Steve Ralston
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"Steve Ralston" is a retired United States/American association football/soccer player and a current Coach (sport)/assistant coach for the San Jose Earthquakes.

At the time of his retirement, Ralston was Major League Soccer's all-time career leader in assists (135). He also was the MLS record holder for appearances (378), starts (372) and minutes played (33,143). He also holds the U.S. record for professional appearances (412).

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Sure, it would be nice to win that, but honestly, it isn't all that important, ... No one cares if you had the best record if you get bounced out of the playoffs in the first round.

There's still a lot of time to go, and a lot of guys will be trying to get our spot on the team. All I can do is keep training hard and do the best I can and hopefully, it will work out for me.

If you look at the core group of guys, they've been here four years now, really. There are quite a few guys still from the team that went to the Finals (in 2002), and we went to the (Eastern Conference finals) the last couple years.

He just hammered the ball.

I read something Bruce said a while ago that a guy could score the game-winning goal to finish qualifying but he might not be a part of the team. I hope that's not the case this time.

Yeah, we always plan things that way. Get a late goal to keep the fans on the edge of their seats.

They're a good team. They're fighting for their lives right now, so it's going to be a battle.

I don't like having games like that. It was run and gun.

I was in the right place at the right time . . . if I had missed that one, it would have been embarrassing.