COLORADO RAPIDS 1, TORONTO FC 0
COLORADO RAPIDS HEAD COACH GARY SMITH
On the game:
"I thought we started quite brightly. There were some concerns because we were missing some influential players, but to get that sort of result is a real milestone for the group."
On Conor Casey's header:
"We were looking for an inspirational moment, and he's come up with the goods again."
On Jacob Peterson:
"He's worked ever so hard to improve his service, but I think the improvement this year has come in his understanding of the position. He had a terrific assist and had another very decent performance."
COLORADO RAPIDS DEFENDER DREW MOOR
On the game:
"It's always nice to be part of three points. It's been a little bit of a hectic week with the move, but Colorado opened their arms and said come on over. This team is right in the playoff hunt and coach talked about getting every three points we can. I thought it was a very grind it out win tonight."
"When you're right in the playoff race and this team has been exchanging wins back and forth in the past couple weeks, two, 1-0 shutouts is not bad against very good competition."
On the trade:
"I think it was definitely re-energizing and it's good to see some fresh faces and a fresh coaching staff."
COLORADO RAPIDS FORWARD CONOR CASEY
On the PK and the goal:
"It's an easy chance, so it goes to your head a little bit, but obviously coming out in the second half and getting the header cleared my head pretty quick."
On the cross and the goal:
"It was a great ball. It's what we've been working on and it's what we want in the game, it was perfect. I was in the right spot and I was able to get it down on frame."
TORONTO FC INTERIM HEAD COACH CHRIS CUMMINS
On the scoring drought:
"We just have to keep working and put the ball in the back of the net. We didn't get nearly enough attempts on goal tonight."
"We can go by the wayside and start having a go at each other or, we can stick together, we can keep fighting and keep pushing."
On the game:
"We were poor tonight and there's no doubt about it, it wasn't good enough."
About the lackluster start:
"There were signs as soon as we kicked off; it didn't look like we had any legs. We should've been down one or two nil at half."
On moving forward:
"We're going to stick together. We lose as a team, we win as a team, and we draw as a team."
TORONTO FC MIDFIELDER MARVELL WYNNE
On how the game was approached:
"The same way. We approached it the same way we always go about it."
On Colorado's play:
"They seemed to want it more, and they did. They were very active, they moved well and they had a lot of possession. They wore us down."
On looking forward to next week's match:
"We'll figure it out. We haven't really gone over everything right now, so we'll watch the tape a couple of times and see what happens."
TORONTO FC FORWARD DWAYNE DE ROSARIO
On the scoring drought and what's going on:
"If I knew we would be creating chances, but we're trying."
On having six games left and still in the playoff hunt:
"We're not out yet, we still have a possibility to get back into it, but if we give up now it's pointless."
On next week's match:
"We have to come into next week's game fully focused and give one-hundred percent all over the field and just have that commitment over the ninety minutes."
