Landon Donovan

Landon Donovan
Landon Donovan vs Algeria.jpg
Donovan (left) playing against Algeria at the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Landon Timothy Donovan
Date of birth March 4, 1982 (1982-03-04) (age 28)
Place of birth , United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Winger, Attacking Midfielder, Forward
Club information
Current club Los Angeles Galaxy
Number 10
Youth career
1999 IMG Soccer Academy
1999–2001 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2001–2005 Bayer Leverkusen 7 (0)
2001–2004 → San Jose Earthquakes (Loan) 87 (32)
2005– Los Angeles Galaxy 134 (69)
2009 → Bayern Munich (loan) 6 (0)
2010 → Everton (loan) 10 (2)
National team‡
1998–1999 United States U-17 41 (35)
2001 United States U-20 4 (0)
2000 United States U-23 15 (9)
2000– United States 128 (45)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 2, 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 11, 2010

Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982) is an American soccer player who plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. He plays usually as a withdrawn forward, and can also be used as an attacking midfielder on either wing. He is widely regarded as the greatest American soccer player of all time.

A member of the inaugural class of the U.S. Soccer residency program in Bradenton, Florida, Donovan was declared player of the tournament for his role in the national U-17 team that finished fourth in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, before signing for Bayer Leverkusen. After six years with the club, the majority of which was spent on loan at the San Jose Earthquakes, Donovan moved to the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2005, though he returned to the Bundesliga for a three-month spell at the start of 2009 on loan to Bayern Munich. He went on loan again from January to March 2010 with the English Premier League side Everton FC, where he scored twice in ten appearances.

For the United States national team, Donovan is the all-time leader in scoring and assists, and has the most caps of all active players.[1][2] He is a three-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year award (including the only male to win in consecutive years),[3] as well as the only six-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year award.[4]

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Early years

Donovan was born on March 4, 1982, in Ontario, California, to parents Donna Kenney-Cash, a special education teacher, and Tim Donovan, a semi-professional ice hockey player originally from Canada.[5]

When Donovan was six, his mother allowed him to join an organized league, and he scored seven goals in his first game.[5] Donovan was a member of Cal Heat — a club based in Rancho Cucamonga under coach Clint Greenwood. In 1997, he was accepted into U.S. Youth Soccer’s Olympic Development Program. He attended Redlands East Valley High School in California.[6] In 1999, Donovan attended the IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Florida, part of U.S. Soccer's training program.[7] While at IMG Academy Donovan almost had his feet bitten off by an alligator while enjoying a post-training round of golf.[8]

Club career

Bayer Leverkusen/San Jose Earthquakes

Donovan with the San Jose Earthquakes

Later in 1999 Donovan signed a six-year contract for German club Bayer Leverkusen, whose sporting director Michael Reschke spotted him at a youth tournament in Europe.[9] Unhappy with his situation in Germany,[10] he was loaned to the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer for the 2001 season. In MLS, Donovan had immediate success, leading the Earthquakes to MLS Cup championships in 2001 and 2003 and becoming one of the most recognizable faces of soccer in America.[11] In four years in the league, he scored 32 goals and 29 assists in league play, and 10 goals and six assists in the playoffs. Donovan was named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year in 2003.[12]

In 2004 Donovan became the first man to be named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year two years in a row,[12] before returning to Bayer Leverkusen in 2005. After playing seven games with Leverkusen, only two of which were starts, Donovan stated his intentions to return to MLS. Despite a late offer from English club Portsmouth, Bayer Leverkusen officials respected his wishes. However, because San Jose GM Alexi Lalas had traded away Donovan's rights, the Los Angeles Galaxy, his hometown team, were able to trade leading scorer Carlos Ruiz to FC Dallas to get on top of the MLS allocation order one week before the season started.[13]

