George Marks addresses the media after Charlotte FC’s 1-3 loss at Real Salt Lake.
All right Back in Way if you want to take it away I assume Requests Steve Yep thanks will Yeah go ahead Steve Hey George uh you had a busy night at The office today Um Just want to ask you like That that first half Um Charlotte I mean it was a great goal By Carol it seemed to be against a run Of play Uh even if you all had been able to Defend that lead and and take home a Point three points it still seemed like You're gonna have uh you know nightmares Of uh Julio savarino Gomez Ruiz you know Just coming in at you did it I mean That's what it looked like from the Outside here Is that just normal game for you or was Were you seeing a oh you know did you Feel like you were under Fire as well Yeah I mean the game when you watch it It doesn't really lie I mean obviously I Was a little bit more busy than probably We would have liked as a team tonight Um but you know as I've said previously I'm I want to play my role to the best Of my ability and that's gonna look Different on different nights sometimes It's going to be being busy with my feet
Some nights it's going to be you know Being busy taking crosses or like Tonight maybe making more saves Um but you know That's not ultimately probably what we Want as a team to be giving up you know So many opportunities so uh you know we Got to look back at the film and uh They've got very dangerous explosive Players as they you know showed tonight Um but you know we think that if we come In with the right attitude and effort And Um you know play tactically how we need To we should be able to limit their Chances a lot more than we did tonight And uh I mean it's kind of a conundrum There when uh as a player you want to Play you want to have action and stuff But when you're the goalkeeper if you're Seeing that much action Um it can be you know a downside of the Defense if they're allowing that many Shots that many shots on goal I mean I Thought you played brilliantly but You're having to do that You know doesn't portend well for the The whole of the game uh do you see it That way as well I mean can you be Satisfied with a quiet night Yeah absolutely I mean I I play Goalkeeper I love making saves I love You know doing things in the game but at The end of the day it's a team game and
You know I play for Charlotte FC and I Want the best for Charlotte FC so a lot Of times that's gonna mean yeah more Quiet nights Um which I I foresee for us in the Future when we continue building the Right way Um but you know I think it's it's tough To really you know pick people or units Out it's it's all together you know you Defend from from front to back and back To front and you know the goalkeepers Part of that I'm the last line of Defense and you know still that three Goals in tonight so there's Um you know there's a lot of Introspective you know reflection that Needs to go on tonight and you know We'll try and do that take the lessons Um like we would any game and and move Forward to Colorado next week which can Be another strong game Yeah I mean I've seen a lot of Goalkeepers a lot of different Personalities over the years from the Top International Players uh to Professional leagues you know in the College game and stuff there are some Who are very loud very yelled they're Always like castigating their Defenders And Uh you know a lot of them you know like Blame assessment they're always you know Screaming in somewhat what I felt were
Negative ways you seem to be very calm And you know to take more of a positive Focus with your Defenders is that Something that you consciously focus on It's not necessarily positive it's just Giving the information you know in a Constructive way in a way that's Building towards like a win or you know The right outcome for us in the game you Know me just screaming at my Defender Maybe just for show or Um you know out of my emotion in the Moment is is probably not the best for The team so if something needs to be Said to one of my Defenders and I can Affect them positively as the game goes On I'm obviously going to say it Um but you know Like I said there's uh you know Reflection going on in the moment There's reflection that's going to go on After the game so um I think it's better To usually just move on to the next Action and continue on with the game Great thank you very much safe travels Home Thank you All right we'll move to Sam Uh George sorry about the loss um I did Want to know you know in this sort of Situation where you have to do so much Work and uh you know the clear clearly Made some some big plays and and stepped Up
Um do you do you ever feel let down like What goes through your head you might Not be verbally expressing Um you know like you said in your last Answer but Um you know do you do you ever feel like Um Uh man I want the the guys in front of Me to make it easier for me No I'm just not really felt that comes To my head I mean usually probably Looking inward at my own performance First you know there's always going to Be things I can improve especially when I give up a goal much less three goals Um so I'm gonna have a lot of tape to Look at tonight and whether that's the Positive actions the negative actions um I could have done a lot more tonight Um but like I said earlier we're one Unit we work together and that's not Only just the defensive unit that's uh The entire team from front to back so We've got to figure this thing out Together and you know Get results going back in the direction That we want them to Um but no it's like I said it's I love These guys off the field on the field And uh those are not really thoughts That pop in my mind And and in general um you know uh you've Had good games Bad Games wins losses Draws
