It was a long time. Our team could not have wanted it more than anything in the world.

Every coach knows that she's a great goalkeeper. That's why they voted for her.

We needed this one. This is going to pick their heads up 100 percent. The confidence is going to be there for [Wednesday] regardless of what the outcome will be. It's going to be a different team [Wednesday].

After they scored that first goal, they were 100 percent positive and aggressive. Usually if [an opponent] scores first against us, the team shuts down. But I think they picked it up a notch and played harder, which helped.

The team deserved it. We played hard and our record doesn't show it, but they totally deserved this one tonight, especially the seniors.

We do this all the time. We pay them for their time. Sometimes they do conference calls. Sometimes they prepare slide shows.