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
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When he comes into camp now, he's more vocal, he's more of a leader, he's more demanding, he's more aggressive. He's turned into what Bruce has called a real soccer player.
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The only thing sweeter would have been to score. At least for three or four more years they will shut up and can't say anything and I love it.
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Having Claudio and John makes it easy on me because they do all the work. I don't have to worry about getting the ball and moving it from side to side or finding people. They do that. I just get in front of the goal and try to score, so it's going to be fun for me.
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He makes everyone better, but he's especially good for me. He's been our most consistent player. ... You always want him on the ball. He's going to make things happen.
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I just don't like the talking, I don't like the mannerisms, I don't like the way they treat us and the way they don't respect us, ... I want that to change and I'm going to try and be a big part of that on Saturday.
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Claudio gives us an element we can't get anywhere else. He understands timing and tempo in a game. He knows when to go, he knows when not to go. It's almost like having a coach on the field. It's incredible.
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I have no regrets, and I am not sorry, ... You gotta do what you gotta do, and in that moment that's what I did.
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After we got that first goal, they were never in the game. Hopefully, this will shut them up for the next three or four years.
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If we as Americans can't contribute to our league, it's a bit of a disservice in growing soccer here in the US.
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If you look at the teams, there's clearly a lot of firepower,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I don't like how they treat us, how they conduct themselves with us. They intend to humiliate us and want to do that at whatever cost. But the people who will be doing the humiliating is us. We'll do that in the most painful way of being humiliated, on the field.