Los Angeles Galaxy

In his first season with the Galaxy, Donovan scored twelve league goals and ten assists and added four goals and an assist in the playoffs as the Galaxy won the MLS Cup (his third MLS championship to date). He was named to the MLS All-Time Best XI after the season.[14] In his second season with the Galaxy, Donovan scored twelve league goals and eight assists. Donovan also scored three goals in the Open Cup. Despite this, Donovan and the Galaxy failed to make the playoffs and lost in the Open Cup to Chicago Fire. Donovan's playoff goals make him MLS' second all-time leading scorer in the playoffs with fourteen, behind Carlos Ruiz with fifteen.[15]

Donovan had a mixed year with the Galaxy in 2007. Upon the signing and arrival of David Beckham, Donovan relinquished his captaincy to the English superstar. In the 2007 SuperLiga tournament, Donovan was the top scorer. Donovan scored a goal in every game except for the final. At this point in his career, Donovan had eighty-four all-time regular season goals putting him in seventh place on the league's all time scoring list. Although the 2008 season was a disappointment for the Galaxy, it was a banner year for Donovan as he scored twenty goals and nine assists in twenty-five games, forming a strong offensive partnership with David Beckham and Edson Buddle.[15]

After his former national team manager Bruce Arena was named Galaxy head coach and Beckham joined AC Milan on loan in early 2009, Donovan once again was given the club captaincy on a permanent basis. In July 2009, Donovan received praise and criticism for his critical comments about Beckham in Sports Illustrated journalist Grant Wahl's book The David Beckham Experiment, calling Beckham a poor captain and teammate. He later apologized to Beckham for discussing his concerns to a reporter rather than to him directly.[16] The two reconciled upon Beckham's midseason return to Los Angeles and Donovan enjoyed an outstanding 2009 campaign, winning the league's Most Valuable Player and MLS Goal of The Year 2009 award and leading the Galaxy to MLS Cup 2009, which they lost on penalties. Following the season Donovan agreed to a four-year extension to his contract with the Galaxy, with clauses that allow the player to seek loans during the MLS offseason. On August 1, 2010, Donovan scored the 100th goal in his MLS career.

Loans to other clubs

Donovan before his Everton debut against Arsenal.

In November 2008 Donovan trained with FC Bayern Munich,[17] before joining the German club on loan until the start of the 2009 MLS season in mid-March.[18] During his stay with Bayern, Donovan had appearances in five friendly matches, in which he scored four goals, five league games, and one DFB Cup match.[19] At the end of the loan period, Bayern declined to extend his loan.[20]

After the 2009 MLS season had finished, Donovan joined English Premier League side Everton on loan in January 2010.[21] During this period, he played in thirteen games in all competitions, scored two goals, and was named the club's Player of the Month for his performances in January.[22] Everton were keen on extending his loan deal, but the Galaxy refused,[23] and Donovan returned to the US in time for the start of the 2010 MLS season.[24]

Career statistics

Club Season League MLS Cup Open Cup SuperLiga Champions League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
San Jose 2001 22 7 6 5 2 0 - - - - 30 12
2002 20 7 2 1 2 0 - - ? ? 24 8
2003 22 12 4 4 1 0 - - ? ? 27 16
2004 23 6 2 0 3 1 - - ? ? 28 7
Total 87 32 14 10 8 1 - - - - 109 43
Los Angeles 2005 22 12 4 4 4 2 - - - - 30 18
2006 24 12 0 0 4 3 - - 2 1 30 16
2007 25 8 0 0 1 0 5 4 - - 31 12
2008 25 20 0 0 - - – - - - 25 20
2009 25 12 4 3 - - - - - - 29 15
2010 13 5 0 0 - - - - - - 13 5
Total 134 69 8 7 9 5 5 4 2 1 153 86
Career total 221 101 22 17 17 6 5 4 2 1 267 129

Statistics accurate as of match played 2 August 2010

International career

Landon Donovan training with the US men's national team

Donovan was a member of the inaugural class at U.S. Soccer's full-time residency program at the IMG Soccer Academy, in Bradenton, Florida. He won the Golden Ball at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship as the tournament's best player. In his two years playing for the U-17 team, he scored thirty-five goals in forty-one games.[25] In 2000, he moved up to both the United States U-23 men's national soccer team as well as the senior team.

