July 4, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Chicago Fire FC News Release
On the status of Xherdan Shaqiri…
“He’s fine. He just had a little hip injury but I don’t think anything major. Still has to be seen, but I don’t think anything major. We just wanted to make sure that it didn’t get worse, whatever it is, that was bothering his hip.”
On the takeaway from the match against San Jose…
“Well, it’s disappointment. When you are on the road and you create chances like we did in the first half, some clear chances like that, a couple of them alone with the keeper, you’ve got to put those away. When you don’t, stuff like this happens because we definitely gave ourselves opportunities to put this game out of reach in the first half and we just didn’t take them.
That’s something that has been plaguing us all season. We have just 16 goals so far this season. But this game was lost in the first half, not putting them away when we had the chance to.”
On what was lacking in the match and how the team can try to find consistency from game to game…
“What was missing is just our finishing. We created good chances, especially in the first half to put the game out of reach, and we did not.
When you are on the road like that and you get those opportunities, you don’t know when the next one is going to be and so you have to make use of them. We are just not efficient in the box right now. We are getting there. I think our buildup in the first half, our play was good, we were moving the ball, breaking lines, getting in the box and we just didn’t finish our chances. They had their chances and they finished the two that they needed and they came out victorious.
But when I say consistency, it’s issues like this that we have to deal with. When we win a game like that, a big game like that at home against Philly, and then we come here and have an opportunity to really put the game out of reach and we don’t, that’s the stuff we need to improve on, being more consistent at winning games.”
On whether there is any consideration to making changes at the top for the next match…
“I’ll sit down with the coaches and we’ll definitely talk about going forward what we need to do, especially in the immediate with this game coming up this weekend. That’s something we’ll discuss among other things.
But we need to get some wins. We need to put guys on the pitch who are going to help us get those wins. We’ll decide that in the next few days, how we’re going to come out next weekend.”
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