Midfielder Quotes

We don't have a lot of experience, but we do have strength up the middle of the field with our two forwards, two midfielders and goalie. They are all very skilled. It all depends if we can fill in around them. We have done ell in scrimmages but we need to find the right combination. - Kitty Palmer

We certainly feel that we need one more midfielder but we are targeting two. - Steve Gibson

We ask the kids, what's your job? What's your role? What are you trying to do? The girls are buying into that. Every game our defenders know who they have and what they are going to do and how we need to play them. When our midfielders play certain teams they know exactly what they need to do. ... We just talk about who on our team can make plays and how can we get (the ball) to them. - Jeff Day

We are trying to make sure the defense doesn't mess around with [the ball] in the back and get it out. Our midfielders are coming back and showing for our defenders and turning it real quick so we looked good in that regard. - Matt Bennett

We are going to be more balanced and that will make us more dangerous. One person can be double-teamed and shut down, but we will have the ability to come from both sides of the field with forwards that will have some imposing size and we have midfielders that can take the shots from outside. - Ali Omar

Wayne is a fantastic player. He is a midfielder's dream. You lose count of the amount of times I look up and he is in the 'hole' and you can give him any sort of ball and he will bring it down and turn and make things happen. You can't buy that sort of quality. He is a one-off in that way. He is one of the best in the world at doing that. I am sure opponents are wary of what he can do and when you are facing a player of that ability and that instinct, you don't want to dive in on him. It's a good thing if teams are scared of him. - Frank Lampard

To run the field, to ride, to push and control the tempo of a game requires midfielders who are athletic and unselfish. This year's unit has the ability to consistently demonstrate those characteristics. - Dom Starsia

They take a different look all the time. There's times when there are four in the back but an outside back has pushed into the midfield so now there's only three. There's time when there's three in the back and one of the wide midfielders is pulled deep and it looks like four. It's not the most important thing in terms of our organization and our understanding of the field. - Bob Bradley

These guys worked tremendously hard in the off-season. House is probably one of the best midfielders in the league. - Frank Mitchell

Their strength was in the middle, and we played for that. We pushed up an extra midfielder, and that gave us the numbers. - Tom Typrowicz