SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES HEAD COACH MATIAS ALMEYDA
On the team’s performance:
“Coaches are ultimately responsible for the performance of a team. In this case, we picked the starting 11. Although our performance in Orlando was great, our return to this season has been really bad. To be competitive would mean that defenders, midfielders, and forwards have to play together systemically. Today there was no defender, midfielder, or attacker who played better than another. We are all at fault for this, including me. The time we have to work on this is short and we really have to think about how we can get out of this situation.