D.C. United Head Coach Ben Olsen
On the performance…
"Do I think they are 4-0 better than us? No, but they were today and the score doesn’t lie. It's an away loss in MLS and it’s happened before. It gives us a chance to evaluate ourselves a little bit, pick ourselves up, learn and get ready for next week."
On D.C. United offense…
"I think it was better but we are still not scoring. The final product needs to get better after plenty of opportunities to score today."
On Luciano Acosta's injury impacting the team…
"We all know he's a real difference maker on this team. We don't have him right now so that means other guys have to take responsibility."
On the timing of Acosta's injury
"When you have a player with his influence, I don't think there is ever a good time for him to be out. However, it has given us a chance to evaluate some other guys."
D.C. United defender Steve Birnbaum
On loss to NYCFC…
"It's tough. It's kind of a gut check. We have to go back to the drawing board this week."
On the way Villa plays on NYCFC…
"He [David Villa] kind of floats and dictates the game for them. With [Andrea] Pirlo and [Alexander] Ring by his side he can find those gaps and make plays."
D.C. United midfielder Lloyd Sam
On loss to NYCFC…
“I think this is one we can learn from. It just seemed like things were a bit too easy for them. We can learn from this for sure. We’re going to have to.”
On the final score…
“You never want to lose games especially by that margin, but at the end of the day it’s one game and we can recover from it. We’re going to have to watch it and as I said learn from it. If we can learn from it, it might not be so bad.”
