Steve Burns Team Quotations

We pressed them and stepped up a lot higher. St. Louis struggled to put their combinations together. Going into this game, I didn't think we were a good pressing team, but the guys showed me a lot of character. I learned something about our team more than anything that we can be a team that steps up and denies a lot of space for the opponent to play. In hindsight, had we put two halves together like the second half, we may have gotten the win.

It's a transition from where we were last year as a team, and, with that, it unfortunately takes some time for a team that plays that way to find its form. Early in the season, you can make a couple of mistakes and lose games like this. We don't want to make anymore, that's for sure.

We felt real comfortable especially after Bobby scored that goal. We are a team that is going to be effective when we play within our system and move the ball quickly. We are a more technical team that isn't reliant upon special players to break the game open.

There was a lack of experience (combined with) playing on the road in hostile environments with crowds that get underneath the skin of their opponents. If you're the away team, you have to have the experience to know how to handle that. When we set up the next road trip, I think (we will use this) experience that we have to be a bit more aggressive and certain players have to look to play more forward, penetrating balls versus just holding the possession. We will remind the team of this experience and hopefully get better.

You always get chances (to score) against a good team, and the difference is that they were finishing their chances at a much higher rate than we were. Regardless of how they scored their first goal, (they had) chances before that to get on the board. That's something we're waiting to see our team put together.

There is definitely something magical about playing under the lights. It's a new energy that will hopefully have an affect on the team and give us that true home-field advantage that we've been lacking.

It eats at me. And if it eats at me, I'm going to make sure it eats at (my team).

(Massachusetts) scored its goals on a couple of breakdowns and lack of discipline with our overall team shape early. They did the smart thing-they tried to sit on a two-goal lead and they did it, and we weren't able to crack them.

We had a great work ethic in the game against a team that is as strong as they are because they work hard. Indiana is a bunch of guys that all buy into the theme that if they don't step up, they can be replaced by the bench. I think our team is beginning to work towards this theme now that we have so much depth. Our next game may have a different ending.