CARSON, Calif. -- Head coach Bruce Arena addressed reporters after the Galaxy's scoreless draw with Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
On how frustrating the 0-0 draw was to him:
“It’s not frustrating.”
On what he takes from the game:
“One-point game. That’s what I take from it. It’s not frustrating. Our guys gave a good effort. The played a good second half I thought.”
On if he has any concerns about the team’s six-game unbeaten streak:
“We’re probably going to fold the franchise.”
On if he has any injury updates on Jelle Van Damme or Steven Gerrard:
“I don’t.”
On the return of Robbie Rogers:
“It’s good to get him back; he’s a little rusty. If we had the opportunity, we maybe would have taken him out 70 minutes into the game, but burning two substitutions in the first half made that option really difficult. I think he did a good job hanging in there. He’s a little bit rusty, but it’s good to get him back.”
On the week of training ahead:
“The best thing to do is have a couple days off. It’s not the week of training, it’s the rest and recover really.”
On what changed in the second half:
“They obviously got tired and they were chasing the ball a lot. So we had a lot of the ball and just didn’t have the final product. We came close a couple times. That’s the tactical plan for every team to come in here pretty much. We’ve seen that now... probably since May or April. They’re very organized, they press us when we have goal kicks. They drop 10 players back in possession and look to counter and they almost got a goal off of our corner kick early in the game which would have made it real ugly. So we’ve got to be a bit sharper and the final product has to be a little bit better. The crossing is not good, the timing of our runs. And when you’ve got a shot, you’ve got to take it. We don’t shoot enough, but we’ve got to get a little bit better there. But we see the same thing, I think that’s our league. The league has become a league where, and rightfully so, every game is important. Teams are just trying to get a point. They tend to be very defensive in nature, very rarely do you see two teams going at it a little bit. Every point is sacred. They’re really hard fought games and they tend to have some defensive posture to it. So the demands on the attacking team is that you attack well and if you don’t, there’s a chance you’re going to not score a goal and we’ve probably seen that a number of times this year.”
