Our defense was horrible in the beginning. But we started to gel a little better, which opened things up and made things on offense easier. We were getting a lot of open looks in transition.

Far too many relied on the classic formula of a beginning, a muddle, and an end

We've got some young kids but their talented and fully capable of contributing. Our defense is very solid and our midfield is strong. Our biggest problem might be staying healthy because we're thin and maybe putting the ball in the back of the net.

We've been focusing on team defense a lot. We had to get back to the basics at the beginning of the week. We know we didn't play that well last weekend, so we're ready to redeem ourselves.

I think we were kind of flat. Our defense wasn't our best at the beginning of the game. We focused on our defense at halftime. We gave up 37 points in the first half. Our goal is to keep the opposing team to 65 and under.

I expected (the pressure defense) from the beginning of the game. It's not as if we weren't prepared for them to do that. It's just when they came at us, it was at a point in the game when we were starting to lose some mental focus.