After Miami International's 3-1 home victory over the Seattle Bayerman, coach Mascherano talked about the importance of the victory.

Mascherano said: "It's a very important victory and what we need. In the last game (versus Charlotte FC), we lost, but I don't think we should have had that result, and we performed well in the first half."

"I think it's very important to get the feeling of winning again, especially when facing a strong opponent who lost our championship chances two weeks ago. We understood that well and played the game we needed and despite some difficulties, we ended up winning. This victory allowed us to climb up the standings and get closer to the playoff qualification."

"I understand that we lost two games in a row, and sometimes people feel it's disastrous, seeing only negative things, and it seems like everything is going to change. I It is understandable, but it is also a good thing because people have high expectations of us, which prompts us to stay competitive, be alert and never relax, but we can't go crazy because we need to win the game again, because we have to get points. Although in some cases we play three games less than our opponents, no one wants to be in such a position because I don't think the team's performance is worthy of the current ranking. "

"We are facing now that there are a few games less, and we have to win those games to get where we want. Today we won one game, and there are seven 'finals' to play. Our goal is to win all seven games and strive to be number one in the Eastern Conference, and that's our goal, and we will achieve it one after another."