"I was disappointed; I couldn't believe it," he said. "I'd been injury-free all season, and now we're in this position as a team with two games left and something like this happens."
Kinnear will certainly have to adjust for the possibility of playing in the final without Davis, who was serenaded by his teammates with chants of "M.V.P.!" as they left the field after the trophy presentation. Houston beat Los Angeles, 3-1, in the regular-season finale on Oct. 23, but it was a Galaxy team made up mostly of reserve players.
"We're a team that's been treating each of the past eight or nine games as the playoffs," Ching said, "and I think that's prepared us for this moment. And hopefully it'll prepare us for the final."
Kinnear will certainly have to adjust for the possibility of playing in the final without Davis, who was serenaded by his teammates with chants of "M.V.P.!" as they left the field after the trophy presentation. Houston beat Los Angeles, 3-1, in the regular-season finale on Oct. 23, but it was a Galaxy team made up mostly of reserve players.
"We're a team that's been treating each of the past eight or nine games as the playoffs," Ching said, "and I think that's prepared us for this moment. And hopefully it'll prepare us for the final."
