Taylor Twellman Good Quotations

Obviously tonight I wasn't as sharp and let the team down a little bit. Pat Noonan played me two very good balls and unfortunately I just finished one of them.

From an outsiders point of view, you're graded on whether you score or not. But that's not true with coaches and teammates. It's also a matter of what I do away from the goal to help the team. I've never focused on just scoring goals. My goal has been to be a good teammate and help out defensively whenever I can.

My timing may be a little off, but at the end of the day, I'm playing (against Panama), and that's all I can ask for, ... I need to be a good target forward up front, hopefully stay onside and get a goal.

All 11 guys were on the same page and that 2-0 first-half score was a result of that. I just want to be a good target.

I just want to be a good target forward and help my teammates out on defense and get in front of the goal.

It's a matter of being more comfortable here with these guys. I'm just not putting as much pressure on myself as I did earlier in my career. A major part of my success is being surrounded by a lot of good players.