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
soccer country player
Fortunately for me, its my most favorite drill, and that is finishing. However, from a young age, soccer players in this country are not taught how to properly finish, and I think you see that through the professional ranks, that we dont have that killer instinct of the forwards from other countries.
cancer father cells
Skin cancer became personal to my family when my father was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma,
soccer years usa
Ten years ago, the level was nowhere near what it is today. (on soccer in the United States)
pride helping-someone focus
I used to focus more on scoring. Now I take a lot of pride and pleasure in helping someone else do well.
sports team winning
I love winning and any team I'm on, I expect to win.
player games shoes
I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe. I've certainly had players come up, even before the game has started, and say, "Hey, after the game, can we trade jerseys?" It's kind of like, "Well, let's get through the game first and we'll deal with that later."
careers watches spectators
As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.
country player feel-good
The second-highest honor is playing for your country, and the highest honor is wearing the armband for your country. It shows that the players have confidence in me, and that feels good.
soccer moving goal
Most of us are in this more than just for playing soccer. We're in it for the bigger goal - to move it along for the next generation.
absolutely holds
You can see that he already absolutely holds his own at this level, and I think that's incredible.
hard region team
You'd be hard-pressed to find another team in our region that could do that.
cup happy shy
You can't go into a World Cup timid, and you can't go into it shy thinking, well, it's just I'm happy to be there and let's get out and play. You're there for a reason, and we're there to win.
ball hard keeps minutes momentum period popping run trying
The hard thing was seeing. There was a period of 15-20 minutes where you couldn't see more than 10 yards. The other thing is you are trying to run with the ball and it just keeps popping up, popping up and it's hard to get your momentum going.
atmosphere couple games good help intensity
The good thing is it's over and it's not like that's going to have ramifications on our season. If anything it will help us. You don't play in games of that intensity and atmosphere but a couple of times a year.