LA Galaxy 3, Portland Timbers 2
Q. Hey, Diego. Greg talked about going into the Leagues break in first place, that was the goal. What does that say about this group that you did accomplish that?
DIEGO FAGUNDEZ: I think I have been saying it all the time, this group of players that we have we're so good. Either we play a good game and we win games or we make mistakes and sometimes it costs us and I think you can see we can score goals, we just have to be a little bit better so we don't shoot ourselves in the foot. Some games we can go up three goals and it would be a lot easier and we don't really have to stress but I guess we really lake that little danger part but I think it's huge going into first place we have eight or nine games left. Remind us that this break will help us and when we come back, make sure we stay on top.
Q. What is that final step you guys need to take you think?
DIEGO FAGUNDEZ: I think fix ourselves a little bit more defensively. We give away some goals we shouldn't be giving away. When we're scoring lots of goals, I don't think we really realize that we're shooting ourselves a little bit in the foot, but I think if we fix that part, we can go up 3-0 in games and don't have to really be stressing on it. But like I said, this team is so good. We know we can score goals so we just have to keep doing that and we're still undefeated at home so that's important.
Q. Hey, Diego. You've been in this league a long time. About half your life almost. (Laughter) And you have played for good teams. Where does this team stands in terms of talent and what it's capable of?
DIEGO FAGUNDEZ: To be honest, I have played with really good players all over. Right now I think the group we have is so good. We go forward and you know there's going to be an attack the amount of players we have, the quality, the passing, the finishing, I think we have it all right now. To be honest, I don't look at what team was the best but right now I'm having a lot of fun with this team and that's what's important. I think we lost it a little bit ago, and finally I was getting it back. I'm very happy where I'm at, and I think the quality of play right now we're giving to our fans and to ourselves is amazing.
Q. Diego you slotted back into the start since Dejan has gone out. What are you seeing of this new development and personnel with Joe accept up top, you on the left. How die in a minute sick that and do you feel like there's more room to grow in it?
DIEGO FAGUNDEZ: I feel like there's always room to grow no matter the position on the field. If we want to be a really good team, we need to learn new things. Players can play in different positions and that's huge. You see it on the field sometimes. Riqui is dropping back or Joseph is out wide, we have to make sure we know how to play those positions. It doesn't matter where you are. At the end of the day if there's a corner you're in a different position so we have to know how to do that and I think this team definitely knows how to do that and that's huge, especially when you come to a game and you know that Pec likes to be on the right side and he wants to cut and suddenly you see him on the left and teams sometimes don't know how to stop that and I think that's what makes us really strong right now.
Q. Hey, Diego, congratulations on the victory. Just how big has it been to have Joseph return to form, return back from injury feeling a lot better and being able to play that number nine spot. How is it different than with you and Dejan and how have you been able to explode?
DIEGO FAGUNDEZ: Joseph, the speed he has, every defender is scared of him. At halftime I told him, hey, check two and go. Look at the goal. I was so happy for him because the amount of work that he puts the amount of sprinting and running and he wants to be in the box. He wants to score goals and today he deserved it. On the first goal, he passes it to Pec and Pec scores so I think that's what kind of quality player we have for Joseph and like I said, we're all going to be growing and it doesn't matter what position we're playing we just have to play well and try to score goals and win games.
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DIEGO FAGUNDEZ: (Non-English). Thank you.
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