Toronto FC 1, New England 0
Q. Congratulations on the win. Can you explain to us what was going through your mind with that goal? It was kind of an acrobatic feat.
PRINCE OWUSU: Nothing. It was a strike instinct. I have to say, I scored a beautiful goal, a more beautiful goal in training. The guys already said, you did it since training. So now I did this in the game. I'm really happy. And of course, the three points are the most important thing.
Q. It's been a long couple of weeks for the side --
PRINCE OWUSU: It was tough. It was tough. It was some games where we didn't deserve to lose, and we had a big meeting this week and we spoke about everything. And we said we have to go backs to basics. Yes, that is what we did today. We are very happy it worked, and yeah, we keep going. We have to keep going. It was one step. We know what we want to achieve this season. It's a long way.
Q. It's four goals in five games. You had not scored since last summer. Has something changed or are you getting in better positions how do you account for the scoring streak?
PRINCE OWUSU: I would say the connection. The connection between my teammates, and I would say, also, that the timing was also important. I have now a better feeling of the timing because before I was also in these positions because sometimes I was too early or too late. But most of the times I'm really calm. As I striker, you have to be calm. You have to trust in your abilities and your talent because when you're not calm or calm mind, then you will never stop because if you miss one opportunity, and then you think too much about this opportunity, what you didn't make, you will miss the next one and the next one and the next one.
In the first half, I had one chance and I said, okay, the next one, I will do it, and then, yeah, that's how it comes.
Q. Tough game coming up. Are you guys looking forward to --
PRINCE OWUSU: Play the game to win the Cup. We know we are the better team and we have to show it. Of course we have respect for every opponent, team, but we know if we do our job, it's just one team who will win this game.
Q. The streak, in terms of starting, the scoring streak, hopefully next game?
PRINCE OWUSU: Yeah, I know I get my chances every game. But the thing is now, you need to get me or us more often in situations and this is what we do. We had a couple of chances, also, in the first half, and we said in the halftime, we have to be brave. The chances will come and then we will put it in. So it came like that and I'm really proud of the team, yeah. But of course, I'm a striker. I know my job and this is the best way to help the team, my team.
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