Taylor Twellman Team Quotations

My job is to get it on the end. . . . I'm not going to score if my teammates don't get it to me. . . . Jay Heaps played great. (Pat) Noonan played great. It was a solid effort all around.

First one is always the hardest. I had a couple called back. But my job is to be a target forward, help the team win, if I score, great.

It comes with just being a little bit more comfortable. I've been a little snake-bit with injuries when opportunities are arising with the national team. I told Bruce (Arena, U.S. coach) earlier this month, 'I just like being here whether it is being a practice player or being center forward.' I just want to help this team win.

From an outsiders point of view, you're graded on whether you score or not. But that's not true with coaches and teammates. It's also a matter of what I do away from the goal to help the team. I've never focused on just scoring goals. My goal has been to be a good teammate and help out defensively whenever I can.

We know teams can do the same thing to us that we did last year,

Obviously tonight I wasn't as sharp and let the team down a little bit. Pat Noonan played me two very good balls and unfortunately I just finished one of them.

I just want to be a good target forward and help my teammates out on defense and get in front of the goal.

Both teams wanted to get in a rhythm for the playoffs. We realize it doesn't matter how you start the season, it matters how you finish. We're not smiling, yet.