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Title: Inside Landon Donovan
Description: Landon is unquestionably tied to American soccer. Serving as an ambassador for the game at home, while many other stars have gone to Europe, he ...
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SI.com - Found Nov. 5, 2009 ... won only game in the knockout phase: the 1999 win over Mexico by the team that featured Landon Donovan, DaMarcus Beasley and Oguchi Onyewu... |
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Detroit News - Found Nov. 3, 2009 New York -- Landon Donovan is a finalist for Major League Soccer's MVP award and Kasey Keller is up for three postseason honors. Donovan, the Los... Sounders FC players, coach Sigi Schmid are finalists for MLS awards - Seattle Times MLS Awards finalists awards: 2 Dynamos in the mix - Houston Chronicle Donovan is MVP award finalist in MLS - Seattle Times Revs Shalrie Joseph up for honor - Boston Herald Explore All |
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Times Online - Found Nov. 2, 2009 But the scores were level when Yamith Cuesta miscued an attempt to control a header by Landon Donovan, allowing Mike Magee to score from nine... Stalemate leaves David Beckham?s play-off adventure in the balance - Times Online Beckham to return to AC Milan in a bid to win England place - People's Daily Online Beckham to return to AC Milan on loan in January - People's Daily Online Galaxy again lends David Beckham to AC Milan - Los Angeles Times Explore All |
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International Herald Tribune - Found Nov. 1, 2009 ... to be followed by penalty kicks, if necessary.Maicon Santos scored for Chivas, and Mike Magee and Landon Donovan tallied in the first half... |
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New York Times - Found Oct. 31, 2009 ... the Galaxy and the stadium, has sought star power to sell its product, bringing in Beckham and Landon Donovan, whose combined salary of more... |
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SI.com - Found Oct. 30, 2009 With Landon Donovan, David Beckham and Eddie Lewis always a threat on set plays, the Galaxy can find opportunities in those situations. |
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SI.com - Found Oct. 26, 2009 ... if not match the heavily armed attack, at least hold down the fort enough for the likes of Landon Donovan and David Beckham to amass the... |
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International Herald Tribune - Found Oct. 25, 2009 Earthquakes defender Bobby Burling deflected Landon Donovan's cross into his net for an own goal in the 24th minute, and Donovan finished a... Galaxy clinch Western Conference crown with win over San Jose - TSN L.A. clinches Western title with win over S.J. - Sports Network Earthquakes Fall in Season Finale 2-0 Against the LA Galaxy - OurSports Central Galaxy clinch West with 2-0 win over Earthquakes - Sacramento Bee Explore All |
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USA Today - Found Oct. 24, 2009 Earthquakes defender Bobby Burling deflected Landon Donovan's cross into his net for an own goal in the 24th minute, and Donovan finished a... |
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USA Today - Found Oct. 1, 2009 Since Landon Donovan burst onto the world soccer scene as a teenager, U.S. fans have watched him grow. Never more so than this year. Donovan, the... |
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Landon Donovan
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Landon Timothy Donovan | ||
| Date of birth | March 4, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Ontario, California, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward, Winger, Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Los Angeles Galaxy | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | IMG Soccer Academy | ||
| 1999–2001 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2005 | Bayer Leverkusen | 7 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | → San Jose Earthquakes (loan) | 87 | (32) |
| 2005– | Los Angeles Galaxy | 121 | (64) |
| 2009 | → Bayern Munich (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–1999 | United States U-17 | 41 | (35) |
| 2000 | United States U-23 | 15 | (9) |
| 2000– | United States | 120 | (42) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Landon Donovan (born March 4, 1982, in Ontario, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. He plays usually as a withdrawn forward, and can also be used as an attacking midfielder on either wing.
A member of the inaugural class of the U.S. Soccer residency program in Bradenton, Florida, Donovan was declared player of the tournament for his role in the national U-17 team that finished fourth in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, before signing for Bayer Leverkusen. After six years with the club, including a loan spell at San Jose Earthquakes, Donovan moved to Los Angeles Galaxy in 2005, though he returned to the Bundesliga for a six-month spell at the start of 2009 on loan to Bayern Munich.
For the United States national team, Donovan currently is the all-time leader in scoring and assists, and has the most caps of all active players.12 He is the only six-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year award.3
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The son of Timothy Donovan (a former semi-pro ice hockey player) and Donna Kenney-Cash, Donovan grew up in Redlands, California. Encouraged by his older brother, Donovan was five years old when he started playing soccer. He attended Redlands East Valley High School, where he was a standout gymnast and soccer player.
Donovan was a member of the inaugural class of the U.S. Soccer residency program in Bradenton, Florida with many international teammates including Oguchi Onyewu, DaMarcus Beasley, and Bobby Convey. The U-17 team that was formed from that class competed at the 1999 U-17 World Championship, finishing in fourth-place with Donovan receiving the Golden Ball as the tournament's outstanding player. Shortly after the tournament, Donovan signed a professional contract with German club Bayer Leverkusen, becoming the youngest American to sign with a foreign club.
