Ryan Lawrence Quotes (11 Quotes)

We had a real patchwork team. Mauro was hurt, so he had to play cautiously. Then Nelson ended up getting hurt.

We thought Will broke his leg, but he has a deep bone bruise. Nelson has horrible shin splints and Luis has a nasty bruise. It's yellow and purple. We've joked around that it looks like some kind of disease, because it's spread over his entire leg.

I hate to say I'm happy about a tie. They say a tie is like kissing your sister, but we were able to come back with a score. We're showing progress, it's just a shame it's so late in the season. We had good character Monday night and played a great game against Rogers.

Rogers did a nice job switching fields in the last game. They have two creative and aware forwards, and hands down they have a very good keeper.

I thought all the guys in the back played well. They did a good job with the changes we made back there.

That's just poor defense. Our marks were loose in the back and the midfield, and we gave them too much time in space with the ball.

It gives us more depth in the back. It gives us a head start when defending against the long ball, making it harder for people to get behind us. If the other team serves the long ball, then we're a little further back. We won't lose the foot race to the ball.

We tell our kids all the time, that soccer is won and lost in the midfield.

Luke and I played that way in college, and it worked great for our team. But this team needs a sweeper in the back. The 3-5-2 alignment gives us more depth in the back and more numbers in the midfield.

That was excellent character. All week long, I talked about how someone needs to step up and make a difference in the game.

There's a right time for the long ball and right time for the 10-yard pass. We're trying to get them to understand that. We're working on those kind of decisions every day in practice.