Troy Dayak
Troy Dayak
Troy Dayakis a former American soccer player who played as central defender. He spent his entire Major League Soccer career with the San Jose Clash/Earthquakes and nearly all of his professional career playing for Bay Area teams...
believe guys philosophy physically start starting team
We're a completely different team emotionally and physically from the start of the season. Guys are starting to believe in my philosophy and each other.
attacking good threat
Antonio is so good because he's also a threat as an attacking defender.
expansion happy overall team valuable
I'm happy with his overall performance. On an expansion team it's very valuable to have his kind of experience.
expected level nice perceived
Lately, he's been outstanding. That's the way we perceived him from the beginning. It's nice to see him get to the level we expected him to be.
somebody stepped
Somebody should have stepped up to the plate.
chicago fresh huge opportunity played
It's a huge opportunity for us. If we play the way we played in Chicago with fresh legs, I don't think it would be a real contest.
punch pushing talking
There was pushing and a lot of talking but I did not punch him,
biggest cut goal half leads played second swallow time tough
It's a tough one to swallow because we played so well at time and capitalized on our opportunities. One goal in the second half doesn't cut it. That was one of the biggest leads we've ever had and we got too defensive.
ahead capable goal team year
My goal this year was to get ahead of one team in the standings. We're capable of doing it.
capable games hoping multiple strings together
I hoping that he strings together multiple games like that. He's capable of it. We know when he's on, he's unbelievable.
add came dangerous needed players
We needed to add better players to the roster. Going around the league, he was one of the most dangerous players we came across.
balls extra felt game guy putting
We had the momentum, but we weren't putting the balls in the goal. I felt with an extra guy out there we would be able to get the game into overtime.
five missed momentum score shifted
We missed five opportunities to score in the first quarter, and momentum shifted and went the other way. We should have scored more in that game.
continue hope run stay
We're on the right track. I hope we can continue to be competitive. If we don't stay on track, we could get run over.