RED BULLS-TORONTO FC POSTGAME QUOTES

Toronto Head Coach John Carver

On Jozy Altidore:
“I described Altidore as an Emile Heskey from England cause most of the guys know him. And what I said to them was, don’t get too tight, don’t allow him to roll you…have a distance so he doesn’t know where you are, then you win the ball off him and I think that worked. I thought whatever side he was on both fullbacks dealt with him real well.”

Thoughts on the game:
“But I must sit here are also compliment the back 5. I thought the goalkeeper and the back 4 were outstanding for us, and that was the platform for us to get something from the game. I thought the midfield 4 and the 2 worked their socks off, I thought there was great energy in there, but they tried things and things didn’t come off for them and that sometimes happens. I will not fault their effort, you can see the team ethic in the side and they’re working for each other. That’s what I want.”

Toronto FC defender Marvell Wynne

Thoughts on game:
“They came out pretty strong in the first half, they had good possession of the ball, I don’t know – it was just tough they came out hard – but so did we.”

On if 1-1 was a fair result:
“I believe so…they had pretty much one chance on goal and they finished it, putting away that free kick, we had more opportunities I believe more time on the ball but overall it was a good game, I’d say 1-1 was actually a pretty fair result.”

Toronto FC defender Marco Velez

On his goal:
“It was a great ball, I didn’t have to do much, just head it in. It was my first goal in MLS since joining this team, I was just pretty excited, I love being out there with all the fans, and I just felt the passion…I don’t know I just ran around.”

New York defender Hunter Freeman

On how he felt in first game back:
“It was good, I thought I was pretty solid up until the 75th minute and then my legs got tired, and then a little bit of lack of concentration at the very end, and thankfully Amado doesn’t put that one away but other than that I thought it was a good first game back and something I can build on.”

New York goalkeeper Jon Conway

On Toronto ’s goal:
“It was something we had discussed in training and obviously they caught us by surprise. I wasn’t expecting anything different other than a cross over but guys were kinda lax in picking up their marks and the guy came in free.”

New York head coach Juan Carlos Osorio

On the game:
“I will probably speak on behalf of all my players but we probably wish we could play in an environment like this week in and week out because as we talked on the pregame talk, most of the players just thrive on the challenge of playing in front of 20,000 and there was great feeling and I think my players performed very well today in front of a lot of people, and took the challenge and did very well today. We were the better team over the 90 minutes, with the better options, we controlled the game for the most part, we’re happy with the point but we could have won it I think.”

New York midfielder Dave van den Bergh

On his goal:
“We talked about who had the better option, considering the wind it was going to be an easier ball for a left footer guy because for a right footed guy the wind would have slowed it down…I contemplated bending it over the wall but the wind was pretty strong so I figured I had most chance on the goalie’s side and I put Claudio in the wall to block his sight just like New England did against us, I figured it worked for them…”

“Given the fact that they had a one-nil lead, I thought we played well, we played on the ground and limited them to nothing at all really. They didn’t have any significant chances or shots on goal and I thought we played fairly well.”