Midfielder Quotes

We were missing a player like that. We always said we wanted an attacking midfielder that is also a dangerous scorer -- and he is only 22. - Thomas Doll

We wanted to stabilize their attack by having an extra midfielder and an extra defender until that corner kick. I couldn't tell it was an own goal from our angle. - Tom Typrowicz

We want to get our passing game going early. We want to control things to show we can move the ball up field. It's all about creating scoring chances, especially when our midfielders can get involved. - Brooks Hickman

We played them pretty even in the second half. We were playing defensive against them, but we made a couple of mistakes in the first half. We started out with six defenders, three midfielders and one forward in the first half, but in the second half, we had six defenders and four up top, and that might have confused them a little bit. But they're just so outstanding. They're definitely the top team that we've faced so far. - Kyle Smith

We played pretty well, ball control-wise. They stuffed the box on us. They had nine players in the box and only one midfielder and one forward. I thought they were playing for a tie. - Thad Kopec

We played ever so well but Danny has been the best midfielder in the country by a mile since the season began; he should not be discounted by England. - Alan Curbishley

We played an excellent game across the board... The forwards and midfielders worked very well together. The defense did a great job of containing Madison Central. Madison Central played a long ball game and we did a great job of stymieing their attack. - Michael Lauer

We knew that they would be looking to pull the ball back for the midfielders to hit. We'd worked on that. - John Toshack

We have a good goalie, good defenders, good midfielders and good forwards. We never had those before. We have a full team now. - Steve Jones

We have a few injuries in our back line. A couple of our projected starters didn't even play, but the players that went in did a great job. I moved junior midfielder Scott Carbon back to the defense and he played very well. I thought he was the player of the game. - Mike Graham