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DONOVAN REVEALS AFFECTION FOR EVERTON

United States of America legend Landon Donovan has revealed his affection for Merseyside giants Everton whom he spent two successful loan spells with while he was still a professional football player. He sat down with the official website of Everton to talk about his love for the club and other footballing matters some weeks ago. Landon Donovan said that he would run through a wall for anyone at the club before adding that he will always cherish being a blue.


Landon Donovan is currently the recipient of three positions at a newly formed club in the second division of club football in the United States of America. San Diego Loyal are in the United States League (USL) Championship and Landon Donovan is the owner, manager and executive vice president of soccer at the club. Landon Donovan spent his first loan spell at Everton in 2010 before returning for another loan spell two years later. He was at Major League Soccer (MLS) giants LA Galaxy when he signed on loan for the Toffees twice. He follows Everton keenly and the American would have been impressed by the performance of the club in the Premier League this season as they chase down a Champions League spot at the end of the campaign. Keep Reading

LANDON DONOVAN REITERATES HIS LOVE FOR EVERTON IN LATEST EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

 

Landon Donovan is a name that Everton fans will be familiar with so well, as the American great was sat down and interviewed by evertonfc.com where he was asked some questions to mark the Thanksgiving in the United States on Thursday.


The interview focused on Donovan’s playing stints at Goodison Park, a club he said he can do anything for – or in his words, would run through walls for. Keep Reading

Donavan Returns as Coach

 

38-year-old Landon Donavan made his return to professional football this year. He joined the San Diego Loyal as a coach before the corona virus pandemic curtailed the United Soccer League.


One of the most successful players in the history of American football, Donavan took up coaching assignments at the start of this year in the second tier of the USL championship.
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TOP FIVE AMERICANS TO PLAY IN EUROPE

United state footballers normally are not the first people to jump at any opportunity to ply their trade away from home. This has resulted in very few American football stars making a huge impact on the biggest leagues in the world.


Despite this fact, there are still a decent amount of US internationals who have decided to make the jump and made a solid impact on their respective leagues.
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CHICHARITO BELIEVES LA GALAXY IS RIGHT FOR HIM

After weeks of speculation about his next move, Javier Hernandez finally joins LA Galaxy.

Not even a son of the soil like Landon Donovan got celebrated like this when he joined LA Galaxy


The MLS Franchise move has now set up Chicharito against his Mexican teammate: Carlos Vela. Vela moved to MLS after spending much of his career at England and Spain but the strides he has made since moving to the franchise remains one of the most noteworthy by any player not to talk of a Mexican
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Donovan Coaches the U-16s

Landon Donovan might have retired from the field but he has taken on the coaching and mentoring stance as he is currently involved with the national team of U-16s of the US. The team is on a training camp for five days and one of the special members is Landon who is acting as a coach of East squad. The camp brings about 59 players from the main regions of US soccer spanning west, central and east. They are playing the youth squads as well as intra-squad games.


Donovan is a celebrity here, more so after the MLS MVP award was named in his honor. He has about 136 assists and 144 goals for his playing career. He was also associated with the San Jose earthquake team and with Galaxy. As per his position with the national team of US men, he stood second on the caps list of all time that included 157 players. He tied in position with Dempsey when it came to goals and behind the achievements of Cobi Jones. He has since then dabbled in coaching for the youth as he led the homegrown team of MLS in the years 2015, 2016.
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HOW WILL PULISIC FIT IN CHELSEA

Chelsea had a nightmare start to the season losing by 4-0 at Old Trafford which showed the extent of the problems currently facing new manager Frank Lampard. One player whose performance fell under the radar was Christian Pulisic.

The USA international was brought on with the scores at 1-0 but was unable to influence the game as United scored three more goals. After the game, the former Borussia Dortmund ace was trending on Twitter with some fans claiming that he is overhyped.
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USA LEGEND YET TO MAKE DECISION ON CAREER

USA legend Landon Donovan is football royalty with his achievements during his club and national team career. The 36-year-old made a surprise decision to play indoor football with the San Diego Sockers of the MASL in January and had a successful stint with the club.

The club went on an astonishing run of 23 straight wins before suffering a last-minute defeat in overtime to the Monterrey flash in the Western Conference finals.  Speaking after the game Donovan decline talks of him coming back to the league in the future.
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ATLANTA UNITED SUFFER HEAVY DEFEAT IN MEXICO

Atlanta United endured their second defeat in a week in the CONCACAF Champions League as they fell to a 3-0 defeat to Mexico outfit CF Monterrey on Wednesday. The defending MLS Cup champions had gone to the game on the back of an opening day MLS defeat at DC United and never looked like winning.

The match played inside a fiery atmosphere at the Estadio BBVA Bancomer in Guadalupe saw the Mexicans on the front foot early on. Monterrey sprung up the traps early and put Atlanta’s defence under heavy pressure in the first 10 minutes of the game.
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DONOVAN WANTS MORE MLS-LIGA MX GAMES

American soccer legend Landon Donovan says he supports the possibility of introducing more MLS-Liga MX games. Heopines that potential North American league that features football clubs from both the United States and Mexico would be of great benefits for the sport in both countries.

Speaking to ESPN Deportes, Donovan said, “For me it is logical, because they are the best leagues in North America, they have the biggest players, if we want to compete better with Europe and parts of South America, I think it is important”.
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