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
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,
holds hopefully missed pat playing pleasure together
Obviously, we've missed Pat tremendously his play, the way he holds the play up. It's a pleasure playing with him, and hopefully we can do well together in the playoffs.
chance game great hope obviously playing stadium stupid thinking
I hope we're not thinking it's patchwork. It would be stupid going into the game thinking we don't have a chance. I think everyone here is relishing the chance to play. Obviously the stadium is awesome. We're playing a great team. It should be a lot of fun.
obviously playing
A lot has changed, ... With it being one game, them obviously playing well of late, I don't think we're the favorite.
ask forward good hopefully playing stay target timing
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.
brought far grown locker prove shows smiles
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,
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.
coaches focused goal good help matter outsiders point score scoring teammate true whenever whether
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.
both matter matters realize rhythm start teams
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.
matters
At the end of the day, all that matters is how you end the season, not how you start.