Minnesota 2, LA Galaxy 2
Q. John, talking with Greg a little bit there, just what happened on that first goal that you guys allowed? Did you think that ball was on net or did you see it maybe going a little bit wide?
JOHN McCARTHY: Yeah it was one of those ones that I didn't want to leave it, and it goes in, and then dry field, dry gloves, that's all me. That's one of those where you just make a safe decision and parry it and it kills the play.
But it happens. It's life. Definitely a frustrating one, you know. But yeah, I didn't want to take the chance of maybe it was going wide, maybe it was going in, and I should have just parried it and killed the play and moved on.
Q. Some great saves that kept you guys in the game. I was asking Greg if this feels like momentum that is building for you guys. You got the draw against Portland, and you get the draw against Minnesota and you're going to be home to Orlando. Do you feel like things are maybe starting to click a little bit better and you guys are a little bit more dangerous, a little bit more comfortable?
JOHN McCARTHY: I hope so. You know, like obviously when it rains, it pours, and things are tough. I think the team showed a great group effort and mentality to stick together.
You know, we've said it before and I've said it before, road points in a season go a long way. Doesn't matter if it's the beginning of the season, end of the season. Yeah, to get two back-to-back road points, yeah, you want to win, but to fight back ask find a way in someone else's stadium, it shows the grit and grind of the group, I think, and that we are not going to give up until the last whistle.
It's nice to get a result on the road. Obviously you want to win. But it's definitely something we're trying to build off the last couple games and trying to push forward.
Q. How are you feeling through this long month? You still have another game to play, and you guys are traveling 12,000-plus miles, spent 28 hours in the air and all that fun stuff that goes into these really long opening months. Is it taking its toll on everybody?
JOHN McCARTHY: I mean, it's one of those things you joke about. You know you have to travel and you go down to Costa Rica, you come home; and you go to Portland, and you come home; and we went to Vancouver and came home; and now we have go to México, and then we've got to come home.
You have the mental mindset that you just, you have to do it. I think we are fortunate to be able to do it because we qualified for Champions League. I think we do have a good mindset, and a joking mindset about it, you know, because it is a lot of miles on your body. It is a lot of time away from your family and stuff like that.
But we have a good group and a good mindset of just do it. You've got to figure it out and find a way. Today was one of those tough games where they battered us a little bit, and we've been on the road, and we took some punches and we're able to deal with it. It's one of those things where you travel, you just have to deal with it.
Q. Do the ups and downs within the game affect you guys? You guys were close to earning a point at 1-1, Maya gets that softer hand ball, and then you Emi get scoring on the other side. Is it balancing itself out, or do you feel a net positive from that?
JOHN McCARTHY: There's going to be high moments and low moments in the game. There's going to be high moments and low moments in the season. You can't get too high and you can't get too low and you have to play each moment and be within every moment.
There's going to be like a hand ball whether it was going in, wide, corner kick, thrown, whatever it was, my mistake, as well. Those things happen. That's life. It's just how you react and balance back. We knew that whatever there was, five, ten minutes, whenever Maya prevented the hand ball, there was another ten minutes to be played. You can't give up until the last whistle.
And Emiro is a guy who stepped in and was great last season and since he stepped on to the field this year in a couple different roles, he's done a great job. For guys to get thrown into the team and commit to the group, that's something that goes a long way.
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