The two players and their representative continue to have discussions with Major League Soccer regarding their contracts with the league. We are hopeful and optimistic we'll reach an agreement. We're interested in signing both players to long-term agreements. As two friends, I told him we will do everything in our power to make sure Mauricio finishes his career here. I like the shootout better than deciding the game by penalty kicks like they do in other countries.
Penalties are so easy to score.
Shootouts are not so easy and require more soccer skills. From my standpoint, from what I feel our team is capable of, we didn't play. We had two good chances in the first half, and I wasn't too unhappy heading into halftime. I was very disappointed after the two quick goals. We had no offense and the defense was in complete disarray.