Colin Clarke
Colin Clarke
Colin John Clarkeis a Northern Irish retired footballer who played as a forward, and is the head coach of the Carolina RailHawks...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth30 October 1962
awards good pleased
Very pleased for him -- he had a very good season. I think all the awards were very well deserved.
injured takes
You don't just go from being injured to being back in form. It takes time.
boys excited four games good middle run season tough turned
We are on a good run. We are unbeaten in four games now. We had a tough run in the middle of the season that was well documented, but we've turned it around, and the boys are getting very excited about the games we've got ahead.
chances close couple dominated dragged few gave goal half hard knew minutes night ourselves played toll took toward twice wednesday
First half we dominated the game. We had a couple chances (and) the first goal we knew was going to be important. We dragged ourselves back twice from behind; we showed a lot of character. ... We played 120 hard minutes on Wednesday night and I think it took its toll on us toward the end. We couldn't get close enough to them at times and we gave up a few chances.
cup high hunt obviously open second start
At the start of the year, we set our goals, and this is very high on the list. Obviously MLS Cup is the No. 1 goal. We put the Lamar Hunt (U.S.) Open Cup second to that.
cup high hunt obviously open second start
At the start of the year, we set our goals, and this is very high on the list, ... Obviously MLS Cup is the No. 1 goal. We put the Lamar Hunt (U.S.) Open Cup second to that.
despite gear
We just could not get into gear even after we scored despite having most of the possession.
energy life middle missed
We missed his energy and his life through the middle of the park.
created helped lively people
(Mina) was bright, lively and strong. Helped people out, created chances. I thought he did very well.
ball chance clean happier pass result sheet
On the road, 0-0, clean sheet with a chance to take it back home, we'll take it. It wasn't one of our better nights. We couldn't pass the ball very well. ... But we're probably happier with the result than they are.
attracts game holds passes people scoring sees
There's so much more to his game than just scoring goals. He sees passes that other people don't see. He holds the ball. He attracts a lot of attention.
decisions deep fact good leads squad talked tough week
There's going to be a lot of tough decisions. We've talked about the fact that we have a good squad of players; it's pretty deep and that leads to a lot of tough decisions week in and week out.
everybody game impact played plenty time
It was an end-to-end game with plenty of chances. The humidity probably had a little impact on everybody -- the first time everyone has played in that kind of weather.
field home knew lift ourselves reason result results spirit starting took
The spirit has always been pretty good. We always had belief, we just weren't getting any results because of some little things, ... There wasn't any one reason that things weren't going right so we knew that once we got the first result that things would lift off. This is our home, our home field and it took a while to give it ourselves a home-field advantage, but we're starting to do that.