Mo Johnston Good Quotations

Magee has had a very good training camp. He has worked on his fitness and it shows. His finishing this entire camp has been in a different class.

So far, Johnny X has shown a bit more than most. He's one for the future. He's one that you look at and spend some time on. He's a threat. He has good pace. He's got an eye for the goal.

We are excited to add another quality striker to our club. Jean Philippe is a strong, quick forward who is very good in the air. He has proven he can score goals in this league and we believe he can contribute to our team immediately.

I'm feeling very excited. I'm looking forward to the coming season. I think we're going to be putting a good product on the field for our fans to enjoy. The new owners have spent a lot of money upgrading a lot of things. I think it can only be great for our franchise and the league. We're all moving forward together.

It was a good 14 days down here. Everyone worked very hard; that is all you can ask of them.

It was tremendous and it was good that the players went and acknowledged them. They were very vocal.

It was interesting. It was good practice. It's always good to see them in a different light so we put them on the big field. There were a few plusses and a few minuses.

I'm not a quitter, I'm in here fighting and I'll always stand by my players. That's the way I've always been. Hopefully I can look them in the eye on Wednesday night and they can give me a good performance.

He's an exciting young kid. He's fast, obviously he's 16 years old. When you have kids like that, you can hopefully build them into men and become good soccer players.

It doesn't look good here. I'm fine. I'm not worried about it. I'm trying to do my job right now.

The way they play, they're a strong attacking team. They're a strong unit, a good team and we respect that. But that's as far as it will go.

Credit D.C., they're a good team and they come forward well. The second goal was a deflection. It was going straight at Tony and it came off Jeff and there's nothing much you can do.

Right now, I don't care if we get yellow cards. I want this group to be nasty as a team because sometimes we're too soft. And tonight I got a feeling when I was on the sideline that New England kept (complaining) to the referee. That was a good sign because we were playing tough.

You're not going to forget a loss like that. We came away knowing that we just weren't good enough. We needed more quality and that's what we spent the off-season looking for.

I was nervous at 2-0. Credit D.C., they're a good team, they come forward and they come forward well. When you look at 2-0, they get a goal and then it gives them a lift and that's what happens. You start to get nervous people out there.

It's painful because we played so well for a good part of the game. It's not over though. We know we still have a chance and it has to start against D.C. They are a good team but we have to play like this is our last chance, because it could be.

I don't think there was much soccer played on either side. There was a lot of tackling, but it was a good exercise in terms of fitness.

Bob is a good friend, and now I'm picking up the pieces. But it's my opportunity to move the team forward. It's an emotional day, tough on the players, tough on the staff.

We are very excited to get Marvell. He has strength and pace, and those two qualities will make for a very good defender in this league.