KANSAS CITY, KAN. -- Bruce Arena spoke to reporters after the Galaxy's 1-1 draw with Sporting KC.
Arena's comments are below:
On getting a result in Kansas City…
I think our guys did a great job, even when going down to ten men. Some days are going to look like this, but the grind up to get a point here is important. We are pleased with that. I don’t think we played well today. We had a lot of issues with this game today. It’s a point. We are going home. We are not looking back.
On what happened with Ashley [Cole]…
I have no idea. We need to publish law eighteen and make a lot of copies of that and send it off to everyone involved. Do you know what law eighteen is? Law eighteen is common sense. That’s the law we definitely violate in every game.
On Sporting KC’s offensive attacks…
I thought they played a good game today. They were very aggressive. They won a lot of second balls. They are obviously a team that came back home and played real hard trying to get three points. We were fortunate to get one point.
On scouting lineup formation…
Zusi playing right back was interesting. Nothing else surprised me really. We made one change. Probably wasn’t the best. Larentowicz did a real fine job. He is coming back from an off-season surgery and we don’t want to throw that many minutes at him this early. We were pretty conservative with him and I thought he did a very good job. And same for Robbie Rogers coming in for Ashley. I was very pleased with him.
On the atmosphere in Children’s Mercy Park…
They do a great job from an organizational standpoint. This is a great organization, great stadium, a great fan base; they do everything right. If that’s the reason why we don’t win here, then maybe that’s the case. They do everything well.
On his impression of Giovani dos Santos’ performance...
Very solid with the goal. Obviously, he had a specular goal. Gio is getting goals in every game, so that is a real positive.
On Sporting KC’s aggressive tone…
I think they played really well today. They brought a good mentality to the field and played real hard. For us to walk off the field today with a point, given all the circumstances was good. (This game) I am not going to try to look at all. I will throw that one in the garbage can. We didn’t do well except in the last twenty minutes playing with ten players.
On LA’s multiple issues to the game…
I thought the game was an awful game. What can I say? It’s an MLS game. I don’t want to get into that at all, but there are things that we have to do to make some things better.