Omid Namazi
Omid Namazi
Omid Namaziis a retired Iranian-American soccer defender and currently head coach of the United States men's national under-18 soccer team. Namazi played professionally in the American Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League, Major League Soccer, USISL and National Professional Soccer League where he was the 2001 Defender of the Year. He is a two-time Coach of the Year in the Major Indoor Soccer League and coached in the Women's United Soccer Association. As assistant coach of Iran, he led the...
dangerous team top
It's important to get on top of this team. They're a dangerous team in their own way.
regular rhythm sure team
Tonight, I wanted to make sure the regular team was out there and get a rhythm going for the playoffs, and I think we accomplished that.
half lucky runs second
We weren't sharp, we weren't making our runs and we were lucky to be up 1-0 at halftime. In the second half we started doing the things that made us successful. We started making runs and utilizing our speed.
confident finishing played
We played well, but I thought what killed us was our finishing touch. We just have got to get better at finishing our chances. We are still confident and we think we can get it done at home.