Houston 2, LA Galaxy 1
Q. This has to be a tough way to end the season. Your overall thoughts on the game and the last play.
MAYA YOSHIDA: Yes, it's difficult to accept that kind of end as a center back. I would not apologize. I will not have head down in front of the media, in front of the fans, there's no point. Because we have only one week to go for the playoffs and we need to prepare well. We need to recover well.
Of course it's difficult as a defender to end like this, and, well, I will not be able to sleep tonight on the way back. What I can promise is I will give it back to the club fans and the squad and through the playoffs.
I am being tested now. You know, sometime in the life, people think, why it's happened, why. Why this kind of things happen to me, and you think and think and think.
But this kind of difficult moment is always a test. I will react and you will see how I react. I will contribute and go through the final and get the title. This is my target from now on.
Q. Greg said that this may have been a warning for you guys; that yes, it hurt you today but if it happens again, it could end the season. Do you think the team feels that way?
MAYA YOSHIDA: Say it again, please.
Q. Greg said that this is a warning shot, right, that yes, it hurt you today but if it happens again, it could end your season. Do you think the team feels that way right now?
MAYA YOSHIDA: Yes. This is kind of like a playoff game today. Probably Greg mentioned already but this is not the end of the season. This is the end of the regular season, and then we have still playoffs.
I will try to prepare well as much as possible to give my everything as always, and this is up to me, up to the team, how we react from now on. You know, I've been a long time in the football stride, so I know what I need to do.
Q. What did you think of the additional time added, and did you feel like mentally you guys were engaged right till the final whistle or were you expecting the referee to blow the whistle sooner?
MAYA YOSHIDA: No, there was no extra time. It was seven probably, and then we had a penalty. So I was thinking probably extra three minutes. Actually, it's like a hundred minutes, right.
We need to close the game much much better, of course. There's no excuse.
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