I think we've created a much more competitive environment. There is competition in all of the facets of the field.

We talked about doing this two weeks ago. It has nothing to do with the last game. Neither he nor Kyle Martino were as effective as they needed to be, but our expectations for him are still very high.

We are very excited about the addition of Tim Ward. He is a very good young player with a bright future ahead of him and he can play a number of different positions.

It's a really tough environment. There's Japanese and Korean competition, and the Chinese are on their way.

I feel going into that program, that environment, the coaches will prepare me very well, facing that competition, I'll improve, I'll do well.

While the competitive environment remains pretty tough, more rational competition (among the wireless firms) already appears to have had a positive effect.