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Quote Sheet: MNUFC at LA Galaxy

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Read what the club had to say to the media following its first loss of the season, on the road to the LA Galaxy.


MINNESOTA UNITED FC ACTING HEAD COACH MARK WATSON
On tonight's game:
"We didn't have a good start and when you play against good teams away from home you usually get punished for it. Our message at half time was it wasn't good enough, we didn't have enough aggression in our play and that is never going to be good enough on the road but two nothing at half time is rarely a winning score so we knew that if we had a little mentality change and came out with more aggression and a little more positive in our play that we had chance in the game and it turned out like that. Even in the last couple of minutes in the game we were pushing forward and had a couple of good opportunities."
On the team's performance:
"Credit to the Galaxy, I thought they did well tonight. They had a lot of energy and were pretty sharp. They moved around in some good spots which caused us some difficulties, but I was pretty proud of our guys in the second half for the fight back and showed that we got a pretty good spirit and good character in the group."
On if the absence of Head Coach Adrian Heath affected the team:
"I don't know what the affect was. We had a good week of preparation, a very similar week of preparation as we had in the past so the approach to the game was the same, the things we were trying to get out of the game were the same. He is obviously a big part of this club, so he was missed but we kind of went into our regular match week preparation."
MINNESOTA UNITED FC MIDFIELDER OSVALDO ALONSO
On tonight's game:
"I think we started too slow. Giving away two goals in the first half was killing us but we started to push in the second half, but we didn't win so we have to learn from the mistakes we made and keep going."
On if the absence of head coach Adrian Heath affected the team:
"He's the head coach. When you are missing the head of the team it is always difficult, but I think outside of that we have to play better in the first half and not give away two goals to start down 2-0. Like I said we have to look forward. We lose one game the season is long, and we have to keep going."