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...
anytime bring opportunity players pull trigger
Anytime you have an opportunity to bring players of this caliber, you have to pull the trigger right away.
shut
They shut us down. And they shut us out.
nightmare total
It was a total nightmare out there, by everyone. We just didn't perform.
cannon enormous fill full great joe players shoes stay top whenever
You know, Joe (Cannon) is one of the great goalkeepers in the league. But we have a roster full of players and they need to stay on top of their job. I thought Byron was very good. I think that he is young and has enormous shoes to fill whenever Joe Cannon is out.
highlight life rewarded soccer worked
I'm overwhelmed. I always worked because it was in my body. To be rewarded like this is the highlight of my life. Soccer has been my life as long as I can remember.
draft perhaps sports value
His value is never going to be higher. We got him here for nothing and now get a first-round draft pick, perhaps a second, and Martins.
bench brought extremely scores since whether
He's done extremely well since we brought him in. Whether he comes off the bench or starts, he scores goals.
mental
Being a professional is more a mental job.
expect keel keeps
Keel is one of those kids, we didn't expect much, and every day he keeps improving.
pressure stepping
He's amazing. When you see him stepping up the way he did, not only the crosses, but the pressure on the right, was outstanding.
card changes cost forward galaxy individual looking mistakes playing red
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.
credit free great injuries played suffered team
The other team played hard; they executed a great free kick. You have to give them credit. We suffered some injuries but you have to give the credit to the team that played well.
needed playing playoff whatever
Today, for us, it was a playoff game. We were playing on the road, and we needed to do whatever we needed to win.
came complain game guys hard harder knew ourselves worked
We knew this game was going to be hard and we made it a little harder on ourselves today. Overall, all the guys came up, worked hard and I can't complain for that.