Postgame Quotes
12/2/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Dec. 2, 2007
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Head Coach Jay Vidovich
On the attack between Austin da Luz and Corben Bone:
They did a tremendous job... Corben's found himself after (his) injury, and that's been a difficult road to get back in to game form, and I thought today was a great opportunity for him to do it. Austin has just been coming up stronger as we've been going through; he's had some great moments for us throughout the year. Against Boston College, when we lost that game, I think he showed a lot of character in some of the intangibles; showing the level of maturity that he needs to really contribute to us. I think today was just an example of what he's going to be capable of doing for us in the future.
On being down 1-0:
We were a little too close in the first half. We were a little nervous because they're very good at hanging in there and just surviving, 1-0 games are what they live off of.
On getting the team to a level of "scary good":
I keep telling the guys if you make one little better touch or one little better decision, we're going to be scary good.
On playing at Spry in the upcoming game against Notre Dame:
We like playing at Spry. It's comfortable for us - I think it'll be easier for us in some ways. We're coming up on the end of the school year with exams coming up. I think to be here and not have to be traveling should be an advantage to us. Notre Dame's another tremendous Big East team and they've had a lot of success this year. They have a couple special players.
We're focusing on getting healthy and making sure everybody's set. Once again our offense will be tested because they're very organized defensively. They don't give much away; they also have a very special player, Joe Lapira. He's very busy, he takes his opportunities well. The whole team plays collective soccer. I think it's going to be a fantastic game. In all honesty I think (we are) two very similar teams.
On the intensity and talent moving deeper into the NCAA tournament:
It just depends who you've run into. I think both teams we've played have been very talented, we were a bit fortunate against West Virginia because they're a little banged up and I know their left back was out and they'd had a couple other injuries. That's a big part of it this time of year; it's about whether you can be healthy and playing. We're fortunate Corben's coming back, some people are just losing players.
On Corben Bone who returned to action after missing several games with a hip injury:
He's been working very hard, so we took him for about 5-6 days after the ACC tournament and did some treatment with the doctor. We took about 5-6 days and worked with him individually to get his sharpness back. Just playing games wasn't helping him, he couldn't find his form. He's only been integrated back into the team over the last three days. This week will give him 4-5 days and we'll be all set.
On Wake Forest's offense:
I think that when we play a game, no matter how defensive a team is, there's not really much they can do. We're so good at moving the ball and finding a place to play, we did that well today. So as good as they are at the back, there wasn't much they could do.
On Corben Bone:
When he gets on the field, he gives us another look. He's able to run at players, create space for everyone else; he really just makes everyone around him better on the field. It's really just a pleasure to play with him.
On his energy in games:
When you come off the bench, it's what you have to bring, you're expected to lift the game a little bit. Playing at Spry and playing out here, it's such an honor... you just have to make the most of your time on the field and that's what I try to do.
I've never played another sport in my life, so I just kind of got stuck with it.
I've been watching games out here for ten years, and you watch guys come through the program and it seems like it goes by so fast. I've seen guys end their career on this field and it's heartbreaking, so you can't waste a minute out there.
On returning from his hip injury:
It felt good to be back out there running again. I felt good - I was able to strike balls, run at people - the main problem was I hadn't been able to run really at full speed. Finally I got back to running so I could do my thing, like taking on people and making other people better around me. That's part of my game and I couldn't really do that with my hip. Now it's a little bit better and I'm better at playing my game.
The way I play, I kind of change direction and stop and start pretty quickly, so having a bum hip doesn't help you at all. I couldn't accelerate - and one of the good things about me is my first step so not having that acceleration wouldn't help at all. A hip in soccer is probably one of the most important things; I couldn't strike a ball, I couldn't pass a ball, and I couldn't run so ultimately I couldn't play. Having that hip (healthy) is really key.
On Wake Forest's offense:
Playing and moving is my big thing. If you play and move real quick, I don't think anyone can stay with you, and that's one thing that we're all really good at. Like Austin and I, I know exactly what he's going to do, and he knows exactly what I'm going to do, so it's a lot easier to play with each other because we already know what's going to happen. It makes us a pretty dangerous offensive team to play and move around defenders with no problem.
