“I try to never say never, but at this point it is pretty unlikely that I would be a part of that team based on how my body feels and based on how good our team has been. If I am playing in fouryears, that means we have not progressed enough, to be quite honest. […]
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What They're Saying: Landon Donovan
“This will come as a surprise to nobody, but I don’t agree with Jurgen. And as someone who has been in that locker room and has sat next to the players, we agree with the American Outlaws: We believethat we will win. I think that’s the way Americans think and I think that’s the sentiment.” […]
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Landon asks, 'Does anyone work around here?'
[WORLD CUP COMMERCIALS] Landon Donovan‘s World Cup snub has not cost him his sense ofhumor. In this LA Galaxy commercial for the World Cup, he finds himself answering the office phones as everyone else is off watching the World Cup. With no one around, he also gets achance to score unopposed at the office foosball […]
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Oh, that 'SportsCenter' copy machine
[WORLD CUP 2014 COMMERCIALS] A young tot gets more than he bargained for on take-a-kid-to-work day at ESPN’s “SportsCenter” offices as Michael Bradley follows Landon Donovan, who worked the copy machine in 2010, in getting a celebrity cameo for ESPN in its latest SC commercial. Everything starts out well for the young player, who marches […]
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Donovan Torn About How to Watch the World Cup
Landon Donovan made a guest appearance on The Dan Patrick Show on NBCSN in which he talked about how he would take in the 2014 World Cup after USA coach Jurgen Klinsmanndecided to drop him from his final 23-man roster. When Patrick asked where he would watch the tournament, the LA Galaxy midfielder replied: “Part […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“He came back, and he was playing in MLS and people say, ‘Oh, he’s playing well,’ but what does that really mean? This is where MLS hurts him. He was playing at 70 percent, 80percent, and he was still dominant. That doesn’t help anyone. I watched the games. What was I supposed to say? That […]
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Klinsmann Sounds off on Donovan Backlash
Jurgen Klinsmann had a surprising response to the backlash he’s received for dumping Landon Donovan from his 23-man squad for the 2014 World Cup. Speaking after the USA’sunder-whelming 2-0 win against Azerbaijan on Tuesday, the German said: “I think it is great that [fans] express their opinions and their feelings and there is a healthy […]
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Landon Donovan goes off
[MLS: Week 12] The timing was certainly not what he wished, but the joy was evident on the face of Landon Donovan as hebroke the all-time MLS goal-scoring record with his 135th goal early in the second half of the LA Galaxy’s match against Philadelphia. But Donovan, who had set up Leonardo‘s first goal in […]
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Donovan: 'I think I was one of the better players'
[USA MEN] Landon Donovan says he’s always been honest in his assessment of his game — in good times and bad — and he sayshe doesn’t agree with Jurgen Klinsmann‘s assessment that other players were ahead of him. Indeed, he says he thought he was going to contribute in a bigger waythan he expected before […]
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The view from the inside
Roger Bennett, whose Inside: U.S. Soccer’s March to Brazil appears on ESPN, says the signs were there for JurgenKlinsmann‘s decision to drop Landon Donovan. Donovan said for the first episode, “I can’t train 12 straight days in a row and have 12great days in a row. Physically, it is not possible. My body breaks down; […]