Phoenix Rising Assistant Coach Vikram Virk:
On his thoughts on the match…
“I think it was a really good start to the game where we didn’t take some of our chances and maybe kept Monterey in the game with an unfortunate goal but again, great response to go 2-1 down and we showed what we’ve shown before…we will fight for 90 minutes.”
On the comeback…
“Just keep going. Obviously we know the errors that we made tonight but the goals are easily preventable. We just try to stay positive and try to keep encouraging and playing the way we are and keep pushing forward. We want to attack, we want to give the fans something to cheer about so just keep pushing.”
On team overall…
“This is exciting. Not just the starters, but you saw what we had coming off the bench today. I think it’s been a long time since we could say that so it’s exciting. Hopefully we can continue that and keep our momentum.”
On Conrad Ambursley…
“I think the fans can see what he’s all about. He’s young, he’s fearless, he wants to take players one-on-one from his left or from his right. It’s really exciting to watch him play.”
Phoenix Rising Forward Conrad Ambursley…
On his thoughts on the match…
“I’m just really happy that the team got the win. I felt like we dominated the whole game but I was just happy that Kelvin got his goal to get us back in the game.”
On the overall message from Pa…
“Pa knew that we were in control. He is obviously seeing that the team is moving really well and becoming more hands off so he just kept encouraging us to keep going until the end.”
On his role tonight…
“Pa just wants us to all go out and do our thing and be really expressive. My performance might’ve been immediately but everyone does it in training every day. We go out there, we’re direct and really explosive and that leads to us getting the game winning goal.”
