Fernando Clavijo
Fernando Clavijo
Fernando Caetano Clavijo Cedrésis a retired American soccer defender and former head coach of the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. He played three seasons in the American Soccer League, two in the North American Soccer League and ten in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He earned 61 caps with the United States men's national soccer team and 8 with the U.S. National Futsal Team. He later coached both indoor and outdoor teams as well as at the national team...
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He's done extremely well since we brought him in. Whether he comes off the bench or starts, he scores goals.
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We make some individual mistakes that cost us the game, but I'm looking forward to playing the Galaxy again, 11-v-11, without any red cards, with no penalties. We get the red card and that changes the game. It was crucial.
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I don't believe he'll start right now, but we have cleared the air extremely well. I like the way he trained (Friday), specifically. Right now, Jeff is ready to come in. I'm counting on him to play, don't know how many minutes. Nobody's guaranteed minutes in this franchise. Jeff is aware of that and, I think, is prepared to play and do whatever it takes to help this team.
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Today, for us, it was a playoff game. We were playing on the road, and we needed to do whatever we needed to win.
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He has not put a ball in the back of the net, but I think he did a lot of other stuff that contributed to the team effort. I'm not concerned with one player scoring goals.
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I did it because I love it, I did it because it's part of me and I did it because I had the greatest support. I didn't come (to the U.S.) to play soccer, I came here for a new life. ... Soccer is in my blood. My family is in my heart.
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I believe we match (up) very well because they like to play and allow (opponents) to play. That last game we played them gave us a little bit of confidence, knowing we can come with the point from there. But at the same time, we need to win.
ball defend forced
We were forced to make many changes. We didn't defend the ball as well as we should have.
mental
Being a professional is more a mental job.
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Fabrice is a very talented young player. . . . I think you are going to see a lot of good things this year from Fabrice.
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At the end of the day, I was a little concerned that some red cards might jeopardize the playoffs, so we made some changes based on that.
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It would be a very happy little surprise. I'm not looking for the next superstar, but you never know. I remember how I came out to play. I made it from an open tryout. I got an opportunity to try. That's how I started playing here in the States. You never know. Realistically, it would be very hard, but it's not impossible.
cannot game home
The significance of this game for us is that it's a home game and we cannot give up points.
coming kids players
Sometimes the kids only think about making the team. Now there are a lot of players coming in who want to make a difference.