He is very strong in the air. He is leaps and bounds from where he was last year.
For at least two hours a day he's focusing on this. If it gets to a point where it's interfering with this and he's better off saying, 'OK, I've got to deal with this before I can concentrate on soccer,' then he will do that.
It gives the players choice as to who they want to talk to. We never want players of all the same stereotype. We want our players to be individuals, not a common blanket.
We put too many shots high. I told [the team], with a guy who's 6-foot-7, or whatever size he is, you don't want to put the ball in the air.
The team overall has played well defensively. This isn't football where your defense and offense are out there at different times. It takes a whole team effort, and we have been very pleased with their effort.
We just keep an eye on him, but you never know what's going through his head. John is a good young player and a quiet individual. He thinks about a lot of things. Maybe sometimes he thinks too deeply. Right now he's in a difficult situation from a home standpoint, a mental point of view and a soccer point of view, but we are all here for him.
We will plug away. We just have to work with what we have and suck it up. Credit New Mexico for sticking to its game plan; they did what they had to win.
They never played with each other before, so it was just about having time to jell.
When I come to a soccer field, I can forget all about my troubles, and I can forget about all the challenges that I have in life.
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