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
clearly
If you look at the teams, there's clearly a lot of firepower,
ball good knows run soccer
He's just a good soccer player, ... He's been around for a long time. He knows where the ball should go, and he makes it happen. And I know that if I make a good run and get in the right position, he's going to find me.
battling care game
I don't know if we care about the result. At the end of the day it doesn't matter. It's not like we're battling to get a 0-0 draw. We're going to go play and make the game fun.
absolutely believe best confidence game league playing poorly season switched team turned
I didn't really believe we could do it, ... I thought the season was over. We went from being a team that had absolutely no confidence and was playing as poorly as any team in the league to a team that in one game switched everything around and turned into the best team in the league.
chance depth guys mean next prove seven team
We qualified, and that is great. But let us get better over the next seven months. It does not mean you relax. Guys that get a chance to play now should prove that they belong. And that makes the depth of our team better.
best chicago final teams
We and Chicago have consistently been the two best teams all year, and this is what you want in a final -- the two best teams.
anywhere mexico playing
We know, playing anywhere other than Mexico City, we're the better team.
clear deeper four leaders
We are deeper from one through 23 and a better team. The thing we don't have that we had four years ago was not as many clear leaders on the team.
deeper
We are deeper from one through 23 and a better team.
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.
continue goal
Our goal is to continue progressing in the World Cup,
ball teams walking
I think too often we let teams off the hook. When you get fouled, there's a lot of times you can put the ball down and play, and teams are kind of walking back. At this level, it can make a difference.
almost beat beyond lives people sweeter
I think that's what angers them about us. We have lives beyond soccer. For a lot of them they don't, players, coaches, people in Mexico, that's what they have. It's almost what makes it sweeter to beat them.
beyond lives soccer talk
I think that's what angers them about us, because we have lives beyond soccer and many of them don't . . . That's why they talk and say the things they do, because they can't do it on the field.