After the 2000 Summer Olympics became the United States' all-time assist leader with twenty-three when he set up Ben Olsen; the previous all-time assist leader was Cobi Jones.[26]

Donovan made his World Cup Finals debut in the 2002 World Cup starting in the shock upset of pre-tournament favorites Portugal, a match the Americans won 3-2. Donovan's cross in the 29th minute deflected in off Rui Costa, giving the U.S. a 2-0 lead. Later, Donovan would tally his first World Cup Finals goal in the 83rd minute of a 3-1 loss to Poland in the third match of the group stage. He then scored his second goal of the tournament on a header which clinched a 2-0 "Round of 16" victory for the Americans over arch-rival Mexico. Though the U.S. would go on to lose 1-0 to Germany in the quarterfinals, Donovan would later be named "Best Young Player" of the tournament.[27]

Donovan was a member of the U.S. squad at the 2006 World Cup, in which the Americans were eliminated in the group stage. He led the U.S. to the 2007 Gold Cup title with 4 goals, including a crucial penalty in the 2–1 victory over Mexico in the final. On January 19, 2008, Donovan scored his 35th international goal, a penalty against Sweden, and passed Eric Wynalda as the United States' all-time leading goal scorer. Donovan reached 100 caps at the age of twenty-six on June 8, 2008, in a friendly against Argentina that ended in a 0–0 draw, and was the fourth-youngest person to do so.[3]

Donovan captained the U.S. in the group stage of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup due to Carlos Bocanegra's injury absence. Donovan scored on a penalty kick against Italy, shortly after his team had been reduced to 10 men, and scored for the United States in a 3–2 defeat to Brazil in the final. On October 10, 2009, Donovan scored on a free kick, giving the U.S. a 3–2 victory over Honduras in San Pedro Sula, clinching a berth in the 2010 World Cup.

