Laney College Football Stadium; Oakland, California
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Sporting Director & Head Coach Frank Yallop
On the match:
“What an unbelievable roller coaster for a game, really. I thought we played really well. Oakland is a good side, especially at home. I thought they played well. It’s one of those games where I felt like we were going to get something out of it. We were probably thinking of a draw, but for us to go and win it was amazing.”
On Chase Boone:
“He was great. He has been fantastic since the day he arrived. We got good reports from San Diego and Landon Donovan, so we watched him a lot and we couldn’t be more happy for Chase. He’s a great kid, he works hard, but what two great goals. We’re really happy for him.”
On Hugh Roberts’ late winner:
“It was amazing really. We work on set plays, but we are so young as a club that we’re not really sharp on them yet. But our guys played it on instinct and I think for us to come up with a big win on a night like this is amazing. I’m really happy.”
On the group holding onto the lead in added time:
“If you think about it, it culminates with Chase having to go in goal because we’ve used all our subs. For him to go in there, he didn’t have much to do, but at the end of the day it’s about sticking together as a team and I thought we did that really well tonight.”
Defender Hugh Roberts
On the result:
It’s never easy, you know, but it shows our character. From preseason to the early games, I know we had a couple losses, but we’re here to fight. Even in games down 4-0 we’re coming back with two goals instead of laying down, it all just shows our character and I love it.”
On his game-winning goal:
“Honestly, I wanted to win. We all wanted to win. Me and Kai [Greene] have been working on set pieces a little bit, but we know any opportunity that me and him have to get in there, it’s an advantage for us. We were hungry for goals, and I just love the effort and attitude from these boys. We deserved to win this game too.”
On the character of the team:
“At the end of the day we’re a family. We say it in the huddles, we say it in the locker room, it’s family every time. When Raf [Díaz] went down, I told him we’re going to get this dub for him. And we did, we secured the dub for my boy. Because that’s who we are, we’re a family. If one guy goes down, we’ve got each other’s backs.”
Forward Chase Boone
On the first win in club history:
“It feels great man, it’s long overdue. We’ve been grinding since early February, and it’s just great to do it so close to home. And then to have some of our hometown fans here makes it even better.”
On his two-goal performance:
“It was a great team performance. Everybody stuck together, we stuck to the plan. We didn’t waver when we went down 2-1, and then everything just kind of came to fruition. We had been practicing all week on how to play against them on this field and it worked out perfectly tonight.”
On the fight of the group:
“This team is a bunch of dogs. We’re all going to work for each other, we all have each other’s backs. We’re one big family here and it’s something special. This is the inaugural season for the club and I think that brings us closer. It’s really a family here at Monterey Bay and we’re looking forward to the next couple of games.”
