42 Quotes by Sigi Schmid

He is the type of player that has a tremendous desire to win. He needs to be an example to our younger players. He needs to be a vocal player, but he can't do any of that until he gets on the field, so first he needs to get healthy.

Joel is a young guy who can play a number of different positions. He is big plus for us as well.

Joel is a versatile defender who was here for our mini-camp in November. He can play centrally or on the right and is a young player with great potential.

It is a competitive position, but I don't think any player should lose his position due to injury. When you are out a long time, it gets a little bit harder.

I thought we came of age a little bit. This was what we have to do to build this team?s character. You have to have success in games like that, where you roll your sleeves up, where you battle till the end.

I think we've created a much more competitive environment. There is competition in all of the facets of the field.

I want to those three guys not to be fringe national team players, but national team players as the team prepares for the World Cup in 2010.

My objective is that we want to win a title this year. If it doesn't happen, we are going to be immensely better than last year. It doesn't take that long to turn around a team.

I thought it (play against the Fire) was okay, especially considering he had been gone for a period of time and the one thing he didn't have was contact with the ball. I expect a lot more from him next week in L.A.