18 Quotes by Ellen Bridgewater

Unless you're right there on the line with the referee, there's no way you can tell. But it sure looked like a goal from the sideline.

We really didn't get too many good chances to score on someone like that. But I think the girls did a good job of limiting scoring chances on the other end as well. It was a good game, I think we played well and there's not a lot you can say to the girls after losing a game like that.

We've played some good competition this season. Our schedule has not been easy. But that should make us stronger for the playoffs.

We had so many shots and so many chances . . . We had good control of the game, but we just couldn't finish. Scoring can be really tough in soccer. We had a lot of people that had chances. It wasn't just one player. That's the way it goes sometimes. You always have some of those games throughout the course of the season.

Teams are going to key on her. And that's fine, if they want to put five girls on her, that means that four other girls are open and she needs to be able to recognize what's going on and pass it off.

That's got a lot to do with who we play. We play good teams and we've had trouble finishing this season so far. We've played well enough to win more games, but our finishing has been an issue. We're getting there.

It's good to start playing well now before playoffs start. Every team goes to the playoffs, no matter what your record is, so we just need to be playing good soccer when they start.

They have to pay close attention to her or she will make them pay. But when they give her too much attention she's smart enough to pass it off and then make a run and get other girls involved in the play.

Hopefully, we're onto something. We had some tough losses early against some good teams, but we've played well in our last two games.