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OLSEN INTERVIEW
The manager of DC United, Ben Olsen, had recently been in Germany for a while. He had been spending a bit of time with the manager of Borussia Monchengladbach, Lucien Favre, there. He has now come back to USA and has started working on his plans for the next season.
In one of his interviews a couple of days back, when Olsen was asked about the reason behind him visiting Favre recently, he said, “I remain in contact with Favre. He is a man who has been managing teams since a long time and he has got a lot of knowledge about the game. It’s always good to spend some time with experienced coaches especially for somebody like me who is still young in this field. I must say that I learnt a lot from that trip.”
When asked if he had gone there for scouting purpose as well, Olsen said, “As a manager, whenever you go to a different country to watch the league over there, you have this thing in your mind. But, the main reason for me to go there was to spend some time with Favre and see how he goes about his job.”
When asked if his Staff is scouting in different countries at the moment, Olsen said, “No, my Staff is watching college matches these days and they have some other work to do here as well. So, all of them are currently here in USA.”
During the previous season, DC United had performed pretty poorly. They had won just 3 games in the entire league and had managed to secure just 16 points from their 34 league games. They were at the last position in the Eastern Conference points table at the end of the league.
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DRAW
Seattle Sounders and LA Galaxy were involved in a 1-1 draw, which gave Real Salt Lake a great opportunity to go top of the table once again. The team was coming into the match against San Jose after having suffered a 2-0 defeat against Seattle Sounders in the previous week. Hence, there was a need for three points from Jason Kreis’ perspective because Seattle have the advantage of having matches in hand over Real Salt Lake. The team needed to win this match against San Jose in order to have a chance of winning the title, but they blew the chance after a 2-1 defeat.
Lenhart scored either side of a goal from Javier Morales in the first half to give the away team three points. All the goals in a match were scored between 18 minutes and 21 minutes in a frantic period. At the end of the day, though, it was Real Salt Lake who were disappointed with the result especially because it was home encounter. After the match, Morales tried to lift his teammates by saying that this result does not mean the end of the day, but it does give Seattle a great chance to win the title.
He has admitted that winning the title from this position will be tough.
“It’s a little bit hard. We have to be realistic. Right now it’s going to be hard. Seattle has more points than us in fewer games than us. Now we have to focus and improve our soccer and our team. If we want to be in the MLS Cup, we have a lot of work,” said Morales. “I probably still won’t be ready to throw in the towel on the Supporters’ Shield. But perhaps I will,” said Kreis after the match. Real Salt Lake will next be playing against Vancouver.