Sigi Schmid Quotations

I want to those three guys not to be fringe national team players, but national team players as the team prepares for the World Cup in 2010.

We should have scored more. Their keeper came up big a couple of times, but we had a few chances that we needed to finish on.

I think we've created a much more competitive environment. There is competition in all of the facets of the field.

We played with a lot of grit and determination. And we played smarter than we have before.

He might sometimes come off the bench and he might sometimes be a starter. I was impressed with his attitude and character, and once some things resolved themselves we made the decision (to sign him).

We've got to get him the ball in the box. He hasn't had a lot of opportunities in the box yet and so as we become better and as we become more in sync as a team, that will improve.

Sometimes you've got to go with what your gut tells you, and my gut said this is a move we needed to make. ... One thing Eddie gives us is versatility.

The number one objective for us was not to give up goals. We were doing that in the first two weeks. I thought defensively we did pretty well although we broke down on the one goal.

Joel is a young guy who can play a number of different positions. He is big plus for us as well.

Joel is a versatile defender who was here for our mini-camp in November. He can play centrally or on the right and is a young player with great potential.