Unhappy with his situation in Germany, he was loaned to the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer for the 2001 season. In MLS, Donovan had immediate success, leading the Earthquakes to MLS Cup championships in 2001 and 2003 and becoming one of the most recognizable faces of soccer in America.4 In four years in the league, he scored 32 goals and 29 assists in league play, and 10 goals and six assists in the playoffs. Donovan was named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year in 2003.5
On June 3, 2004, Bayer Leverkusen announced that Donovan would return to the club in 2005, and Landon followed suit, announcing his return to Germany on November 23, 2004. He then became the first man to be named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year two years in a row,5 taking the award for that year. After playing seven games with Bayer Leverkusen, only two of which were starts, Landon stated his intentions to return to MLS. Despite a late offer from English club Portsmouth, Bayer Leverkusen officials respected his wishes. However, because San Jose GM Alexi Lalas had traded away Donovan's rights, the Los Angeles Galaxy, his hometown team, were able to trade leading scorer Carlos Ruiz to FC Dallas to get on top of the MLS allocation order one week before the season started.6
In his first season with the Galaxy, Donovan scored twelve league goals and ten assists and added four goals and an assist in the playoffs as the Galaxy won the MLS Cup (his third MLS championship to date). He was named to the MLS All-Time Best XI after the season.7 In his second season with the Galaxy, Donovan scored twelve league goals and eight assists. Donovan also scored three goals in the Open Cup. Despite this, Donovan and the Galaxy failed to make the playoffs and lost in the Open Cup to Chicago Fire. Donovan's playoff goals make him MLS' second all-time leading scorer in the playoffs with fourteen, behind Carlos Ruiz with fifteen.8 In the 2007 Superliga tournament, Donovan was the top scorer. Donovan scored a goal in every game except for the Final, where he missed the game winning penalty kick. Donovan now has eighty-four all-time regular season goals putting him in seventh place on the league's all time scoring list. Although the 2008 season was a disappointment for the Galaxy, it was a banner year for Donovan as he scored twenty goals and nine assists in twenty-five games, forming a strong offensive partnership with David Beckham and Edson Buddle.8
Since the summer of 2008, Donovan had been linked with a move back to Europe during the January 2009 transfer window. Landon himself mentioned German side Bayern Munich (then managed by California resident and former Galaxy consultant Jurgen Klinsmann) as a potential destination.9 Concerning a possible move to Europe he said, "If the Galaxy is OK with me going, if the league is willing to accept an offer, if an offer comes. In my situation, I can't be super picky but if it's the right offer and makes sense with the right team ... there's a lot of ifs. But from my standpoint, I'm ready to take that step and I want to."10 From November 11-21, 2008 he trained with Bayern Munich,11 and at the end of his training period, Bayern Munich entered into negotiations to acquire him on loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy, allowing Donovan to play for the German club until the start of the next MLS season in mid-March.12 Donovan made his friendly debut on January 10 against Al-Jazira Club, playing the full ninety minutes and assisting on a goal by Bastian Schweinsteiger,13 and scored his first goal for the club in his second game, in a friendly against Al-Wehda.14
Donovan made his competitive debut for Bayern in their 5-1 win over Stuttgart in the DFB-Pokal on January 27, 2009, coming on as a 66th minute substitute for Luca Toni,15 and made his Bundesliga debut on January 30, 2009, against Hamburg, as a seventy-seventh minute substitute for Bastian Schweinsteiger.16 He ended up with a total of four goals scored in five friendly matches for Bayern, but did not score any in league play.17 The team declined to extend his loan, with Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stating that with strikers such as Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni already available, additional forwards should be young "with perspective".18
Donovan was a member of the inaugural class at U.S. Soccer's full-time residency program at the IMG Soccer Academy, in Bradenton, Florida. He won the Golden Ball at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship as the tournament's best player. In his two years playing for the U-17 team, he scored thirty-five goals in forty-one games.19 In 2000, he moved up to both the United States U-23 men's national soccer team as well as the senior team.
After starring for the U.S. team that nearly won a medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics, he earned his first cap for the United States senior team on October 25, 2000, against Mexico, and scored in his debut. Donovan had a breakout tournament, scoring two goals during the United States' run to the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, and was named Best Young Player for the tournament. He had a rare four-goal game against Cuba in 2003. On April 11, 2006, Landon became the United States' all-time assist leader with twenty-three when he set up Ben Olsen; the previous all-time assist leader was Cobi Jones.20
Donovan was a member of the U.S. squad at the 2006 World Cup, in which the Americans were eliminated in the group stage. He led the U.S. to the 2007 Gold Cup title with 4 goals, including a crucial penalty in the 2-1 victory over Mexico in the final. On January 11, 2008, Donovan scored his 35th international goal, a penalty against Sweden, and passed Eric Wynalda as the United States' all-time leading goal scorer. Donovan reached 100 caps at the age of twenty-six on June 8, 2008, in a friendly against Argentina that ended in a 0–0 draw, and was the fourth-youngest person to do so.
Donovan captained the U.S. in the group stage of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup due to Carlos Bocanegra's injury absence. Donovan scored on a penalty kick against Italy, shortly after his team had been reduced to 10 men, and scored for the United States in a 3-2 defeat to Brazil in the final. On October 10, 2009, Donovan scored on a free kick, giving the U.S. a 3–2 victory over Honduras in San Pedro Sula, clinching a berth in the 2010 World Cup.
Donovan is married to, but currently separated from21, actress Bianca Kajlich, whom he wed on December 31, 2006.
In July 2009, Donovan came under fire regarding his critical comments about teammate David Beckham in Grant Wahl's book The Beckham Experiment, calling Beckham a poor captain and teammate. He later apologized to Beckham for discussing his concerns to a reporter rather than to him directly.22
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