it's amazing. That's why he's captain for us, and was captain for the national team for quite a while. Playing with somebody like that, it's easy to get up and work your butt off."
COLORADO RAPIDS MIDFIELDER PABLO MASTROENI
On the game:
"I think we put ourselves behind the 8-ball early, but we battled back against the hottest team in the league. We put out the effort, didn't sit back, and applied pressure as much as we could. At the end, I think it was a good result, but at no point in the game were we comfortable with getting the draw."
CHIVAS USA HEAD COACH PREKI
On the game:
"I wasn't really happy with a tie. I thought that after we took the lead we should have found a way to get a second goal. We had plenty of opportunities to get a second goal and at that point (the lead) would be two or three. I give Colorado credit; they threw things at us after the second break. We came out and we were flat, they got on top of us and got a goal. There were breaks for them, there were breaks for us, and I just think we should have done a better job closing the game."
CHIVAS USA MIDFIELDER JESSE MARSCH
On the game:
"It was tough to deal with and we could have done better on a bunch of little things, but we gave up a goal and we are pretty lucky not to give up another one. If you would have asked me at the beginning of the day 'would you take a point?' I would have said yes."
CHIVAS USA MIDFIELDER SACHA KLJESTAN
On the penalty kick:
"The penalty kick was good, I was going to go left but I saw the 'keeper move early so I went to the right, so it was an easy finish. It was a good play by Laurent (Merlin) to draw the PK on the red card so I give a lot of credit to him. At the end of the day we end up with a tie on the road so it's not the worst result but we are definitely disappointed."
