It's a huge honor to receive this award and is obviously not possible without my teammates and coaches, ... Even though it's an individual honor, it never means more than the true goal of our team winning an MLS Cup.

The most impressive thing about both of them is they have good heads on their shoulders. They listen, they ask questions, they don't talk back, they're really good kids. That's enabled them to be successful. It started with the young guys a few years ago, with Landon [Donovan] and Bobby Convey. They're not scared of anything.

The problems were all over the field. The team has to get through 11 people.

I don't think there is anything else I am going to show him that he did not realize I could do, ... I think he knows me as a player. For as long as we have been together, he has known what I can do. If I get another chance to play on the national team, I consider it an honor.

To be on a team that does not win that much, you have to take away things from it and learn from the mistakes we make as a team and individuals, ... Sometimes people say it is a character building experience, and I really think it is.

We will turn the corner soon and start getting some wins, and our hard work will start paying off.