NEW YORK RED BULLS HEAD COACH JESSE MARSCH
On the overall impressions of tonight's game:
They altered their game plan a little bit and decided to play direct to Kei Kamara. It caused us trouble in the first half, which led to their first goal. We made adjustments at half. Because we had some tired legs, we were a little bit late on shifting and moving and covering spaces, and also they're a good team. [Federico] Higuain's floating around, he's making good plays. They have fresher legs and on the day they're able to get a grasp of the game more than we are. But great effort from our guys - they dug in deep, they gave everything they had. So we're going to regroup and get ready to move forward.
On Anatole Abang's goal and performance:
Abang has been a big threat and has been a big, physical presence for us. So it was a very good goal and it was a way we knew we could punish them by making their defenders turn and have to run and deal with our athleticism and our pace. We just weren't able to get in more of those plays going, but again, this one for me, the guys dug in deep and emptied the tanks, and we've got to keep our heads up and keep going.
On Lloyd Sam's return:
Yeah, it was good to get Lloyd back, going again. It was good to have him on the field. I do think, overall, that the guys pushed and gave what they had.
On the priorities before their upcoming match against New England:
Right now, it's physically and mentally recharging because we've put a lot into these last three weeks. Credit goes to the guys. Going into those we knew we were coming out of a losing stretch, and they all dug in. We got contributions from a lot of different players and, overall, I thought we had a lot of good games in there and good moments. So it's a tough way to end but we're going to take it, swallow it and move forward.
NEW YORK RED BULLS MIDFIELDER MIKE GRELLA
On tonight's match:
[The loss is] disappointing. We had a lead in the game and we had chances to go ahead and take control and I thought we were better than them for large parts of the game. We just didn't come away with the result. It's been a long stretch, so we will go back and get some rest and be ready to go for next week.
On if the long stretch of games for New York was a factor tonight:
Yeah, without a doubt. I'm not sure what other team's schedules were but it does play a factor. With saying that, no excuses, but we just fell a little bit short. Just more little mistakes in both boxes and we were not good enough in our final third and not good enough in our defending third.
On the focus for next week's match with New England:
We have a couple days off now, it will be good to mentally and physically get a small little break. We'll be ready to go. This is such a positive group, such a positive place and we will be ready to kick on. Like I've said many times, this is a really long season, we're not down, we're just going to continue to work as hard as we possibly can and the results will come.
NEW YORK RED BULLS MIDFIELDER SEAN DAVIS
On tonight's match:
I think the guys really emptied their tanks, everyone put everything they had into it after a tough stretch of games, so we are really proud of the guys and we are holding our heads high.
On why Columbus was effective:
They really use every inch of the field, they really spread themselves out well and they are good at keeping the ball. We knew that coming in, it was similar to the last game [against Columbus]. It was a tough match that really requires everyone to work really hard. You put a lot into it and that's how Columbus will beat you.
On the focus for next week's match with New England:
I think the most important thing is to rest up, take care of ourselves the right way and then get back to training and have a positive mindset going into this game, it is a big clash so it should be exciting.
