It was hard. I came to grips with a lot of difficulties that I've overcome. Each challenge kind of makes you who you are. It wasn't always a good thing. I have my own struggles in my life because of the things I was forced to overcome.

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don't want to feel that feeling again.

I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.

I need a life outside of soccer. So I very much welcome, you know, new love interests and dating and friends and family.

My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could.

I have a problem with players who don't take the loss personally. At a professional level you should - it's our job, it's our livelihood, it's who we are at this level. Every loss should be taken that personal.