Landon Donovan
Landon Donovan
Landon Timothy Donovanis an American retired professional soccer player, who played as a forward...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth4 March 1982
CityOntario, CA
eight game gave goal half late minutes seems taken time
It seems like we gave up a goal every time we were late in a game here at home. Realistically though, the half should be 45 minutes. Six, seven, or eight minutes were taken away from us, so it was fair.
anyone sign sure wish yell
It's a sign of respect, right? They don't yell that to anyone else. I'm sure they wish I hadn't come tonight.
best game greatest happen people road seen
It was the greatest game I've ever been part of. Things don't happen like that. Years down the road people are going to say that's the best game they've ever seen in the league.
best despise good jealous life mexican team win
They are jealous of us, the Mexican players, because we've got a life and they have nothing, ... Because of that they despise us. ... Who is going to win this game? The best team. And we know good and well who is the best team between the U.S. and Mexico. We know it well.
clear five four issue itself sort talent
Talent-wise, we are much deeper. We are deeper, one through 23, and that's a better thing. The thing we don't have that we had four years ago is as many clear leaders. This time, we have only four or five leaders. That's one issue that will sort itself out.
clear looking talent
Talent-wise, looking at our roster, we are deeper. But the thing we don't have that we did in 2002, is there are not as many clear leaders.
excited field hopefully madrid short stepping three time travel trying tuesday wins
(It's been) tiring, ... but two wins (in a short time frame) is always good. Hopefully we can make it three on Tuesday in Madrid ... I'm not excited about the travel and trying to recover, but I think stepping out on the field there will be really cool.
seemed slow step
It just seemed like they were a step slow the whole game. I don't know if it was them being slow or us being excited.
allow barely difficult focus injuries physically year
It's difficult mentally, physically to always be at 100%. There are times in the year when you have injuries that may barely allow you to play, ... There may be things at home. When I have one thing to focus on, I feel like I play my best.
almost came game goal knew push worked
It's a game where they had to push and try to get a goal to win, so I knew when I came in there was going to be a lot of space. It worked out. We almost got the goal we needed.
past road rut training
We (had) been in a rut for the past 12-13 games. Now we don't have any excuses. Everyone's here. Everyone is available, ... We have all the training time. We have only two more road games. We've got to show that we belong.
everybody game home job night opening send win
We're getting our rings, it's opening night and it's going to be exciting. It's our job to win the game and send everybody home happy.
beat bet bit nine ourselves
Would I bet that nine times out of 10 we're going to beat Brazil? Probably not. Could we beat Brazil? Absolutely. So you have to be a little bit realistic, but we want to put ourselves in that situation. And if we're in that situation, I would still be confident.
behind finish game good hopefully move points sure third wednesday
We still need to get points and make sure that we at least finish third in the West. But it is a good game to put Wednesday behind us and hopefully move forward.