The games begin at an interesting, some say dicey, time in our world.

With the 2008 Olympic Games coming up, he's got to raise the level of his gymnastics to be world class if it's not already there. We've got to keep it there and keep getting better. To him, the NCAA championships is more important at this point.

I would love for all U.S.-Mexico games to be here. I would love it. By the time the next qualifying rolls around, I'll be watching from the stands, but I'd love to be watching U.S.-Mexico here, that's for sure. The guys all love playing here. The field's always in great condition, the fans are great, and the whole situation is just awesome for us. The entire city is a great host too.

I would say this was my best game. I've had better games playing 'D' than I did tonight. This was one of my best shooting games. But as a team I don't think we played defense as hard as we should have.

Starting games teams are more aware of him. We have to find ways to score, then the game comes to him. I was very proud of him. He was very mature.

It was just a good ballgame and it fell our way, ... We had a couple of games earlier that didn't, but this one fell our way. It was our night.