• Landon Donovan says David Beckham has become a bad teammate

  Seattle Times - Found 22 hours ago ... on the Los Angeles Galaxy, according to Landon Donovan. 'All that we care about at a minimum is that he committed himself to us,' Donovan was... David Beckham - SI.com Donovan blasts Galaxy teammate Beckham - Yahoo! News - AFP via Yahoo! Beckham vs. Donovan: Now that's some good MLS action - San Jose Mercury News Soccer: Beckham slammed as 'bad teammate' - New Zealand Herald Explore All

  Bangkok Post

• Donovan: Beckham Has Become a Bad Teammate

  ABC News - Found Jul. 2, 2009 ... on the Los Angeles Galaxy, according to Landon Donovan. 'All that we care about at a minimum is that he committed himself to us,' Donovan was... Donovan rips Beckham: Stingy, bad teammate - CBSSports Football: Beckham blasted by LA team-mate - CNN Donovan rips MLS teammate Beckham in book - ESPN 'Uncommitted' Beckham blasted by teammate - CNN Explore All

  NBC Sports

• Jones could join US national team later this year

  USA Today - Found Jul. 2, 2009 Landon Donovan was bypassed because his time with the national team has kept him away from the Los Angeles Galaxy. Jones could join US later this year - USA Today Jones could join US national team later this year - San Jose Mercury News Jones could join US national team later this year - Denver Post Jones could join US national team later this year - Raleigh News & Observer Explore All

• Leading Off: Free Agency Enters Silly Season

  New York Times - Found Jul. 2, 2009 The Washington Post?s Michael Wilbon argues that Brown is off-base..On the sniping front, the soccer star Landon Donovan takes aim at the No.

• The Bonus: An excerpt from Grant Wahl's book, The Beckham Experiment

  SI.com - Found Jun. 30, 2009 Landon Donovan and his wife, Bianca Kajlich, for a get-to-know-you meal. At the Home Depot Center, 10-foot-high profiles of Beckham and Donovan... How David Beckham blew it in L.A. - CNN How David Beckham blew his U.S. adventure - CNN An excerpt from Grant Wahl's book, The Beckham Experiment - SI.com Explore All

• U.S. soccer loses to Brazil in Confederations Cup final

  Newsday - Found Jun. 29, 2009 ... scored two goals in the second half to put Brazil back in the match after Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan had given the Americans the lead. Brazil uses rally to top U.S. - Philadelphia Daily News Ugly finish costs US soccer team against Brazil - Boston Globe U.S. blows lead, loses to Brazil - Newsday Brazil rallies to beat US in Confederations Cup final - TSN Explore All

  TSN

• Brazil Rallies to Beat US in Confed Cup Final

  ABC News - Found Jun. 28, 2009 'We're at the point where we don't want respect, we want to win,' said Landon Donovan, whose goal in the 27th minute gave the United States a... Brazil 3, U.S. 2: U.S. Lets Confederations Cup Slip Away - New York Times Brazil survive U.S. scare to win Confed Cup - CNN U.S. Lets Confederations Cup Slip Away - New York Times U.S. loses to Brazil in Confed Cup - CNN Explore All

  SuperSport

• VALIANT U.S. SQUANDERS 2-0 LEAD, TOURNEY TITLE TO BRAZIL

  New York Post - Found Jun. 29, 2009 'We're at the point where we don't want respect, we want to win,' said Landon Donovan, whose goal in the 27th minute gave the United States a... Americans come up just short - Philadelphia Inquirer Confederations Cup Final: U.S. falls to Brazil, 3-2 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Brazil scores 3 in second half to defeat U.S. - San Jose Mercury News Brazil Beat U.S. In Confed Cup Final, 3-2 - CBS 4 Denver Explore All

  Salt Lake Tribune

• Brazil fight back to sink U.S.

