Bob Bandoni Quotations

Right now, we're doing what we always do, for the most part. Our focus has been a little longer on just individual development, trying to develop technical skills with individual players, so that they are more comfortable with the ball. So, our approach with tactics is quite delayed. Part of the learning that maybe in the past couple of years has come during training will probably not come until we get into the first couple of games.

I felt strongly about the gutsy performance of the players who stayed on the field. We didn't have many substitutes.

In the middle of the field, Kelsey improved her game remarkably in the second half.

Her distribution was really important. She was distributing it out of her hand, and also hitting people up at midfield. She did a great job.

We are playing in front of a mature, tough keeper who is a great leader. What's great about her leadership is that it allows the younger players to play without inhibitions.

It's a shame to make those kinds of mistakes, but you understand that nobody's doing it on purpose. They put so much pressure on us, that it's understandable that those mistakes are going to be forced.

We're going to tap into his maturity and interpersonal skills. What we are seeing right now are the younger players are comfortable playing with him. He actually brings them to a higher level by virtue of his own play, but also due to the respect he has for his players.

The pace was such in the first half that we assumed we were going to struggle in the second half. We tried to take care of that through substitutions, but it's hard to do in soccer because then you begin compromising the rhythm of the game. We could see that. We could see that our pace and our work rate in the first half was so high. We were not only frustrating the opponents, I thought we were also being very stubborn in the middle of the field.

We felt as though we were the better team, and we let an opportunity slip by. We talked about it today that our next game against Roaring Fork is the most important game of the season. If we can push through Roaring Fork, then we're set to see if we can knock off one of the top-two teams in our league.

We just controlled the match from the first whistle. We couldn't score easily at first. It took a little time to get our rhythm working.