Quotes out of RBNY v Loons

By Anonymous (not verified), March 13, 2023

From NYRB:

Head Coach Gerhard Struber…

…on Andrés Reyes:Andrés Reyes, was, again, in many defensive moments, a beast. He was so clear in his personnel fights, his behavior against the ball is on a top level at the moment. He's so reliable. For the backline, he has a big value that it's so, so difficult to score against us. ... In many, many directions, he's very important. On set pieces, he uses his power and his quality to score. This is not a surprise for me. I see this in training often. 

…on early chances:

We have too many top chances to bring the points home, what we deserve. On the same time, we must be critical with ourselves, especially the first 20 minutes, how we created the match plan, the picture of what we want, and we don't score. 

…on the outlook:

We must score. For me, the bottle is half full and not half empty. I have a very, very good feeling our moments will come. We can see how hard we work today. I'm looking forward for our next game at home against Columbus. Every game is a big challenge. ... We are looking forward. We have to do something. We have to work hard, again, in every training session that we have, hopefully next week, the win in the hand for us and for our fans.

Defender John Tolkin…

…on the set piece goal:

I have to say that's actually exactly how we drew it up in training. Andrés is a beast in the air and he scored.

…on the field conditions:I think we played really well. Yeah, the conditions were tough. It's a little scrappy out there and sometimes we're a little scrappy too. I thought we handed the conditions pretty well. I think we could have come out with a win, but... next game.

…on Omir Fernandez’s block at the end of the match: 

I actually literally just talked to him about it. It was incredible. I don't know how he got his leg up that high. ... What a play from him, could have saved us the game. We're gritty. That was a gritty play. He deserves a lot of praise for that. 

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