Dominic Kinnear Quotations

We're actively trying to improve the team. We're not just here sitting at a table twiddling our thumbs.

When you're around a group so long, it's always nice to see something different.

More than likely we're looking to balance it out again.

I don't think we played our best game tonight. The effort was there but obviously guys can't play brilliant every week. However, we're always playing for three points. The guys push each other for that - they're a proud group.

From the forwards to the defenders to the goalie, everybody is committed to making life difficult for the opposing players.

We think he might have hurt his knee pretty badly.

We're close enough so that the territory is up for grabs. It's great to see fans at away games.

We were writing lineups up on a board in December and we had only seven players.

When you have consistent health, you have consistent results.

The players get along, enjoy playing together and enjoy working together. It's not a military school, and it's not Club Med.

We've had a good day. We've seen some places, and so far we've enjoyed our stay.

We knew going into this season that he wasn't going to be here. So we had to go out and look for a forward.

We just look at it and shrug our shoulders. We are here to play soccer. We haven't talked about it once.

As far as I know, the players haven't been talking about it; maybe with their families at home, but not around here (the stadium, practice facility, etc.). The only people who have brought it up are the media.

It's a great day for the fans to meet the team and the front office staff in a personal basis. It's a good step to build a strong bond and relationship with our fans. Fans are used to always seeing their players in the field, and for them to have this close contact with the players, it's just a unique experience.

It's good that we get to start off at home. We're going to try and make home a very hard place to play (for other teams).

That'll give us time to talk things over (with the players). Everyone will play. The guys who will start the game were guys who started a lot of games last year.

Eddie hadn't played in more than a month and was very good. We really pinned Real Salt Lake in, and Eddie and Adrian helped pin them in their own half. Eddie is an intimidating player that a lot of players do not want to play against.

They hit the crossbar there and that was a scary moment, but you've got to give them credit.

So far, so good but there are still some things to work on. Nothing's perfect.

The last few games we've playing guys who played a lot of games last year early on, but today we mixed it up.

If Landon Donovan going to L.A. strengthens MLS and carries it on for five or 10 years, I'm all for that, because I believe in American soccer. He had four great years here, and he's a good person. Everyone has a right to live their life the way they want to live their life, so good luck to him.

I heard the weather's going to be bad, but you know what? It's a game. We need a game. ... We need a game bad.

I think Alexi and Frank and I all value the same things in players. We want guys who fit into a system, who are willing to play their role. I think they like each other, and you see it out on the pitch.

I feel honored and fortunate that AEG and the Houston MLS franchise have taken me on as the coach again. I just can't wait for the season to start.

You want to see how cohesive we are as well. The cohesion is there. The appreciation of each other is there. That's one thing that's a little bit simple because we have a lot of guys coming back.

The challenge this year for us is to be competitive every game. That's a challenge I think we can overcome pretty easily because we all have the same mindset. They put aside their individual goals and accolades.