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Sun, Oct 4th 2009, 09:10

Landon's goal sends Galaxy to playoffs

Landon’s thoughts:

On the win:
“It’s a nice feeling, but more importantly we’re pretty close to the playoffs now. It’s been a long time for me personally and for this team so it feels good.”

On his goal:
“In those moments I’m trying to set up the defender and figure out where his mind is, and at that point Logan (Pause) I think was a little casual in recognizing the space behind him so I took off and Chris hit a great ball. [Pause] tried to slow me down and I was able to get the better of that and Busch was caught in between so I put it over him.”

On the difference between this year’s team and last year’s team:
“First it’s competing. I think most games this year we’ve competed in the right way throughout 90 minutes. Second is having some sort of structure and identity. The teams that are successful around the world have that, they know what they’re good at and what they’re not. And now we’ve got almost everyone healthy and playing well.

On breaking his five-game goalless streak:
“It’s been a while since I scored so it feels good, but more importantly the relief at the end to know that we’ve put in so much this year and now we’re really close to the playoffs.”