Whatever was said during Monday morning's team meeting, with Sporting Kansas City now on six matches without a win, there were no public shots fired by the players afterward.
The message was the same from both center back Matt Besler and playmaker Benny Feilhaber: Things need to get better, but nobody is in panic mode.
“I think any time you go through a stretch without winning games, it's always difficult,” Besler, the club's third-year captain, told MLSsoccer.com. “It's not fun. As players – and I'm sure the coaches will agree – we're all trying to do everything we can to turn things around.