John Ellinger
John Ellinger
John Ellingeris a former American soccer coach of the Under-17 United States men's national soccer team, and former head coach of Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer...
clear close colorado five game games gap happens key means mistakes points wednesday win
The key game for us is Wednesday (vs. Colorado in Denver). We have to close the gap with Colorado, if we don't then they're 15 points clear with five games to go. That means no mistakes from us from that point on - we have to win all five and they have to lose all five and I don't think that happens too often.
common definitely loss puts tells
A loss definitely kind of puts us out. Not mathematically, but common sense tells us we're out.
anywhere easy effort stop teams until
The effort was there, but we aren't going anywhere until we stop all the easy goals. We just make it too easy for the other teams at times.
bottom coming effort except fighting final line negative played positive pressure result spirit tonight
The effort was better tonight, but the bottom line was still a negative result. We played a 3-4-3 tonight to keep the pressure coming down the front, everything was positive except the final result and everyone is down about the final result. We had more of a fighting spirit tonight and played more physically.
exciting huge missed scoring threat
I think it's huge just to get him back on the field. His leadership, his determination, his abilities, his threat of scoring goals, it's just exciting to have him back. We've missed him.
both defensive happy jason mistake played shape worked
I thought we played well in both halves. Unfortunately we had one mistake in our defensive shape and they put in the rebound, but it worked out in the end. I can't tell you how happy I am for Jason (Kreis) to get that goal.
applaud bad bottom change effort leaves line negative taste
It still leaves a bad taste in your mouth. You want to applaud the effort and change and everything else, but the bottom line is it's still a negative result.
final game mistake possession stop tough until whistle
It was a tough game and was going back and forth. You can look at the stats and the possession could have said 99 to 1 for Sierra Leone, but we weren't going to stop until the final whistle blew. That's what we said we were going to do at halftime. Any mistake they had we were just going to pounce on them.
jazz mold ourselves quite strong
It's got strong roots. I don't know if we've quite established ourselves in the Jazz mold yet, but we're hopeful.
allowed front guys looked net position problem
It looked like a problem with our shape. We were out of position and allowed two guys to be in front of our net unmarked.
ball experience field
It's disappointing because I know we're better than what we showed. We have too much experience on the field to give the ball away as many times as we did.
anywhere created easy effort goals good possession stop teams until
Effort was good, possession was very good ... we created a lot of chances. (But) we're never going to go anywhere until we stop all the easy goals that go in. We just make it too easy for teams at times.
asked
They did everything we asked them to do.
defense field jeff keeps
Jeff hasn't scored yet, but for his side, just Jeff being on the field keeps their defense honest.