As it turned out, I guess that onside kick wasn't the best thing to open the half, but I was looking for some spark to get our emotion going and allow us to compete, ... We just made too many mistakes, and you can't do that against a team like this. You have to be able to play at a high energy level and with hope, and we couldn't get anything going to give us that hope. -Joe Thompson

 

As it turned out, I guess that onside kick wasn't the best thing to open the half, but I was looking for some spark to get our emotion going and allow us to compete, ... We just made too many mistakes, and you can't do that against a team like this. You have to be able to play at a high energy level and with hope, and we couldn't get anything going to give us that hope.


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