, I just don't know what it is.

We left Chris kind of out on an island most of the game.

I thought we played well in both halves. Unfortunately we had one mistake in our defensive shape and they put in the rebound, but it worked out in the end. I can't tell you how happy I am for Jason (Kreis) to get that goal.

He's very good as an organizer in front of him, he communicates very well. He has a calm demeanor, that has a settling effect on a team defensively.

They're looking to make an impression that they're better than last year and obviously we need to do the same.

Story of the game was how many times can we turn the ball over in the midfield and created bad situations for ourselves defensively.

I'm actually excited, looking forward to getting (Kreis and Cunningham) on the field together at the same time and hopefully having Andy underneath them.

Today would've been a nice place for us to start.

A loss definitely kind of puts us out. Not mathematically, but common sense tells us we're out.

If you are an opponent watching our game film, what are you going to do You're going to higher pressure us and make us try and cough the ball up. So we have to get better at not coughing the ball up under pressure.

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.

I thought we gave the ball away. I thought we stood there and watched them attack our goal. The first principle of defending, once the ball is lost you fight to win it back, and we didn't fight to win it back.

So far it's worked well on several fronts. We have better team chemistry, the talent level is up and we will be able to produce a better product on the field.

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.

If you start your pressure at the top of the circle, but when they get to that point it becomes live and everybody has to get tight and do their job, and that's not how it happened. There's big room for improvement there.

The good thing about Mehdi is that he keeps working and tries. He keeps plugging along and he keeps playing. That's a positive for him. He'll make a mistake, but he'll learn from it and keep going.

Now it's a matter of getting better shooting opportunities. I thought we had a couple of instances where we could've done better. We could've gotten more shots off.

As a group of players I feel that our depth chart is much deeper this season. We went about trying to improve our team speed and size and added overall better players with these additions.

We try to reward those guys who play well in reserve games with time in the senior games.

He's very dangerous. You have to give him respect.

I am excited to bring someone of Brian's personal and professional caliber to this new position. His commitment to this organization, to this sport, and to this community is special. As our Director of Soccer Development, Brian's responsibilities range from coaching and scouting, to competitive analysis, to serving as our bridge between the team and the front office.

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.

He is a Generation adidas.

It's got strong roots. I don't know if we've quite established ourselves in the Jazz mold yet, but we're hopeful.

It's disappointing because I know we're better than what we showed. We have too much experience on the field to give the ball away as many times as we did.

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.

I would say Danny is getting more and more comfortable. I thought he played fairly well in both games.

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.

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.

He's been a warrior. He's played some good games in a lot of pain, and I certainly appreciate everything Paul has given us to try and make us more competitive during this stretch.

We're not playing poorly. Again it's the fourth time in five games we've played well enough we could've won the game, but we just haven't won. We just have to find ways to win games, what's been going on most of the year is we're finding ways to lose games.

They say you've got to be 18 to sign a professional contract, especially in the English Premiership. But if you can't play as a pro at 15, let's say, you can certainly still go to a club around the world at 15. You could just get a youth pass and a huge signing bonus that kind of makes up for not getting a pro salary. That hasn't happened to any of our guys yet, but I'm sure there's a way to make it happen. You've heard the thing about how the family has to move for non-football reasons to go into a country. I've talked to many FIFA agents, and you get different answers from each one. Their interpretations are hilarious. Depending on their clientele, they have different responses.

We feel -- and probably Chivas feels the same way too -- you definitely get punished for your mistakes. Good teams make the ball bounce their way and sometimes we get frustrated with it not happening for us. We've had a couple games where we've said, 'Nothing bad is going to happen, we're going to make our own breaks,' but to actually say that and then play that way, it doesn't always work out.

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.

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.

They said they didn't play 'United soccer,' ... They pride themselves on their work ethic. They're definitely a hard-working team and we'll have to match that.

We felt that he was the best player in the draft. He loves to pass.

Today was the first day of next season. That's how we want to look at it. We don't want to be on the outside looking in at this time next year.

The key game for us is Wednesday (vs. Colorado in Denver). We have to close the gap with Colorado, if we don't then they're 15 points clear with five games to go. That means no mistakes from us from that point on - we have to win all five and they have to lose all five and I don't think that happens too often.

I think the smartest thing to do would be to not use Freddy. If he gets another yellow card he will be out for second-round match. So I think the best thing to do would be to give him a rest.

Our younger players are getting better. That time in the senior games helps.

Most of the things we learned were internally. Who will you count on, also players basically that we had to move around whether it be for not being consistent enough in their performance or the ability to get along with everyone.