LOS ANGELES FOOTBALL CLUB MEDIA CONFERENCE

October 26, 2021

Latif Blessing

Press Conference

LAFC 3, Seattle 0

Q. Latif, can you just talk about that emotion that you felt, you were so happy to contribute like that with a goal in an important game for the team like this?

LATIF BLESSING: Yeah, I'm so happy. Thank the coach, the coaching staff, everybody. We have to keep going. There's now two more games to go.

When I score I'm happy but I'm still not happy. We have to win two more games, and then we are ready for the playoffs. So the playoffs, that's important.

But I'm happy to score today; so we are ready for the playoffs.

Q. How much confidence does this result in particular give the team, having a clean sheet, the sharpness that you showed against a team like Seattle, just thinking of what you're going to face against Vancouver and Colorado.

LATIF BLESSING: I think Seattle is a good team. So the mentality, like we talked to the guys, training, like everybody is ready to go.

I think this evening, we didn't start enough good. So I think end of the season, we have to play our best. We have to fight each and every ball. We have to fight every win. So that's what we are doing on the pitch.

You know, so I've got to do my best and the guys have to do their best so that we keep going. That's what we are doing right now.

Q. You mentioned at some point before that you talked to Carlos and you said that you missed him and you guys wanted him back. How good did it feel to have him back and just the way that people reacted to seeing him go in?

LATIF BLESSING: I'm so happy to see him back again. I'm so happy. When I see him, like I feel like motivation. Like me, with Carlos, like I feel great. He just motivates me a lot. He talks to me a lot. So when I see him on the pitch, I'm so happy to see him back again.

I think he's ready to help the team. I think I'm happy to get him back.

Q. Can you describe the goal from your perspective, and the return of Carlos, how will that help the internal competition from the team?

LATIF BLESSING: That's what I'm saying, like everybody, when they call you to come and play, you have to be ready. You have to be ready to play.

Carlos is a good player, but we cannot depend on him all the time, you know. Injury can come, and he's just one player. So like everybody have good mentality, training. Everybody is training good.

So I think everybody is ready to go. I'm happy when I see the ball is coming, you know, so I've got to like maybe run for me to like score. So I'm happy for me to score today.