The following are postgame press conference quotes from the USA-Iran (1-1) game: Bruce Arena (U.S. coach): “Azizi played extremely well and was able to run at and through our defense all day. He was very strong and difficult for our defense to handle. He continually split our defense with his runs with the ball.” “After the first 15 minutes we made some adjustments to Azizi and Daei. In the second half, we put our heads down and came out and played. It was important in the second half to try and get an early goal, and we were able to do that, but we couldn’t get a second.” “It was a great match, and we would love another opportunity to play Iran again. It was a well played game and both sides showed good sportsmanship and it was a fair result.” Chris Armas (U.S. midfielder): On his first international goal and his near miss right after: “I’m not a goalscorer, but I was to get that one on target and take advantage of the chance. Frankie [Hejduk] and Cobi [Jones] were able to work the ball in and get it across, and I called Eddie Lewis off the ball to leave it for me, which he did, and it went in. I would have loved to get that second goal, but it wouldn’t fall for me.” Mansour Pourhaidari (Iran coach) On Iranian’s play: “I was very happy with the technical side. We played very direct in the first half. In the second half, of course, we are always playing to win, but the further the game goes at 1-1 we also know we must protect the tie. We wanted to win and maybe with a little more concentration, we could have come out with the result.” Jokingly answering a question about a potential U.S. return match in Iran: “Obviously I can’t say yes or no, as I am just the coach, but as the old saying goes, we would like to because then we can beat them better next time. But I want to offer my congratulations to head coach Bruce Arena on his very talented and very strong side.” On the pressure of a match like this as coach: “When you are coaching at this level, we are always facing pressure situations.” On his roster selection for the upcoming Asian Cup: “The team for the Asian Cup will be very similar to this team. A team which will make the Iranian people proud.”