Taylor Twellman
Taylor Twellman
Taylor Twellmanis a retired American soccer player who played professionally from 1999 to 2009. Twellman is best known for his play with the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer from 2002 to 2009, during which time he scored more goals in MLS than any other player. He was the youngest player to score 100 goals in MLS in 2009 at the age of 29, and is New England's all-time leading goal scorer. Twellman was a five-time MLS all-star and...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth29 February 1980
CityMinneapolis, MN
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From an outsiders point of view, you're graded on whether you score or not. But that's not true with coaches and teammates. It's also a matter of what I do away from the goal to help the team. I've never focused on just scoring goals. My goal has been to be a good teammate and help out defensively whenever I can.
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Obviously tonight I wasn't as sharp and let the team down a little bit. Pat Noonan played me two very good balls and unfortunately I just finished one of them.
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All 11 guys were on the same page and that 2-0 first-half score was a result of that. I just want to be a good target.
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I just want to be a good target forward and help my teammates out on defense and get in front of the goal.
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It's a matter of being more comfortable here with these guys. I'm just not putting as much pressure on myself as I did earlier in my career. A major part of my success is being surrounded by a lot of good players.
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My timing may be a little off, but at the end of the day, I'm playing (against Panama), and that's all I can ask for, ... I need to be a good target forward up front, hopefully stay onside and get a goal.
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I think that brought a lot of smiles in the locker room. That shows how far we've grown as a team. Now, we just need a championship to prove it.
home match
Our first home match is going to be difficult, and we know that better than anybody,
excitement guys playing
To be playing LA, in a rematch from '02, there's a little more excitement from the guys who've been around,
heads played
We need to keep our heads up, because we played very well.
last teams
We know teams can do the same thing to us that we did last year,
magazine
For us to get in this magazine is big for the league. We're on our way.
jokes looks reads sees
He jokes around -- when he looks up, he sees The Big Head. When he sees The Big Head, he reads where I'm going.
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Both teams wanted to get in a rhythm for the playoffs. We realize it doesn't matter how you start the season, it matters how you finish. We're not smiling, yet.