Mike Devaney
Mike Devaney
situation
They've been in this situation before and they know what to expect.
boost certainly couple few lately playing sticking terrific
A couple of them were really terrific finishes. I thought he's been playing well lately and this certainly is a real boost to his confidence, sticking a few in the back of the net.
bit chance deep expectation experience maybe obviously players respond returning state
The way that I wanted them to respond was 'Hey, let's go on and do something maybe that nobody's ever done before and do something a little bit special,' and they have a chance to do that. Obviously returning so many players who have the experience of going deep into the state tournament, the expectation is for us that yeah, we want to get back there and we'd like to get back to that championship game.
teams
I don't think there are too many teams who would like to play us in the playoffs.
buts capable certainly error game ifs margin massive played road win year
It's a massive game. It's probably the most important game that we've played all year long. We really now have no margin for error at all. So we've got to go on the road and play well and we really need to win. There's really no ifs ands or buts about it. We really have to go and play well and win a game, which we're certainly capable of doing.
hard imagine tournament winning
They're going to be hard to beat. I would imagine winning the tournament is going through one of those guys.
ball half minutes ourselves pass rhythm second
The first 20 minutes of the second half we really got out of rhythm and we didn't pass the ball at all and that's where we get ourselves into trouble.
ball key knock
The key for us is can we play the way we want to play and knock the ball around and keep possession.
ability alex handful proved technical terrific
Alex is a terrific athlete, and he combines that with technical ability. He's a real handful for opposing defenses and proved that tonight.
far perfect playing
I thought defensively, at times, we got exposed. Far from perfect, and we've still got a long way to go to be playing perfect soccer.
catalyst game home last super win year
It was super important. This game (conference opener) last year was the catalyst for us and it is especially important to win your home games.
absolute boat chances cost counter cruel game good load missed stick team three wrong
We got done three times on the counter by an awfully good team and they managed to stick their chances away. We had a boat load of chances at this end and we missed some absolute sitters and it cost us in the end. But the game can be very cruel sometimes like that and we were just on the wrong end of it tonight.
best difference minutes played
The first 30 minutes was the best 30 minutes we've played all year. That was the difference in the game.