  Reuters Canada - Found Jun. 28, 2009 Spain in the semis, looked set to complete an even greater upset when goals by Clint Dempsey and skipper Landon Donovan put them 2-0 ahead at... Brazil fight back to sink U.S. - Reuters via Yahoo! Brazil rallies to sink US in Confeds Cup final - CHINAdaily Brazil dash US dreams - Al Jazeera Brazil fight back to sink U.S. in Confederations Cup final - Eircom.net Explore All

  Al Jazeera

• Brazil perform great escape to win final

  New Zealand Herald - Found Jun. 28, 2009 The five-time world champions looked out for the count after Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan put the Americans two up at halftime but they... Brazil perform great escape to win Confed Cup - AFP via Yahoo! Brazil rally to retain Confederations Cup - Times of India Brazil perform great escape to win Confed Cup - Sydney Morning Herald Brazil perform great escape to win Confed Cup - The Age Explore All

  New Zealand Herald

Landon Donovan

Personal information
Full name	Landon Timothy Donovan
Date of birth	March 4, 1982 (1982-03-04) (age 27)
Place of birth	Ontario, California, United States
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Striker, Winger
Club information
Current club	Los Angeles Galaxy
Number	10
Youth career
1998–1999	IMG Soccer Academy
1999–2001	Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career1
Years	Club	Apps (Gls)2
2001–2005	Bayer Leverkusen	007 0(0)
2001–2004	→ San Jose Earthquakes (loan)	087 (32)
2005–	Los Angeles Galaxy	107 (58)
2009	→ Bayern Munich (loan)	006 0(0)
National team3
1998–1999	United States U17	041 (35)
2000	United States U23	015 0(9)
2000–	United States	115 (41)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 May, 2009. 2 Appearances (Goals) 3 National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June, 2009.

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 as a withdrawn forward, usually on the left 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 five-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year award.³

Early life and career

The son of Timothy Donovan and Donna Kenney-Cash, Donovan grew up in Redlands, California, and attended Redlands East Valley High School. As a youth he was active in the gymnastics world and was invited to attend the olympic training workshop because of his all around skill in the sport. Donovan was a member of the inaugural class of the U.S. Soccer residency program in Bradenton, Florida with many current 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.

Club career

San Jose Earthquakes

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

Bayer Leverkusen

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

Los Angeles Galaxy

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

Bayern Munich

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 as a potential destination.⁹ Concerning a possible move to Europe he has 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 at least the start of the next MLS season in mid-March.¹² The loan, which Bayern Munich says is the only move it will make during the January transfer window, is scheduled to end on March 15.¹³ 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,¹⁴ and scored his first goal for the club in his second game, in a friendly against Al-Wehda.¹⁵

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,¹⁶ and made his Bundesliga debut on January 30, 2009, against Hamburg, as a seventy-seventh minute substitute for Bastian Schweinsteiger.¹⁷ He ended up with a total of four goals scored in five friendly matches for Bayern, but did not score any in league play.¹⁸ 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".¹⁹

International career

Donovan (left) playing against Jamaica's Fabian Dawkins during an international game in 2006.

Donovan was a member of the inaugural class at the U.S. Soccer Residency Program, U.S. Soccer's full-time residency at the IMG Soccer Academy, in Bradenton, Florida. He won the Golden Ball at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championships 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.²⁰ 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. He scored two goals during the United States' run to the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, and during the 2002 year he received two third place votes for FIFA World Player of the Year. 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.²¹ 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. Landon Donovan scored his fortieth international goal from a penalty kick against Italy in the Confederations Cup, shortly after his team had been reduced to 10 men. Donovan scored his 41st goal for the United States against Brazil in the Confederations Cup Final.

