In the post game press conference after the LA Galaxy game, Philippe Eullaffroy did not hold back when asked about the refereeing in the game:
PE: There are 20,000 people who’ve watched it ten times, 25 times—they’re all at 97%. I did a poll—that was a penalty. So there you go: either there are 19,000 idiots in the audience, or we’re the ones who don’t understand a thing about soccer, something’s going on.
Journalist: But did they eventually give you any explanations?
PE: Zero. I’m generally not too much of a bother when it comes to intellectual matters, but we really get the impression that they treat us like nobodies. There’s a total lack of respect, and when we feel, in front of these people, like we’re ignorant about soccer, that’s a problem. And this isn’t the first time. We might have to go through, I don’t know how many of these, before we get a nice letter from the MLS: “We apologize, there was…" Yeah, so there you go, we’re going to get a nice apology letter from the MLS.