Um have you like being a starter for the Past uh four four matches Four or five yeah yeah no it's uh you Know everyone wants to play that's the Name of the game you don't do this to Sit on the bench or Um not be involved so It's an honor for me to you know have The trust of the staff have the trust of The rest of the players Um and you know to go out with the Charlotte FC Crest on my chest is it's Really proud moments for me Um but obviously it makes it a lot Sweeter when you know you can get the Results that you want so I think I'm Learning individually just as the team Is is growing and learning um and I I Hope that we can continue that for as Long as possible Great thanks in the safe travels thanks All right we'll go to mikow next Hey Miko here from Charlotte FC Brazil Uh from your point of view what do you Think was the biggest difference in the Team's attitude in the first half as Opposed to the second half Um you know I think there was definitely Differences but I think there was Probably some issues throughout the you Know entire performance Um you know I'll be the first to say Coach will probably be the first to say That you know we didn't come out as
Positively and as aggressively as we Would have liked to tonight and that you Know continued through the entire game Is you know they dominated a lot of the 50 50s and the and the second boss Um and you know that those statistics Usually result in in good results for You know whichever team is dominating Them Um so I think uh you know the first half not To say we were lucky but you know we Weathered the storm a little bit and We're able to play and get some chances For ourselves um but you know coming out Of the second half they just uh you know They had a little bit more than us in The tank whether that was physically Mentally and uh you know we were really Really under it there for a good 15 20 Minute spell and you know we've got to Learn from that how to you know find Other options so that we can keep the Ball and you know give our Defenders a Rest from you know running back and Forth because we gave position Possession away too cheaply Um and that you know that starts for me And that goes from to The Defenders the Midfielders and Strikers so like I said A lot of films look at Emphasizing energy being a really big Issue in this half saying that we Weren't playing with as much energy as
The game demanded would you agree with That do you think that was a if not the Biggest mistake we made one of the Biggest Yeah I mean for me the coach deals with The tactics he he sets the team up and You know we've got to You know employ them in the best way Possible but ultimately I feel like a Role for me and other you know more Senior players on the team is to make Sure the attitude and effort is right That is you know absolutely always going To fall under the player's Responsibility Um and you know I think as a group we Fell short on that tonight All right thank you so much All right then we'll end it with neck All right thanks hey George you talked About watching film and I wanted to know Kind of what what is your process from This because obviously you want to learn From this and learn as a team together Do you all I mean are you going to be Watching film on the on the plane or at Home do you first thing in the morning Get everybody together you'll watch and Break down what it was was the breakdown And how you can correct it like how does That work Yeah I mean I think it'll be a little Bit of individual analysis tonight I Mean obviously we're all competitors we
Want to improve we're looking for the Next leg up so a lot of us you know We'll watch back the game and individual Clips by ourselves tonight Um you know we're obviously gonna be on A plane for a good abortion so we won't Have the game Um so guys will probably try to get Their mind off it and reset and get back To it tomorrow Um but you know I know the coaches will Be analyzing immediately and they'll you Know bring fantastic insights for us Next week and you know Aaron heider Goalkeeper coach does a great job on the Goalkeeping side and you know he'll have A lot of Clips full of you know things To continue doing good things but Um other things that I need to clean up And improve tonight so that you know we Can improve our performances however And then how do you as as the goalkeeper And kind of the leader from the back how Do you instill and help everybody grow Mentally from this lesson of this game You know I think just reinforcing the Attitude piece I mean I'm still a Younger player in the team but I'd like To think that I you know have a Leadership role as you know the guy Playing in the moment and as you know a Prominent young guy in the team Um so carrying myself in the right way And you know not letting this loss or
This performance affect us for too long Um but you know keeping the pain a Little bit fresh from this you know as We go into the next week and realizing We don't want to be in these situations Where you know we felt like we could Have done more Um so You know it's it's just a lot of Managing the energy the team through the Week making training incredibly hard Um on ourselves so that on the weekend It's a little bit easier than it was Tonight Thanks George have a safe trip thank you All right thank you guys uh for staying Up with this late tonight uh we will see You guys the
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