LA Galaxy 3, Colorado 1
Q. Congratulations on a hundred career starts for the L.A. Galaxy, and talk about that and the second half.
MARCO DELGADO: Yeah, I mean, it's been a long way coming, and yeah, I always try to get my own -- every time I have an opportunity to show up, I try to show up. So just being able to stay healthy, and being able to represent this club.
Yeah, so a hundred games, went by pretty quick. Time flies by. But, happy it was with this club. I was able to make a hundred appearances or a hundred starts, whatever it is. Definitely a big achievement for me personally.
And then on another note in the second half, I think we missed, given the altitude and everything, I think we were just able to wiggle out of a little bit more things, keep the ball moving. Trust the other person with the ball and just keep the ball moving, whereas in the first half, things were a little tight if they were man marking us one-on-one. I think the second half we did that and just let the ball move ail quicker. Spaces started to open and we were able to expose those spaces and move forward, as I'm sure you can see from the outside.
And then just on the inside, they just couldn't figure it out. They were having trouble, and they wanted to press like in the first half, and we just played right through with a little one, two and third man. That was huge and they just couldn't figure it out the second half.
Q. Congratulations on the century of starts. That is an incredible achievement in football. You've been part of championship-winning sides and you know what it takes to kind of get to that pinnacle. What is the edge that this team has? There seems to have been a maturation over the season and evolution and a really positive way, peaking at the right time. What do you think the edge is for this team, having been there before?
MARCO DELGADO: Yeah, I mean, I think it's just taking in every play. Seeing out every play, not getting too comfortable. Always being attentive to what could possibly happen. During one play, another play could happen. Seeing things before they happen, and just being ready to bounce on that and just be that much more ahead than the opponent and that much more, you know, intense first and winning your battles and that more connected with the guy next to you and communicating things and making sure they don't happen again.
It's all these little details that take you to the next level, and if you could do that for 90-plus minutes in every game, you're sitting pretty, you know. Even if you go down a goal, I'm sure with the quality we have and just keeping all of this together, we can definitely bounce back.
Q. I wanted to ask you, heading into this game, the club has not won in Colorado in seven years and only scored three goals in the last five appearances. Breaking those negative streaks, how impactful is it for the group and does it add extra momentum for you now that you are super close to play off time?
MARCO DELGADO: Yeah, I mean, I had no idea about that. I think it's just a tough place to play with the altitude and giving that, not the greatest place to play. The atmosphere and everything is not the greatest. You just go through the motions and stuff like that. But given the timing of we're towards the end of the season, every game matters, you know, these games matter going into playoffs.
So we definitely want to take that into account. Even though it was quite dead and quite quiet before the game during warmups, we definitely pushed each other and had each other ready to go when the whistle would blow and I think that's the difference. Especially the timing and coming close to the end of the year, everything matters that much more. Just cleaning up and not making mistakes, cleaning things up, playing well. You know, all of that carries over into the playoffs, especially my experience, all of these games matter going into the playoffs, the momentum really matters.
Q. The team is undefeated at home. How special is the prospect of potentially being able to clinch the top speed in the Western Conference in front of your home fans?
MARCO DELGADO: It's very exciting. It's something that we always take a lot of pride in. Taking three points at home is always something we should do. So we have taken a lot of pride in that. It's just, yeah, very exciting and I'm sure the whole group can't wait.
So given how long the years been, and how many games we have played and the travel and everything, we definitely have grinded all our butts off, everybody, from front to back, coming off the bench, the guys are working in hard in training to be ready when called upon. It's definitely exciting and rewarding. It's all the good feels. We're excited for that to come. FastScripts by ASAP Sports ...
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