FC Cincinnati 2, Toronto FC 0
Q. Just get your thoughts on how that played out, another tough result for you guys tonight.
DOM DWYER: Yeah, it was a difficult one. We were in the game for a while. Couldn't really get a hold or control of the game and we conceded, and then the second one hit us hard and we weren't able to get ourselves back into the game.
We're disappointed but we've got a another one Tuesday, so we regroup, train tomorrow, and get back to work Tuesday at home.
Q. It's now I think seven or eight games without a win. Where is the team's head space? Where are you guys at right now?
DOM DWYER: I would say we're frustrated, but the group is together, and I think that's very important. When things don't go your way, it's easy to step away from each other. The group is united and together, and right now we know we can only get ourselves out of this.
So we'll dig deep, we'll stick together and get back to work on Tuesday. We know we have a tough hill to climb to make it to the playoffs, but we'll take it one game at a time.
Q. How is it for such a veteran team that the moment something bad happens, you concede a goal or something goes wrong, and the team seems to wilt and fade, why can't you fight through it right now, a veteran group being so fragile?
DOM DWYER: I would say it's better to be lucky than good, and I think luck isn't on our side right now. Sometimes when it rains, it pours and right now that seems to be the case for us. Of course we need to put the responsibility on ourselves and veteran players like myself and other guys, we need to take responsibility to keep the group together and get back to work on Tuesday. I think as a group we've discussed how important it is to have a positive reaction and regardless of if we score the first goal or concede the first goal, stay into the game. So I think obviously this season took awhile for us to get going. It's not too late but we have work to do.
Q. You've played a lot of football in your life. Curious if you've of experienced a period like this where a team of such talented players just can't team to pull it all together, and what are some of those experiences that you look to at times like this?
DOM DWYER: Yeah, you know, I've been in this difficult position before. I've been with teams that have breezed into the playoffs and I've been with teams that have not made it into the playoffs.
I would say this is a very, very talented group. We look around the locker room at each other and we see how much quality we have. We're frustrated, as well, and it's up to us to get things together and get us back on the right path. So you know, myself and the rest of the group will do everything we can to do that.
Q. You said you've been on teams that have been through struggles before, but have you been on teams that have not reacted as positively as this team? Have you been on teams that let the losses not overwhelm them as compared to this side?
DOM DWYER: Yeah, I mean, this team's still together, like I said. It's easy to -- I mean, there's a lot of team camaraderie still which is not always the case when results are not going your way. You know, I would say again that we are working hard and we're grinding and we are grafting, and we still have a chance to turn this around and we'll keep working for that.
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