CARSON, Calif. -- Bruce Arena addressed the media after the LA Galaxy's 3-1 win over Seattle Sounders FC.
On how the team bounced back:
“Obviously we battled back well. I think on the day I applaud both teams. We shouldn’t be playing games at 1 o’clock in the afternoon in the summer months. This was really challenging for the players and for our team to concede a goal early and have to fight back in these conditions is pretty good. I give them a lot of credit; it was a pretty good effort.”
On the attack:
“We have a long way to go. We’ve played 25 different lineups in 25 different games, so I don’t know what we are supposed to envision but it’ll take some time with our group playing together. We still have some players that are out with injuries that are going to help us, and hopefully over the next month or so we start getting in good form.”
On chemistry between new players:
“Stevie’s been around for a while and you can see his experience, professionalism, and his sheer talent. I thought in the second half he and Juninho played very well and helped us take control of the game. Dos Santos is going to take a little bit of time but I think already the chemistry with his teammates is good. He’s going to be a terrific player and I think the next couple of weeks he is going to get full fitness and really fit in well with our team. I am pleased with the addition of those two players.”
On placing Giovani dos Santos up top:
“He is an attacking player, he has to play somewhere that gets him close to goal. I’ve discovered if you put an attacking player in a forward position it is probably a good choice. In all fairness, at this point his fitness isn’t where it needs to be to be playing in the midfield. If you saw the job that Gyasi and Lletget did today, it was terrific, and those are two players that are very fit and it would have been a tough position to put Giovani in.”
On Giovani dos Santos’ performance:
“I liked everything I saw today, it was very good. He did very well.”
