LA Galaxy 1, Real Salt Lake 0
LA Galaxy 1, Real Salt Lake 0
Q. Diego, the win takes you to first place, it's the second shutout in a row and third win in a week. What part of this win is the most special for you and the locker room?
DIEGO FAGÚNDEZ: For everybody, it's special that it's three in a row. It's crazy to go back a long week and win two games and lose one. To finally break that little streak, it's nice.
But I think it shows how much work we wore trying to put out there on the field and how much it means to everybody. Not one player didn't leave a hundred percent on the field.
So that's a huge part. Being in this league this long, we know that this half of the season is the toughest. So showing all that hard work and everything, it means a lot to all of us.
Q. It looks from the outside like this was an extremely difficult game. You guys are at altitude; it was hot; it's the third game of three. What kind of suffering was out there today, and then when you look back at your performance over this week, how many minutes, how many miles do you think you put on your legs this week?
Like you said, it's the third game and it was hot and altitude. We knew it was going to be a tough game for both of us, both teams. We knew they rested a couple players Wednesday. So it was going to be tough. But this team has the fight, the grind, and like I said today, today everybody showed that. There is not one player that didn't leave it all on the field. In the first half we were a little sloppy but it still shows. When you come 0-0 at a tough place to play and you go to half 0-0, you can fix some things.
And then in the second half, I think we know what kind of team we are. We can always make some goals happen. Today, Gabe stepped up and was able to got one. That's huge. I know all the guys in the locker room are happy and this and that, and that's what we want. We want to keep grinding, keep getting points, making sure that when we play the top teams that we can show that we can fight. And like I said, I keep saying it over and over; that this team is unbelievable and we are really good, so when we play a good game, I don't think there's a team that can last with us. We just have to keep doing that, and like you said, we still have missing players, the key players that will come and roll, and our team will be better.
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