Colorado University Athletics
Soccer Quotes
November 18, 2007 | Soccer
Colorado Head Coach Bill Hempen
GENERAL?““Since I've known about
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ON LIMITING PORTLAND TO ONE GOAL?“I think our defense is faster then DU's was and we are better defensively from that standpoint. We had to stand up to them and not let them dance like they wanted. Our problem was we could get two or three passes together but we couldn't connect on the next pass that would have really put us into the danger zone, and that is a credit to them.”
ON THE SEASON?“I don't think it was a discouraging season, it was frustrating at times because we usually can string together five or six wins during the season and we weren't able to do that this season. So it was probably a little discouraging for her (Nikki Marshall) from that standpoint because of how short of a time she has been here.”
FINAL THOUGHT?““We certainly represented Division I soccer today.”
ON THEIR GAMEPLAN?“We didn't come in here trying to limit their offense, we came in wanting to attack. That is just
ON BEING TIED AT HALFTIME?“It didn't affect our confidence because we knew we could play with them. It was just good to know that it was still tied 0-0 with the No.3 team in the country and if we could finish an opportunity and put one in the back of the net we'd be golden.”
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ON MAKING IT TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT?“I felt we were deserving of the opportunity, we just had to come out here and prove it. We definitely did that today against a great team and one of the top teams in the nation.”
ON THE SEASON?“I think we didn't fully play to our potential until the
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ON OFFENSIVE STRUGGLES?“We had one or two passes and then we'd get the ball outside we just really struggled to get the ball into the box where we could really create some opportunities.”
GENERAL?“We're not happy about the loss but it a close game and we played hard. We can leave here with our heads held high.”
ON THE SEASON?“We went through some rough spots this year but I'm proud that we made it to the second round of the playoffs. We just lost to a good team today but we played
Portland Head Coach Garrett Smith
GENERAL?“I thought it was a great game and I give a lot of credit to Colorado because they had a great game plan, they executed it well and they made it a tough experience for us and tough to play against. You don't do what they did against
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ON PLAYING A CLOSE GAME?“We had confidence it would come, we were getting some chances we just had to finish and we thought it was just a matter of time before that'd happen.”
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ON THEIR GOAL?“I took the ball from their defender and just saw Soph (Sophie Schmidt) and gave a good touch across and Sophie finished for us and put it in the net.”
