#Postgame Julian Gressel _DC United 1 - 3 Inter Miami CF

How did it feel to lead 1-0? Is it still a competition? Could you deal with the quality? How important is it for the rest of the team to go out there and show that you can win when he's not there? Have you ever played on a team where there is going to be this balancing act now of who is going to play when? Some of the players are normally starters and the big names are going to be in the first half and other guys are starting. How do you guys navigate that as players? It seems like a different dynamic from a typical team where the same guys are starting all the time. They are sort of evolving the role of you guys. We've known that we have to rely on the whole squad and the guys that haven't played a ton of minutes know that. You talk about Leo Campana for example, he knows his role perfectly and the coaching staff has done a really good job of keeping everybody engaged so that when it happens like today, those guys are ready to go and that's something that I think can only benefit us if we really want to be a team that is staying on top of the table like we are now. It's always special to come back to a team in a stadium where you've played before. It's really nice to see some of my old teammates and some good friends that I've made along the way and some of the staff. Obviously the club has changed a lot, new coaches, new staff members and a lot of new players. It's certainly a good feeling to be back but also obviously happy that we won the game. It's good. Leo is a great guy and it's fun to play with him because he's the best player. What is it like when you play in a away game and there are so many people that are wearing the pink and are cheering when you guys score? How different is that from playing for Columbus or another team where you don't see that on the road? It's definitely different. In this league I've never really experienced it that way. It's nice as an away team to not have the whole stadium against you. In that sense it makes it a little bit easier but it's just kind of what it is honestly. We're trying to focus on what's within the field and let the fans do their own thing. Just try and go out there and perform. I didn't notice it today as much honestly. I noticed it when Santos got the red card. I think half the stadium was cheering and I was like, okay, that's interesting. That's when I noticed it the first time. We actually said it at the bench after I got subbed out to a couple of guys there how David did a really good job today. Obviously right back is a position that we don't have the most depth at the moment. For him to step in there and play that role and play really well is something really encouraging. I think it should give him a lot of confidence. It should give him the belief that he can play different roles as well. That for young guys is a very important thing to do, to be able to step on the field. David did a great job today. There's things we can all improve. He can improve and we'll talk to him about those and see how he can improve in those moments even as a midfielder. Really good job for him today and I'm happy for him and a really good performance. When he first came in, from the outside people were saying he's laboring, he's not fit, he's not whatever. It was perfect. It was perfect because look at him now. What have you seen in his evolution in the short time he's been here? He's getting more comfortable. I think it's something you can't just write off in a sense where you can't just be coming into a new team, a new club, a new city for the family, everything. It takes a little bit of time. That happened for him, that happened for me. Those things are just normal. For him to be called out a little bit helped him to get that edge. Now he's clinical and he's the Suarez we've known. He can come in and change the game like he did today for us. Thank you so much. Thank you.