Donovan was included in the squad for the 2010 World Cup, and played all four games in the United States' campaign. He scored against Slovenia, in a 2–2 tie,[28] and the only goal in a 1–0 defeat of Algeria, leading the USA to win their World Cup group for the first time since 1930.[29][30] Donovan scored a penalty against Ghana as the U.S lost 2–1 after extra time and were eliminated from the competition.[31] His goals in the 2010 World Cup made Donovan the highest scoring American in World Cup history,[31] and just the third American to score in more than one World Cup (after Brian McBride and Clint Dempsey).[32]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
01. October 25, 2000 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA  Mexico
1 – 0
2 – 0
Friendly
02. January 19, 2002 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, USA  Korea Republic
1 – 0
2 – 1
2002 Gold Cup
03. March 2, 2002 Safeco Field, Seattle, USA  Honduras
2 – 0
4 – 0
Friendly
04.
4 – 0
05. May 16, 2002 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, USA  Jamaica
4 – 0
5 – 0
Friendly
06. June 14, 2002 Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon, South Korea  Poland
1 – 3
1 – 3
2002 World Cup
07. June 17, 2002 Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea  Mexico
2 – 0
2 – 0
2002 World Cup
08. March 29, 2003 Qwest Field, Seattle, USA  Venezuela
2 – 0
2 – 0
Friendly
09. May 26, 2003 Spartan Stadium, San Jose, USA  Wales
1 – 0
2 – 0
Friendly
10. July 6, 2003 Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, USA  Paraguay
1 – 0
2 – 0
Friendly
11. July 13, 2003 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, USA  Cuba
1 – 0
5 – 0
2003 Gold Cup
12.
2 – 0
13.
4 – 0
14.
5 – 0
15. January 18, 2004 Home Depot Center, Carson, USA  Denmark
1 – 1
1 – 1
Friendly
16. June 20, 2004 Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada  Grenada
1 – 0
3 – 2
Q 2006 World Cup
17. September 4, 2004 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, USA  El Salvador
2 – 0
2 – 0
Q 2006 World Cup
18. October 13, 2004 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., USA  Panama
1 – 0
6 – 0
Q 2006 World Cup
19.
2 – 0
20. June 4, 2005 Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, USA  Costa Rica
1 – 0
3 – 0
Q 2006 World Cup
21.
2 – 0
22. June 8, 2005 Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City, Panama  Panama
2 – 0
3 – 0
Q 2006 World Cup
23. July 7, 2005 Qwest Field, Seattle, USA  Cuba
2 – 1
4 – 1
2005 Gold Cup
24.
25. July 9, 2005 Qwest Field, Seattle, USA  Canada
2 – 0
2 – 0
2005 Gold Cup
26. January 20, 2007 Home Depot Center, Carson, USA  Denmark
1 – 1
3 – 1
Friendly
27. February 7, 2007 University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, USA  Mexico
2 – 0
2 – 0
Friendly
28. March 25, 2007 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, USA  Ecuador
1 – 0
3 – 1
Friendly
29.
2 – 1
30.
3 – 1
31. June 12, 2007 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, USA  El Salvador
2 – 0
4 – 0
2007 Gold Cup
32. June 16, 2007 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, USA  Panama
1 – 0
2 – 1
2007 Gold Cup
33. June 21, 2007 Soldier Field, Chicago, USA  Canada
2 – 0
2 – 1
2007 Gold Cup
34. June 24, 2007 Soldier Field, Chicago, USA  Mexico
1 – 1
2 – 1
2007 Gold Cup
35. January 19, 2008 Home Depot Center, Carson, USA  Sweden
2 – 0
2 – 0
Friendly
36. June 15, 2008 Home Depot Center, Carson, USA  Barbados
4 – 0
8 – 0
Q 2010 World Cup
37. October 11, 2008 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., USA  Cuba
3 – 1
6 – 1
Q 2010 World Cup
38. June 3, 2009 Estadio Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica  Costa Rica
1 – 3
1 – 3
Q 2010 World Cup
39. June 6, 2009 Soldier Field, Chicago, USA  Honduras
1 – 1
2 – 1
Q 2010 World Cup
40. June 15, 2009 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa  Italy
1 – 0
1 – 3
2009 Confederations Cup
41. June 28, 2009 Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg, South Africa  Brazil
2 – 0
2 – 3
2009 Confederations Cup
42. October 10, 2009 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras  Honduras
3 – 1
3 – 2
Q 2010 World Cup
43. June 18, 2010 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  Slovenia
1 – 2
2 – 2
2010 FIFA World Cup
44. June 23, 2010 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa  Algeria
1 – 0
1 – 0
2010 FIFA World Cup
45. June 26, 2010 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa  Ghana
1 - 1
1 - 2
2010 FIFA World Cup

Personal life

Donovan married actress Bianca Kajlich on December 31, 2006; the couple separated in July 2009[33] but their divorce has not been finalized.[34][35] He currently resides in Manhattan Beach, California. He speaks Spanish, which he learned in high school and while playing with the Cal Heat club (which consisted primarily of players of Hispanic descent).[36]

Honors

United States

Los Angeles Galaxy

San Jose Earthquakes

Individual

Major League Soccer

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "FIFA makes Donovan's record official". ESPN (New York). 29 February 2008. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/print?id=512376&type=story&cc=null. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Landon Donovan". U.S. Soccer. http://www.ussoccer.com/Teams/MNT/D/Landon-Donovan.aspx. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
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  32. ↑ Dempsey was the second American to score in more than one World Cup during the first match with England. The following match was against Slovenia, in which Donovan scored the first goal, thus making him the third.
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