Jeff Agoos
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"Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Agoos" is a retired Swiss-born American Association football/soccer defender (football)/defender, and one of the all-time appearance leaders for the United States men's national soccer team/United States national team. Agoos served as the Sporting Director for New York Red Bulls and currently is the Vice Presiden of Competition for Major League Soccer.

Agoos won a record five MLS championships: three with D.C. United and two with the San Jose Earthquakes. He also won the 1996 U.S. Open Cup and was the 2001 MLS Defender of the Year. He was elected for induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2009.

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We did everything tonight but win on the scoreboard. I think we dominated a large portion of the game, so you know we gave up a bad goal in the beginning. We have to put ourselves in a better position where we have to defend a lead in the last ten minutes rather than try to come back.

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The players want to get in the playoffs and win a championship for Bob. We still are very committed to his vision. The foundation of this team happened through Bob.

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You've got to play with your head and your heart. You can't play with one or the other, or you'll get killed.

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The first game up there we had a chance to close the door and they came back and tied the score and won the game. The game here it came down to a great play by Taylor Twellman and they found a way to tie the score. We just have to find a way to do that little bit extra to finish off a game.

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You have to find a way to match his intensity for 90 minutes because he's going to find a way to score a goal. The thing is you can't just focus on him. They have so many weapons with Noonan, Ralston and Dempsey that you can't focus on any one of them and it's important that all of our field players are helping defensively.

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Can I get a raise if I balance the ball on my head on the Letterman Show?

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This was our season tonight. We had to lay it on the line.

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I've come to the time in my life where I'd like to step back and look at different avenues of life and see where they lead.

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