LOS ANGELES FOOTBALL CLUB MEDIA CONFERENCE

October 26, 2021

Brian Rodriguez

Press Conference

LAFC 3, Seattle 0

Q. Can you talk about how it was to have Carlos back tonight?

BRIAN RODRIGUEZ: It's a good thing for us. We definitely wanted him back on the pitch with us and we know his qualities and skills, and that's a benefit for us.

Definitely the conversations I've had with the coaching staff have contributed to helping a lot.

Moreover, personally, my goals, it's all about what I want to achieve. I want to achieve big things with this club and eventually go to Europe. But I have to do things right and right now, the coaching staff and everyone else has given me the confidence and given me the freedom to play as I am.

Turned out as you mentioned, we've been working hard at the end of the day and working hard on what our coach has been asking us to do. Other matches we couldn't closeout the match but tonight we did. We started out strong and got an early goal and were able to maintain that, 3-0. That was key tonight.

Having one more home game is definitely important and definitely gives us confidence. We came into this match knowing it was very important and we are aware that the next match is going to be the same. We are aware of the impact it is of it, and getting the result, so we are definitely working toward getting into the playoff, and coming to the next match, we are going to play as we did tonight.

We have to maintain concentration and take it day-by-day and continue our daily work. We were able to top off tonight with three goals and get the result, but yeah, basically Vancouver is going to be definitely an interesting match. It's going to be hard but being at home with our supporters and our fans is going to help us and Colorado is also going to be a tough match but we have to take it one match at a time and take it day-by-day.