Head coach Ben Olsen
On the match...
"There were a few positive takeaways, but unfortunately they created one more play than us and we came up empty. We'll evaluate and bounce back for Toronto on Wednesday."
On the midweek match against Toronto…
"We’ll do what we can to get everybody’s legs recovered and refocus for another tough game on the road… but it’s one we’ll be ready for."
On David Ousted making his 150th MLS appearance…
"He had a good night and he’s had a great career so far. We’re lucky to have him.”
Defender Steven Birnbaum
On the match...
“In the first half, we did a pretty good job of pressing them when we could. They had a couple of chances, we had a couple of chances, so it could have gone either way. In the second half, we came out and I thought our structure was much better. And, obviously, we got the goal, which was a positive. But the goal then was to maintain possession after our goal and not collapse into a shell. So, we’ve got to figure that out. We can’t get scared to play after we score a goal and go up. Giving up a goal right after that – I think it was like four minutes after – that’s what we were trying to prevent. That’s what we don’t want. We’ve got to be a little better defensively.”
On preparing for a midweek game...
“It’s another big Eastern Conference game. We’re looking to pick up points there. We’ve got to take care of our bodies now. We’re going to stay here for a little then we’ll head over there. But we’ve got to look at the film this week and correct some things that went on tonight.”
Goalkeeper David Ousted
On the match...
“I don’t think we were good enough today. I think we did what we needed to up until we got up 1-0. If you do that away from home, especially away from home, you need to do the nitty-gritty work and then defend it and be tight. But we leave one of the better players on the field today wide open on the top of the box and he finishes. And then, again, we leave one of their guys wide open in the box for the second one. Those are mistakes that you can’t make at this level, and those cost us today.”
On making his 150th MLS appearance...
“It sucks that it comes with the defeat. But, no, I’m obviously proud to play 150 games. But right now, the defeat is a little bit more on my mind than that. I’ll probably look back on this later on and say it was a good milestone to hit. But right now, the defeat hurts.”
On what the team needs to work on in training the next few days...
“Get back it. We need to make sure our bodies are right, make sure we do everything correctly to go into Toronto and do things correctly there and get points. That’s what it’s all about now. We need points and we need to climb the table.”
