If we had scored those goals early, we would have finished them early.

On the outside edge, we felt we weren't putting enough pressure on their fullbacks. I took a chance. A tie doesn't help you now.

You've got to do that, play a high-pressure game. You have to make them make mistakes. If you let them play, they will send high balls down the field, and they have a chance to put the ball in.

Their defense was very open; I was surprised.

It's a team game, but Alex had great positional play, excellent distribution. I thought he played a perfect game.

It's scary, but it also makes it harder (next year). I warned them it's going to be a lot harder. I don't think everybody took us that seriously this year.