Personal life

Donovan is married to actress Bianca Kajlich, whom he wed on December 31, 2006. The couple currently reside in Manhattan Beach, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2000-10-25	Los Angeles, California	Mexico	1-0	2-0	Friendly match
2	2002-01-19	Pasadena, California	Korea Republic	1-0	2-1	2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3	2002-03-02	Seattle, Washington	Honduras	2-0	4-0	Friendly match
4	2002-03-02	Seattle, Washington	Honduras	4-0	4-0	Friendly match
5	2002-05-16	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Jamaica	4-0	5-0	Friendly match
6	2002-06-14	Daejeon, South Korea	Poland	1-3	1-3	2002 FIFA World Cup
7	2002-06-17	Jeonju, South Korea	Mexico	2-0	2-0	2002 FIFA World Cup
8	2003-03-29	Seattle, Washington	Venezuela	2-0	2-0	Friendly match
9	2003-05-26	San Jose, California	Wales	1-0	2-0	Friendly match
10	2003-07-06	Columbus, Ohio	Paraguay	1-0	2-0	Friendly match
11	2003-07-19	Foxboro, Massachusetts	Cuba	1-0	5-0	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
12	2003-07-19	Foxboro, Massachusetts	Cuba	2-0	5-0	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
13	2003-07-19	Foxboro, Massachusetts	Cuba	4-0	5-0	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
14	2003-07-19	Foxboro, Massachusetts	Cuba	5-0	5-0	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
15	2004-01-18	Carson, California	Denmark	1-1	1-1	Friendly match
16	2004-06-20	St. George's, Grenada	Grenada	1-0	3-2	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
17	2004-09-04	Foxboro, Massachusetts	El Salvador	2-0	2-0	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
18	2004-10-13	Washington, D.C.	Panama	1-0	6-0	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
19	2004-10-13	Washington, D.C.	Panama	2-0	6-0	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
20	2005-06-04	Salt Lake City, Utah	Costa Rica	1-0	3-0	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
21	2005-06-04	Salt Lake City, Utah	Costa Rica	2-0	3-0	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
22	2005-06-08	Panama City, Panama	Panama	2-0	3-0	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
23	2005-07-07	Seattle, Washington	Cuba	2-1	4-1	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
24	2005-07-07	Seattle, Washington	Cuba	4-1	4-1	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
25	2005-07-09	Seattle, Washington	Canada	2-0	2-0	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
26	2007-01-20	Carson, California	Denmark	1-1	3-1	Friendly match
27	2007-02-07	Glendale, Arizona	Mexico	2-0	2-0	Friendly match
28	2007-03-25	Tampa, Florida	Ecuador	1-0	3-1	Friendly match
29	2007-03-25	Tampa, Florida	Ecuador	2-1	3-1	Friendly match
30	2007-03-25	Tampa, Florida	Ecuador	3-1	3-1	Friendly match
31	2007-06-12	Foxboro, Massachusetts	El Salvador	2-0	4-0	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
32	2007-06-16	Foxboro, Massachusetts	Panama	1-0	2-1	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
33	2007-06-21	Chicago, Illinois	Canada	2-0	2-1	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
34	2007-06-24	Chicago, Illinois	Mexico	1-1	2-1	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
35	2008-01-19	Carson, California	Sweden	2-0	2-0	Friendly match
36	2008-06-15	Carson, California	Barbados	4-0	8-0	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
37	2008-10-11	Washington, D.C.	Cuba	3-1	6-1	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
38	2009-06-03	San Jose, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1-3	1-3	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
39	2009-06-06	Chicago, Illinois	Honduras	1-1	2-1	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
40	2009-06-15	Pretoria, South Africa	Italy	1-0	1-3	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
41	2009-06-28	Johannesburg, South Africa	Brazil	2–0	2–3	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

Honors

San Jose Earthquakes

• MLS Cup: 2001, 2003

Los Angeles Galaxy

• MLS Cup: 2005
• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2005

International

• CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2002, 2005, 2007

Individual

• FIFA U-17 World Championship Golden Ball: 1999
• MLS All-Star MVP: 2001
• MLS Best XI: 2003, 2008
• MLS Cup MVP: 2003
• U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year: 2003, 2004
• CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2002, 2003, 2005
• MLS All-Time Best XI
• Honda Player of the Year: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
• Los Angeles Galaxy Golden Boot: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• MLS Golden Boot: 2008
• United States All-time Goalscorer
• United States All time Assists Leader

Major League Soccer

• Career regular seasons goals list: 6th place
• Career playoff goals list: 2nd place
• Career playoff assists list: 7th place

