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Landon Donovan says David Beckham has become a bad teammate
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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
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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 |
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Jones could join US national team later this year
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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 Biography
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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 | 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 | 7 (0) | |
| 2001–2004 | → San Jose Earthquakes (loan) | 87 (32) | |
| 2005– | Los Angeles Galaxy | 107 (58) | |
| 2009 | → Bayern Munich (loan) | 6 (0) | |
| National team3 | |||
| 1998–1999 | United States U17 | 41 (35) | |
| 2000 | United States U23 | 15 (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. |
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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 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
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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 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
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
- ^ "U.S. Men's National Team Prepares to Kick Off 2009 Confederations Cup Against World Champion Italy". United States Soccer Federation (Chicago). http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_14745621.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-25.
- ^ "FIFA makes Donovan's record official". ESPN (New York). 29 February 2008. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/print?id=512376&type=story&cc=null. Retrieved on 2008-10-29.
- ^ "Donovan becomes award's first four-time winner". ESPN (Los Angeles: Associated Press). 5 October 2007. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=470125&cc=5901. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ "Los Angeles Galaxy mini bios". Major League Soccer. 10 November 2005. http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_events_news.jsp?ymd=20051110&content_id=47956&vkey=mlscup2005&fext=.jsp. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ a b "U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year". National Soccer Hall of Fame. http://national.soccerhall.org/history/ChevroletWinners.htm. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
- ^ "Galaxy trade Ruiz to Dallas, Donovan returning to L.A.?". USA Today (Carson, California: Associated Press). 30 March 2005. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/mls/2005-03-30-dallas-ruiz_x.htm. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
- ^ Nierman, Jonathan (11 November 2005). "MLS All-Time Best XI team unveiled". Major League Soccer (Frisco, Texas). http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_events_news.jsp?ymd=20051111&content_id=47999&vkey=mlscup2005&fext=.jsp. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ a b "Landon Donovan". Los Angeles Galaxy (Major League Soccer). http://la.galaxy.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t106&player=donovan_l&playerId=don474618&statType=career. Retrieved on 2008-10-29.
- ^ Canales, Andrea (22 September 2008). "Donovan Eyes Potential Move to Germany". ESPN (Carson, California). http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=574511&sec=mls&root=mls&&cc=5901.
- ^ Evans, Shane (27 October 2008). "Golden Boot winner Donovan looking abroad". Sports Illustrated (Goal.com). http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/soccer/10/27/donovan.europe/index.html. Retrieved on 2008-10-29.
- ^ Wild, Karlheinz (11 November 2008). "Donovan zum FC Bayern?" (in German). Kicker. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/artikel/500264/.
- ^ "Bayern borrow Landon Donovan from Galaxy". ESPN. 20 November 2008. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=594415&sec=europe&cc=5901.
- ^ Lewis, Brian (2008-12-04), Landon Donovan's loan ends March 15. Or not., New York Post, http://blogs.nypost.com/sports/soccer/archives/2008/12/landon_donovans.html, retrieved on 2008-12-21
- ^ U.S. star Donovan starts in Bayern debut, The Sports Network, 2008-01-10, http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=soc-mls/news/news.aspx?id=4202718, retrieved on 2008-01-11
- ^ Landon Donovan Scores in Bayern Friendly, Goal.com, 2009-01-12, http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1614/americans-abroad/2009/01/13/1057811/landon-donovan-scores-in-bayern-friendly, retrieved on 2009-01-20
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=261540&cc=5901
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=252559&cc=5901&league=GER.1
- ^ "Donovan will return to LA Galaxy". Los Angeles Galaxy. March 5, 2009. http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090305&content_id=221945&vkey=pr_lag&fext=.jsp&team=t106. Retrieved on 2009-06-25.
- ^ "Donovan unlikely to extend with Bayern". Associated Press. February 17, 2009. http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/9230914/Donovan-unlikely-to-extend-with-Bayern. Retrieved on 2009-06-25.
- ^ SoccerTimes.com player profile
- ^ "Donovan becomes leader in career assists in 1-1 draw with Jamaica". SoccerTimes.com (Cary, North Carolina). 11 April 2006. http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/2006/men/games/apr11.htm. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
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