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
absolutely chance focus happy hard imagine love national needs prefer reason says scenario team
Don't get me wrong. I'd love to play for the national team but if I had the chance to be here and focus here then I'd prefer to do that, ... The only way is if (Bruce Arena) absolutely needs me. It's hard to imagine a scenario where that would be the case. If he says 'Look, for this reason or that I need you there,' I'll go. I'd be happy to go. If he really doesn't need me to be there, I'd like to stay.
against attitude came change crowd everybody game happen learn needs people playing plays strong team teams tonight urgent win
We came out and we were playing at home, we had a strong crowd and we were getting our rings. I don't know if because of that we thought we were just going to come out and win the game - but it doesn't happen that way. Not against a team like that. We better learn fast, or we are going to struggle. Teams come here and they want to win, especially New England. Our attitude wasn't urgent enough and it comes down to people making plays and we didn't make plays. Everybody needs to do that, and tonight they made the play to change the game.
beat comments game save sounds until
I know that sounds weird. But that's how I feel. It's not just another game for me. I clearly, desperately want to beat them. I'll save my comments until after the game.
expect game maybe people slower sunday wide
It's soccer, so you never know. Maybe the game Sunday will be a little slower and wide open. I think people will expect a lot of goals.
four next shut three
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.
best ending hope possible
I hope we can do it. It would be the best possible ending to our qualifying.
expect love team winning
I love winning and any team I'm on, I expect to win. I don't think we could have said that 10 years ago.
gotta moment
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.
beat best matter team time
No matter how many time you beat them its always 'whose the best team in CONCACAF',
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.