"Michael Finlay Parkhurst" is an Americans/American soccer player. He plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back/centerback for, and captains, the Columbus Crew SC in Major League Soccer. The 2005 MLS Rookie of the Year Award/MLS Rookie of the Year and 2007 MLS Defender of the Year Award, he is capable of playing both Centre back/centerback and Full back (association football)/rightback. Parkhurst has played for the United States men's national soccer team/United States men's national team, including being a member of two CONCACAF Gold Cup squads and participating in the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament/2008 Summer Olympics.

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Boring. 7:30 games are so late, and we're on our own until pre-game meal. We just watch TV, usually go for a walk, stretch a little bit. Watch more TV. The older guys give us a little advice about how to deal with the road. Matt [Reis] and Jay [Heaps] are always giving us advice.

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(Wolff) took a touch inside and I slid with my left foot and I thought I had it right underneath me but somehow it popped out, unfortunately right to his feet and he was in. I was trying to catch up and, you know, I gave him a little tug to try and get him a little off balance before he took a shot but as soon as he felt it he just went down.

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We need to be aggressive and shut them off, don't give them space. We are not afraid to give up some possession -- Chicago had a lot of possession last week [in a 1-0 Revolution win] -- but we will go at them as quickly as possible when we get possession. That's been our style from Day 1.

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You have to be able to shut teams out in the playoffs. There is not much difference between teams in the playoffs. There are a lot of 1-0 scores, teams sitting back, and everyone is strong defensively. The first goal is important because it could be the only goal of the game.

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My leg feels a little sore but it's good to get the games in. It's just a matter of getting out there and getting used to things again and getting up to speed with the rest of the guys.

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I don't think we got organized. With them playing three up top, we hadn't played against that yet this year and we took a while to get sorted out to make sure we weren't one against one in the back all the time.

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