Pat Noonan
Pat Noonan
Pat Noonanis a former American soccer player who currently serves as an assistant coach for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer...
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You can see what happens when we are all out there together. This is one of the most talented, if not the most exciting attacking team, in the league. Columbus is a good team but we set the tempo. When it was 2-0, they were not going to give up, but we were able to match their energy level, move the ball, keep possession, get it wide, then get service to the forwards.
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The World Cup increases awareness about our sport, and that's a good thing. But for the players who go, it can often be hard to get back into the mind-set of a league season.
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I think it's just our lack of concentration on that final pass, that final touch. Maybe it's adjusting to the new roles we have -- myself included -- playing out wide now (in the three-man attack). It's about knowing when to be out wide, and also knowing when to sneak into the middle to run at guys.
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They had a field day on us last time. We need to work together defensively and possess the ball. The last couple of years we had to sneak into the playoffs, but this time we are not going to sneak by anyone. We want to get a nice early lead and build on it.
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I just felt it go right there. I don't know how bad it is -- we'll find out later.