Charlotte FC’s unimaginable comeback win over the Chicago Fire was a watershed second when performances lastly translated into outcomes, however for Nuno Santos, it meant much more than that.
Making simply his second look for the membership since becoming a member of from Benfica final month, it was Santos who fired residence CLTFC’s equalizer as they scored three late targets to overturn a 2-0 deficit at Solider Field.
At simply 23 years and with in depth caps for Portugal throughout varied youth ranges, Santos has the potential to grow to be a real star in Major League Soccer. However, for now, it is all about adjusting to enjoying exterior his residence nation for the primary time in his profession.
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“I think day after day I’m getting more inside of the ideas of the club and of the coach,” Santos told reporters. “It’s my first time abroad, outside of Portugal and I’m improving day after day. I know the coach and all the staff trusts me so I have to train day after day and then more time in the games will come. I think I’m doing pretty good getting inside the group and the ideas of the coach.”
Santos could also be new to Charlotte FC however, then, this can be a new membership stuffed with gamers nonetheless adjusting to one another’s strategies.
Even in his quick time at Bank of America Stadium, Santos has been impressed with CLTFC’s togetherness and credited that staff spirit for his or her comeback in opposition to Chicago.
“I think we are improving as a team,” he said. “We could see the last games that we did that we have been growing game after game. We kept believing in ourselves during the game, I think we were down in the results but we still kept believing and we went out there a fought for the results until the last whistle. We believed in the plan of the coach, who likes to play as well, and in the end it gave us the result and the win.”
Charlotte are tenth in the Eastern Conference, 4 factors under the MLS Cup Playoffs line with three regular-season video games to go.
Up subsequent is a house conflict in opposition to Eastern leaders Philadelphia Union.