References

External links

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Landon Donovan - Navigation boxes and awards v • d • e United States squad – 2000 Summer Olympics 1 Friedel • 2 Dunseth • 3 McCarty • 4 Agoos • 5 O'Brien • 6 Hejduk • 7 DiGiamarino • 8 Califf • 9 Olsen • 10 Vagenas • 11 Albright • 12 Corrales • 13 Donovan • 14 Victorine • 15 Whitfield • 16 Wolff • 17 Casey • 18 Howard • Coach: Charles v • d • e United States squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Friedel • 2 Hejduk • 3 Berhalter • 4 Mastroeni • 5 O'Brien • 6 Regis • 7 Lewis • 8 Stewart • 9 Moore • 10 Reyna • 11 Mathis • 12 Agoos • 13 Jones • 14 Cherundolo • 15 Wolff • 16 Llamosa • 17 Beasley • 18 Keller • 19 Meola • 20 McBride • 21 Donovan • 22 Sanneh • 23 Pope • Coach: Arena v • d • e United States squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Cannon • 2 Hejduk • 3 Berhalter • 4 Mastroeni • 5 Vanney • 6 Cherundolo • 7 Lewis • 8 Stewart • 9 Kirovski • 10 Donovan • 11 Mathis • 12 Bocanegra • 13 Martino • 14 Armas • 15 Convey • 16 Califf • 17 Beasley • 18 Howard • 19 Hahnemann • 20 Twellman • 21 Cunningham • 22 Klein • 23 Gibbs • Coach: Arena v • d • e United States squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Howard • 2 Albright • 3 Bocanegra • 4 Mastroeni • 5 O'Brien • 6 Cherundolo • 7 Lewis • 8 Dempsey • 9 Johnson • 10 Reyna • 11 Ching • 12 Berhalter • 13 Conrad • 14 Olsen • 15 Convey • 16 Wolff • 17 Beasley • 18 Keller • 19 Hahnemann • 20 McBride • 21 Donovan • 22 Onyewu • 23 Pope • Coach: Arena v • d • e United States squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (4th Title) 1 Howard • 2 Hejduk • 3 Bocanegra • 4 Mastroeni • 5 Feilhaber • 6 M. Bradley • 7 Beasley • 8 Dempsey • 9 Johnson • 10 Donovan • 11 Ching • 12 DeMerit • 13 Bornstein • 14 Ralston • 15 Simek • 16 Parkhurst • 17 Spector • 18 Keller • 19 Clark • 20 Twellman • 21 Mapp • 22 Onyewu • 23 Guzan • Coach: B. Bradley v • d • e United States squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up 1 Howard • 2 Bornstein • 3 Bocanegra • 4 Casey • 5 Onyewu • 6 Pearce • 7 Beasley • 8 Dempsey • 9 Davies • 10 Donovan • 11 Wynne • 12 M. Bradley • 13 Clark • 14 Califf • 15 DeMerit • 16 Kljestan • 17 Altidore • 18 Guzan • 19 Adu • 20 Torres • 21 Spector • 22 Feilhaber • 23 Robles • Coach: B. Bradley v • d • e MLS top scorers 1996: Lassiter | 1997: Moreno | 1998: John | 1999: Kreis | 2000: Diallo | 2001: Pineda Chacón | 2002: Ruiz | 2003: Ruiz | 2004: Ching | 2005: Twellman | 2006: Cunningham | 2007: Emilio | 2008: Donovan v • d • e MLS All-Star Game MVP 1996: Valderrama | 1997: Valderrama | 1998: McBride | 1999: Preki | 2000: Diallo | 2001: Donovan | 2002: Etcheverry | 2003: Ruiz | 2004: Guevara | 2005: Twellman | 2006: De Rosario | 2007: Ángel | 2008: Blanco v • d • e MLS Cup MVP 1996: Etcheverry | 1997: Moreno | 1998: Nowak | 1999: Olsen | 2000: Meola | 2001: De Rosario | 2002: Ruiz | 2003: Donovan | 2004: Eskandarian | 2005: Ramírez | 2006: Ching | 2007: De Rosario | 2008: Barros Schelotto Awards and achievements Preceded by Brad Friedel U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year 2003, 2004 Succeeded by Kasey Keller Major League Soccer | MLS All-Time Best XI v • d • e Tony Meola (Goalkeeper) Jeff Agoos | Marcelo Balboa | Eddie Pope (Defenders) Landon Donovan | Marco Etcheverry | Piotr Nowak | Preki | Carlos Valderrama (Midfielders) Brian McBride | Jaime Moreno (Forwards) v • d • e Honda Player of the Year 1991: Hugo Perez · 1992: Eric Wynalda · 1993: Thomas Dooley · 1994: Marcelo Balboa · 1995: Alexi Lalas · 1996: Eric Wynalda · 1997: Eddie Pope · 1998: Cobi Jones · 1999: Kasey Keller · 2000: Claudio Reyna · 2001: Earnie Stewart · 2002: Landon Donovan · 2003: Landon Donovan · 2004: Landon Donovan · 2005: Kasey Keller · 2006: Clint Dempsey · 2007: Landon Donovan · 2008: Landon Donovan