“I’m happier than a dog with two tails!” — Miami Head Coach Ray Hudson when asked by NBC 6 anchor Craig Minervini how he felt about being named head coach of the Miami Fusion. “Hey, I’m not 21 years old anymore. You’ve got to help out when Conteh blows through here.” — Kansas City D Peter Vermes to fellow defenders Brandon Prideaux and Nick Garcia at halftime after the trio had problems keeping up with Earthquakes burner Abdul Thompsen Conteh. “We dominated all the way around. We were killing them. We put pressure on them the whole game. We moved the ball. We just didn’t finish–and they did what they had to do to win on the road.” — Chicago D C.J. Brown on the Fire’s frustrating 1-0 loss to New England on Saturday (from the Chicago Sun-Times). “Brian has an unbelievable work rate. He does all the work for Dante and myself. That shows his commitment to winning. He has to fall back to midfield to do the extra running.” — Columbus F Jeff Cunningham on teammate Brian McBride’s contributions as a withdrawn attacker (from the Columbus Dispatch). “All the success we’ve had over the past four years seems to be coming back to bite us. But we keep playing and we’ve been playing well. Other than that first game against L.A. at home [a 4-0 Galaxy victory at RFK Stadium], we’ve outplayed and outshot teams and we still haven’t come up with any points. It’s frustrating.” — D.C. D Jeff Agoos on United’s early season struggles (from the Los Angeles Times). “We’ve got to just forget about these 12 games. We’ve got 20 to play. Our season starts now. There’s no doubt in my mind we’re going to turn this thing around. The spirit is still there.” — D.C. Head Coach Thomas Rongen following D.C. United’s fourth straight loss (from the Los Angeles Times). “Every time he got the ball you could sense the D.C. defenders getting tentative, nervous.” — Los Angeles defender Paul Caligiuri on his observations of Lufs Hernßndez’s play against D.C. United (from the Orange County Register). “You always feel proud of the guys when they pull out a game like this, I thought we were going to win, without a doubt before the game. I just didn’t think it would be in this fashion.” — MetroStars Head Coach Octavio Zambrano on the club’s improbable come from behind win against Tampa Bay (from the Bergen Record). “We’re going to take a lot of confidence out of it. Now, opposing teams have to think about what we’re going to do because we are a dangerous team.” — MetroStars G Mike Ammann on his team’s win against Tampa Bay (from the New York Daily News). “I’m really just floating along on a cloud, I love every moment out there with the lads. The encouragement that I’m getting from the boys is putting some pressure on our general manager and our owner. So that will be interesting. They know I’m just there to serve this club and I’ll do anything that it takes. It’s going to be hard if the hook comes for me to come off the stage. Because when you’re in that locker room and on the practice field with the boys it really fills you up.” — Miami Head Coach Ray Hudson after the Fusion posted a 2-0 win over the Colorado Rapids (from the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel) “Why waste your energy finding something you already have?” — Miami F Roy Lassiter on the Fusion’s search for a full-time head coach to replace interim coach Ray Husdon (from the Miami Herald). “Everybody’s angry. I am even angry with myself, even with two goals.” — Tampa Bay F Mamadou Diallo after the Mutiny blew a two goal lead in a 3-2 overtime loss to the MetroStars (from the St. Petersburg Times).