QUOTE SHEET MB 2-2 RI

Cardinale Stadium; Seaside, California
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Sporting Director & Head Coach Frank Yallop
On the immediate impact from the new talent:
“It’s been good. Luther [Archiméde] started the game and had a couple of chances for us. Tristan [Trager] has scored two goals for us in the past three games. He’s had two good finishes and we’re very happy with him. Carlos [Guzmán] as well on the score sheet is always good and it’s from the set plays we work on. We’re very happy with all of our new guys.”

On the team’s style of play:
“From day one I’ve talked about how we want to play and so far so good with the attitude and the conviction to do it from this group and it’s paying off. We wanted to press this team we played against today, Rhode Island FC, but it was difficult to do with the conditions. We wanted them to play a little bit more so we could nick balls, but they were sending a lot of long balls because it was so windy. The press is definitely a part of the way we want to go about things, especially at home, so I was very happy with the way we did that.”

Defender Carlos Guzmán
On his takeaways from the match:
“It was a very difficult match. The weather conditions made the game difficult. It was very windy, and that made it difficult for the team. We couldn’t play the game we’d like to play. They are a good team so it was a difficult one but we reminded ourselves in the locker room that we didn’t lose. It’s still a point and we’ll keep working.”

On the fans and his first goal for the Union:
“It’s always lovely to see the stadium almost full. The fans were lovely today. Hopefully we can win a lot of matches here for them. We’re going to keep working hard to make that happen. Walmer [Martínez] kicked a perfect ball, I just had to push it in. We trained on that all week. It was very special to score my first goal for the club, it’s a moment that I am never going to forget and I want to dedicate it to all of my family in Mexico.”