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After Draw, DC Preach Character, Chivas Lament Missed Chances
DC United show resiliency in battling back from a 2-0 hole with 13 minutes remaining but Chivas USA players blamed their lack of a sharpness for the result.
May 17, 2009 3:45:25 AM
After a frantic 15 minutes to close out the clash between the respective conference leaders, Chivas USA from the West and D.C. United from the East, the teams had very different takes on the match. A goal and an assist from Santino Quaranta leveled the game at 2-2 after Chivas USA took a first half lead and looked to have all three points wrapped up.
For United, the focus was on the character of the team that dragged itself back into the match. Away against the overall points leader in Major League Soccer, the team never gave up or stopped attacking.
“No one is lowering their heads and giving up,” said defender Bryan Namoff. “We’re putting in 90-minute performances and as you see we’re able to come back regardless of what situation we’re in. That’s just the character of every player out there.”
United head coach Tom Soehn echoed those sentiments, and talked about how the team overcame adversity.
“It’s about a belief in themselves and in each other,” he said. “It’s a no-die attitude. No matter what happens, we’re going to fight through adversity. Adversity sometimes being the officiating, sometimes being the opponent. You have to fight through all of that and today they did a great job of doing that.”
The hero of the night was Quaranta, who heavily influenced both goals in the comeback draw. The midfielder revealed that it had been a “long week” after his son, Valentino, was born on May 8.
“My wife’s been great and my family has helped tremendously since I’ve been gone and I’m able to focus here solely on the game,” Quaranta said. “I get some sleep out here too.”
Chivas USA defender Carey Talley brushed aside both goals as flukes.
“Both goals we gave up were outside the box,” Talley explained. “They really came from nothing. Santino Quaranta hits two of them off his shin. Those things happen. We try our best not to make Zach work too hard and we felt tonight that he didn’t really have too much to do.
It wasn’t fun to defend for 45 minutes. I don’t like to, but that’s what we did.”
The Chivas camp focused on pushing the late collapse out of its mind and instead looking to the future.
“We brushed the last one off with LA and the same thing with Toronto,” Talley continued. “We came out stronger the next game after we took a loss on the road... Monday is a new day, the way I see it. We come out and we better be ready.”
Captain Jesse Marsch agreed, pointing out that Chivas was still eight points atop the league table because second placed Seattle Sounders FC drew.
“We’re going to keep going," Marsch said. "The best part is you look around the league and there were so many ties that we didn’t lose any ground.
We’re pretty upset about this but we’ve got to regroup and keep going."
Zac Lee Rigg, Goal.com
For United, the focus was on the character of the team that dragged itself back into the match. Away against the overall points leader in Major League Soccer, the team never gave up or stopped attacking.
“No one is lowering their heads and giving up,” said defender Bryan Namoff. “We’re putting in 90-minute performances and as you see we’re able to come back regardless of what situation we’re in. That’s just the character of every player out there.”
United head coach Tom Soehn echoed those sentiments, and talked about how the team overcame adversity.
“It’s about a belief in themselves and in each other,” he said. “It’s a no-die attitude. No matter what happens, we’re going to fight through adversity. Adversity sometimes being the officiating, sometimes being the opponent. You have to fight through all of that and today they did a great job of doing that.”
The hero of the night was Quaranta, who heavily influenced both goals in the comeback draw. The midfielder revealed that it had been a “long week” after his son, Valentino, was born on May 8.
“My wife’s been great and my family has helped tremendously since I’ve been gone and I’m able to focus here solely on the game,” Quaranta said. “I get some sleep out here too.”
Chivas USA defender Carey Talley brushed aside both goals as flukes.
“Both goals we gave up were outside the box,” Talley explained. “They really came from nothing. Santino Quaranta hits two of them off his shin. Those things happen. We try our best not to make Zach work too hard and we felt tonight that he didn’t really have too much to do.
It wasn’t fun to defend for 45 minutes. I don’t like to, but that’s what we did.”
The Chivas camp focused on pushing the late collapse out of its mind and instead looking to the future.
“We brushed the last one off with LA and the same thing with Toronto,” Talley continued. “We came out stronger the next game after we took a loss on the road... Monday is a new day, the way I see it. We come out and we better be ready.”
Captain Jesse Marsch agreed, pointing out that Chivas was still eight points atop the league table because second placed Seattle Sounders FC drew.
“We’re going to keep going," Marsch said. "The best part is you look around the league and there were so many ties that we didn’t lose any ground.
We’re pretty upset about this but we’ve got to regroup and keep going."
Zac Lee Rigg, Goal.com
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