LA Galaxy 3, Real Salt Lake 2
Q. Tyler, congratulations on the win and the goal. Greg was telling us all you are playing with a broken hand. Do you remember how it happened, and how much pain were you playing in tonight?
TYLER BOYD: Yeah, it happened in the 4th minute of the Charlotte game. So I've been playing with it for a couple games now. But the surgeon said, if you can handle pain, you can play through it. So I chose to come on the trip and play and give everything I can for the team. It's painful but it's fine.
Q. I was going to ask, does the goal make the pain go away a little bit, and can you tell us about the goal:
Yeah, definitely. I always say, I give glory to Jesus, so that's the first thing. But my teammates deserve all the credit. We fought so hard, some great goals from us, great penalty from Gaston, Memo with an incredible goal, what a finish, and Lucas with an amazing cross to me. It was a team effort. The goals and the way we fought. We went down a goal and we showed a lot of character and came back and won the game. So all credit to everyone.
Q. It's maybe been an emotional last two days with the release of Chris Klein. Greg said after this that during this game, maybe he saw something a little special from you guys. Is there pressure off you guys or is there light at the end of the tunnel? What changed to make this performance happen:
I don't think there's any pressure off. We are still not where we want to be, so I don't think anything has changed for our mental. We need some string some wins together. String some wins together and continue with this momentum. Yeah, no pressure off. We still have to fight hard and continue to push, train hard, push each other, so nothing changes.
Q. Do you think you will have to have surgery on your hand:
We're hoping I don't. Hopefully I can keep playing and push through it. Hopefully it heals. Worst case scenario, I have to have surgery in ten days time. Fingers crossed. We are praying that I don't have to have surgery, I can keep playing, keep this momentum. But yeah, I'm willing to push through It.
Q. Coming off the game against Charlotte, Marky Delgado said he wanted to see the group play simple, keep things simple. Did you guys keep it simple tonight? Instead of going for the home run or the winning goal early, you just played the game out, played the long game and you came out with 90 minutes and the win:
Yeah, I think we passed the ball pretty well tonight but I think we showed a lot of fight as well. Showed a lot of heart. We didn't give up when we went down a goal or concede it. That was the main thing. Tactics aside and the way we kept the ball, I was proud of the boys and the way we executed and the way we showed a lot of hard.
Q. Wanted to go back to you talking about being proud of the team. Just from your point of view, just how does it feel to see everybody, at least for the moment after this match, be in good spirits? This felt like a different kind of win today:
Definitely, we all love each other. We are all brothers out there. I wouldn't be playing with a broken arm or a broken hand if I didn't love my brothers in this club. So finally we strung together a few goals and we got a good result, a great result, and it just shows you, we are not giving up. We are continuing to push, and it's a huge boost for us to show us that we can come back, even if we drop a goal, and we can play in difficult conditions, in altitude. It was a perfect example of what we are capable of.
Q. You mentioned earlier the assist from Calegari to you. Just what's it been like working with him? I know you guys play on that same side. What's it been like playing with him? He's a younger guy. Kind of having that moment, because you looked really happy:
He's definitely my guy. I speak Portuguese, so when he arrived, I tried to make him feel welcome, and he's just an awesome kid. He's got a great attitude, very humble, works really hard. You can always count on him. I was super happy for him to get that assist, and what an assist it was. Yeah, great player.
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