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ORLANDO CITY MEDIA CONFERENCEMarch 23, 2019James O'ConnorHarrison, New Jersey New York Red Bulls - 0, Orlando City - 1 Q. Is that the best you've seen? -- JAMES O'CONNOR: Decent players. The identity of this group can't be -- what I love about the performance of our team -- to get the reward tonight is great. Q. Very difficult to beat the Red Bulls here. They haven't lost here since, I don't even recall. What did you do so well that kind of stopped the Red Bulls from scoring? JAMES O'CONNOR: Yeah, I think we made is very difficult for them to attack, when they wanted to attack. Caused a lot of problems on side -- got hit a few times and I think that the attitude and the work ethic from the players was very good. I thought we played smart. We made it very difficult to attack when they wanted to. Q. The team seems so much better organized with the three-centerback formation, as opposed to the four-back from last week. What do you know notice about the three-centerback formation that makes the team play so much better? JAMES O'CONNOR: Again, I think when you get -- you want to keep that balance. Understanding -- blocking the passes and transition was very, very. Q. What do you think of the performance of your two centerbacks? JAMES O'CONNOR: Look, managed at the start -- it was nice able to get them a few minutes tonight. We spoke a lot about the mentality, and the players who stepped in tonight all did exceptionally well. Q. After the performance last week? JAMES O'CONNOR: I think the frustration -- when you get a performance like that, we're very good. We felt the one point we had on the board -- there's a lot of people -- the quality and then it wasn't necessarily just a one-off game. Q. What did you make of Carlos at centerback -- JAMES O'CONNOR: I mean, I think again, he hasn't played a lot of football. Last week he came into the game and last week -- I thought himself -- did a good job tonight. Good performance and good control in there and he's a presence in there. Q. There's going to be a lot of focus on Sacha and the goal, but tracking back, covering a lot of the wide plays -- JAMES O'CONNOR: Yeah, did a fantastic job defensively. I'm really pleased with us. We have a lot of history here and I have huge respect for the Red Bull organization. I'm very proud of all the players. Q. You've balanced coming back into the league -- with a veteran like Sacha, you can trust him? JAMES O'CONNOR: We have an understanding. He's very intelligent and understands the game. For him to play the way he did -- for them to attack and to finish -- Q. Lamine Sane (ph) helped spark that goal. What does he bring to this team, and also, how intentional are you about managing his minutes early in the season? JAMES O'CONNOR: Yeah, look, I think preseason, played a lot more minutes than we thought in Chicago, so we want to make sure we look after him. Q. Are you expecting to have -- JAMES O'CONNOR: Yeah, again, I think for all the players, it's a next man up mentality. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports   |
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