Montero on the goal "I had to chest it
down, then it didn’t go down so I had
to touch it again, and then everything
was very quick." Aaron Weinberg / NSS
Don't have time to listen to NSS's audio recorded interviews? Or are you just trying to be sneaky at work?
Regardless, here is the full transcript of the interviews provided by the club of Brian Schmetzer, Kasey Keller, Fredy Montero and Patrick Ianni.
Note: the transcript doesn't account for entire interviews. However, Jeff Richards has the complete versions here.
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Coach Brian Schmetzer
(On Fredy Montero and Nate Jaqua up front) “I told Fredy (Montero) three weeks ago that he has to be, and I demanded this from him, he has to be Nate Jaqua’s best friend. I wanted them to play together. I think in the first half Montero was a little too far away from Nate at times. We talked about that at halftime and the second we did a little better.”
(On Patrick Ianni’s bicycle kick) “If you would have told me at the beginning of the game that we would have won the game on a bicycle kick, and I had to pick one of my players that was going to score the bicycle kick, I think (Patrick) Ianni would have been number nine.”
(On the emotions of being head coach) “Relatively calm because I think we had done all the preparation, that’s one thing I learned Sigi (Schmid) is to prepare for all the games. I felt I was very prepared before the game so before the game it wasn’t too bad. After they were up 1-0, there was a little anxiety, a little bit of ‘what are we gonna do?’ I didn’t want to panic either; I wanted to keep a cool head…it turned out to be a good day.”
(On his coaching style) “My style is to get all the emotions out early, so I was a little upset about giving up the goal and how we gave up the goal. I didn’t think we defended it as a group or as a team very well. There were too many guys watching one of our players defending and not trying to help that guy defend…we talked a little about tactics and how we were gonna try and play a little differently, stay composed , keep a little more possession because the field was hot. It was hot out there and the ball never gets tired so we wanted to make sure we used long possessions to wear them down and create opportunities for us.”
Forward Fredy Montero
(On the goal) “That was a good play. We had time for Nate (Jaqua) to control the ball, I had time to indicate where I wanted it…he found the spot, he found the place. I had to chest it down, then it didn’t go down so I had to touch it again, and then everything was very quick. When it was in, I just went to celebrate.”
(On his reaction after the goal) “I had diagonal position, everything happened very quick. My first reaction was just to raise my arm and celebrate.”
Goalkeeper Kasey Keller
(On fill-in coach Brian Schmetzer) “We knew Brian would handle this with ease, he has so much experience, and the guys responded really well.”
(On opposing goalie Pat Onstad’s highlight save) “It was a great save from Pat. Sometimes you just run across the goal and hope the ball comes where you can get it…I was telling him before the game I was just happy because it’ s the first time I’ve played with someone older than me on the field.”
Defender Patrick Ianni
(On the game) “It was a good game for us. We needed to run with these guys and everyone worked really hard tonight. I’m happy the game gave me a chance and I was able to put it away.”
(On if he’d ever scored a bicycle kick) “Since I was six, no.”
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