dominating the whole field, just the last times I think the concentration in the last moments fell. Esky [Alecko Eskandarian] had the two breakaways, but he was supposed to finish one of them. Like I said, it was a tight game; there was a good fight from both teams."
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Nowak impressed with his side's response after the break, but lamented their inability to deliver the knockout blow.
"They really picked up the tempo, the rhythm, in the second half," he said. "We won a lot of 50-50 balls, (had) a lot of bodies in the midfield and we created chances. I hope that [this] week we're going to work on the finishing ... the last part, the concentration and the finishing wasn't very good."
Olsen's goal came with Arena on hand as the Black-and-Red honored their "Decade's Best XI," which included Arena as well as current stars Olsen, Christian Gomez, Jaime Moreno and Nick Rimando - and the United brain trust made sure Olsen didn't forget it.
"The coaching staff has been killing me," he admitted. "All week they were telling me, 'the big man's going to be here, you better play good.'" It paid off: Olsen on Tuesday was named to the USA's World Cup team.
The United players were disappointed they couldn't come away with the equalizer in the second half.
"Yeah, you could tell as soon as they tied it up," said United winger Josh Gros. "They were happy with a tie; even the goalie was wasting time in the first half. They were being smart, playing on the road at our place - we usually win at our place."
