This man, I talked to four or five times a day. Philosophically, we knew where we wanted to go with this team. I'm going to miss those conversations. I'm going to miss his leadership; the players are going to miss his leadership.
"Steve Sampson" is a soccer coach and the former head coach of the United States men's national soccer team/United States men's national team and the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. By the media, he is nicknamed Uncle Sam.
More Steve Sampson on Wikipedia.For all of us, getting out on the field is therapy. When we leave the field, when we leave the training environment, when we have quiet moments, that's when we think about Doug and everything that he has meant to us, and that's when it's difficult.
I think we're further along this time of year than we were last year at the same time. We also know that New England and Chicago, our first two matches, are going to be tough.
This match was important to us for many, many reasons. First of all, we needed the three points. Second, it was important to play in front of so many people and come away with a win.
Certainly the opening game on Saturday is going to be very emotional. How we handle that is going to be very important.
His passion was the Galaxy. In retrospect, it's fitting that we won a championship for him this last year because I think he was so passionate about this team and loved every single player and the organization.
While we're here in training the players have done a great job on concentrating and focusing. It's when we get away from this environment that it's tough to relax or really enjoy themselves. Sometimes we almost feel guilty for wanting to laugh, and that's not the way that Doug would have wanted it.
I think we're concentrating more. I think we're paying attention to details a lot better than we did midway through last season.
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