Pat Onstad Quotations

Hopefully, we'll play as well here as we did in San Jose and the fans will get behind us.

I saw him hit it, then I lost sight of it. I didn't pick it up until it was well on its way in, and I was caught leaning the wrong way.

It's pretty traditional in that it continues the long tradition (of foreign soccer teams) using numbers for their names, so I think it's great. But it's also unique (to MLS). You want to bring something special to this team and I think it does that.

It's still early in the preseason. Everyone will probably get a run in there.

We have a great defending team. I've said it before, your defense is part of your goalkeeper stats. I think the guys have done fantastic in front. Tonight, all five guys came up, played great, and limited their opportunities.

It (the name) distinguishes us from the rest of the teams.

We always have a good group, both on and off the field. It was that way with Frank (Yallop) and it continues with Dom. It's not about having the best players, but having the best group of players. We just always seem to gel.

You could feel the electricity tonight from the moment you walked out of the locker room, it was an important game for us. The last thing we wanted to do was let L.A. back into the chase with us. We knew that getting three points from them would make it difficult for them to catch us, so we accomplished what we wanted to.

The guys played well tonight in the back. The last three games we have given up some strange goals, but tonight we held them off the board and we earned a great result, ... If we keep playing like we did tonight, the shutouts will keep coming.

A little bit of rest, finally, for my old weary bones. We knew Zach was coming in. He's had a good camp with the national team, so it's going to be tough competition in the goal.