Landon Donovan

Landon Donovan

  • Team: LA Galaxy
  • Year Entered MLS: 2006
  • Number: 10
  • Position: Forward
  • Age: 27
  • Height: 5-8
  • Weight: 158
  • Hometown: Redlands, CA
  • Birth Date: March 4, 1982
  • Background Story: Donovan started playing soccer when he was five. In his first game, he scored 7 goals and his journey to soccer stardom had begun. Donovan was a star in the California youth soccer leagues and in 1997 at the age of 15, he was accepted into the US Olympic Development Program

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MLS Stats

Sacha Kljestan
  • 2008 Season: Goals: 20 Assists: 9

  • 2007: In his second season with the Galaxy, Donovan scored 12 league goals and 8 assists

  • Awards: MLS Golden Boot (2008); Honda Player of the Year ( 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008); MLS Best XI (2003, 2008); MLS All-Time Best XI;Los Angeles Galaxy Golden Boot: (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008); 3 MLS Cups, (2001, 2003, 2005); MLS All-Star MVP (2001); MLS Cup MVP (2003)

International Stats

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  • 2000 - U.S. National Team: 108 caps for the U.S., scoring 37 goals and 33 assists. All-time U.S. leader in goals and assists. 2002 World Cup ( 2 goals) /CONCACAF Gold Cup; 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup; 2006 World Cup; 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. U.S Soccer Athlete of the Year

  • 2000: U.S. Olympic Team

  • 1999: U17 World Cup Golden Ball winner

Youth

Children Playing Soccer
  • Redlands Soccer Club, Cal Heat, U.S. Bradenton Academy Championships

Donovans's Favorites

Food

Good Sushi

TV Show

Rules of Engagement or NFL Football

Music

Fleet Foxes

Advice

Have fun playing. If it's not fun, you don't need to play.

Highlight

Playing in the World Cup and the Olympics… and winning an MLS Cup.

Player

Zidane in his prime. He would be fun to play with.