KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 2, COLORADO RAPIDS 2 (5-3 PKs)
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS HEAD COACH CURT ONALFO
On the game:
"I thought the first 15 minutes it took us a long time to get adjusted to the field surface, and then we scored the goal and took the momentum. I thought we were very good and then we gave away too easy of a goal, and that is unacceptable. We let them right back in the game. I was very disappointed with that and I let the team know that at halftime. And then again we had a defensive lapse and an easy goal and we were down 2-1. We basically decided to go with a 3-4-3 after that, and it still wasn't working. So we went for broke and about the 82nd minute we took a chance and we played with 3-3-4 and we played with four forwards and it paid off."
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS GOALKEEPER ERIC KRONBERG
On his first career start with the first team:
"It was my first time in goal for first team. It's exciting for me, you know, I've never had a shot, and this is my big opportunity. I was a little nervous beforehand, but once the whistle blows, you realize you are on the field, and it is just like any other day. As soon as the whistle blew, I was ready."
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS MIDFIELDER KURT MORSINK
On the game:
"I think the most important thing for our team was we came from being 2-1 down. We scored a late goal, and we fought through with ten men. We fought through it; we came away with three points; and we advanced. Our goal is to always get three points and to always be aggressive and to stay sharp on defense. We want to get three points on the road this weekend at Real Salt Lake and then come back home in front of our great home supporters."
COLORADO RAPIDS HEAD COACH FERNANDO CLAVIJO
On the match:
"We had the game in our hands, and we let it go. I thought that in the first half, the second half and in overtime we had many opportunities to put them away and we were unable."
COLORADO RAPIDS FORWARD JACOB PETERSON
On his goal:
"Mehdi got the ball out wide and sent a great ball in. I was just off the back post away from my marker and decided to tuck it in far post."
On the game going to extra time:
"It was definitely not ideal after we had a Sunday game then we had to play a Wednesday game to go into overtime like that, but you know it's part of the game and we knew that was a possibility. As a team, we can't let it get that far when we have a 2-1 lead up in the 80th minute. You know you have to close out that game."
