Chivas USA Head Coach Martin Vasquez

On objective of game and general overall on game…

“We had to control the possession tonight. We are coming from playing on Sunday and then traveling to Seattle to play on turf on Wednesday and then to come here. The plan was to keep possession. We could have a couple more chances in the first half better. The first goal though mentally affected us. We could not shake it off and then Colorado was better than us after the first goal. They got the momentum from the first goal, we could not shake it off and then they finished the game.”

On second half play and moving on from tonight…

“We were hoping to play in the midfield like we did in the first half of this game. They made adjustments obviously, but we had numbers and we were moving the ball well. We did not close down on the first shot from (Cummings) hard enough and then it was one of those shots that either was impacted from the altitude or if he hit it solid, Zach (Thornton) could not hold on to it and then our defenders did not react to the ball quickly and that was the difference. That changed the game completely. We were warming up some guys to give us more of a punch up top but then the mental weight on our shoulders was too heavy to come back. Then Colorado closed the game down like they should have. In the second half I thought that the objective was to continue what were we doing and we were going to make a run or a push in the last twenty-five minutes of the game, but we could not connect at times because of solid defending from Colorado and others because of the fact that we were not sharp. When that happens your chances are not very high for a good result. This is going to be a tough game to regroup from but we will and look forward to next Friday.”

Chivas USA DEF Mariano Trujillo

General thoughts on game….

“We played okay in the first half. We kept good possession of the ball and we had some chances. I think that we controlled the game in the first half very well. But in the second half we made a lot of mistakes. We were not able to control the game in second half. We could not keep the ball. We were losing the ball right away and we got tired. They capitalized their chances. “

The overall goal of the team for the remaining eight games…

“We have to win the next eight games. We still have a chance to make it to the playoffs if we win. It is not just about us, we have to our jobs, which is to win the next eight games.”