Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes
Thoughts on the game…
The only thing that was lacking was goals. Our game plan was good. We took advantage of the things that we talked about. We actually did. We just need to score the chances that we had. We had some very good chances that we either didn't execute on the final shot in a good technical way or we just were too slow in the trigger. What we lacked tonight was scoring goals, that's the bottom line.
On the goal conceded…
I don't know anything about the offside. I haven't seen the replay to judge that. Sorry, but I don't know that. I have no idea.
On the second half substitutions…
We created some good chances. The game got wide open and we knew that we were going to have to make subs going into the game just because, as I said before, there's a lot of guys still coming back off injury and they're just not 100% at this moment. But regardless, we create chances prior to those guys leaving and then after those guys went off, we created chances. We just needed to score.
Sporting Kansas City midfielder Felipe Hernandez
Thoughts on the game...
I think we dominated most of the game. We created chances. I don't think they created much. They got a few lucky bounces and then they stick it in the back of the net that and that's about it. We just need to get in the next week and work on our finishing and some more things and we'll get it right.
On the fouls against Khiry Shelton…
Honestly, from my angle, I thought it was a foul. From what I saw, Khiry got pulled from behind, but I haven't seen a replay so I can't really say much on it.
On the team’s road struggles…
We're just going to keep working hard every day at training. We'll come in next week and reassess and look over the game film and the mistakes that we had. I don't think we're worried at all about that because we'll get it figured out for sure.
Sporting Kansas City midfielder Uri Rosell
On returning from injury…
I think it was important for me to get back on my feet and try to get a solid 45 minutes. That's what we have done at the beginning so I'm happy for that. I think we did a good job and unfortunately we couldn't get the result but at least I'm healthy. I'm feeling good. That’s a good thing for me.
On the goal conceded…
I haven't seen any replay but it went fast and at the end, I think what they did is what we expected: kick long balls, get second balls and go from there. So unfortunately, I cannot comment more because I didn't see it on TV.
On the attack needing to build chemistry…
Well, it may be a little bit of that. I think at the end of the day you have those days that it's hard and the goal doesn't come to you. I think we got a couple of good chances that we didn't capitalize but unfortunately, as you guys saw, we couldn't score and hopefully next week we'll come back stronger and get more in sync altogether.
