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Skidrow said:
I also completely dispute that landon was considered the best US player at the confed. cup. Where you pulling this out of? Clint was on fire that tournament. You say Dempsey only recently has come on. This is the 2006 usmnt results for the year. You say landon scores and creates. I present this. Where is all that scoring you're talking about. Only recently done for national team.

Yes, he carried the team for many a year but I think that almost gives him too much credit. You look at it he deserves credit when he was bascially the only US option for years. I look at it his numbers are way out of whack and he gets too much credit for those early years when he was basically all we hadwhen looking career numbers wise. Since the emergence of other players his numbers are not where they were and more in alignment with what I feel they would have been all along if he had that type of talent around him early in his career.

But when so many AMERICANS wanted him to go to europe full-time as myself it kind of stings he didn't. With Dempsey they'll never say well he didn't try or could he really have made it in europe on a year round basis. You have your choice and I have mine. They are both really excellent players.
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1. Highly representative of the critic and fan opinion at the time of the Confederations Cup:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=657928&sec=us&root=us&cc=5901
Without taking anything away from Dempsey's performance in South Africa, that mild snub seemed less-than-fair recognition for the player who sparked the U.S. attack throughout the cup.
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2. Scoring I'm taking about: 46 goals for the national team, the MOST, and several of them in the last qualifying campaign:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__S4CN6xJ8s
Missing the 46th against Mexico.

3. Too much credit? Great other players have emerged? Help expain this:
Top Assists:
LD 47
Cobi Jones 22
Reyna 19
Beasley 13 [the next CURRENT player]
...
Dempsey 9

Landon has transitioned to being a provider in recent years - and this clearly shows, if Landon isn't providing, who the heck else is?????

4. I'm over the "he didn't go to Europe and he owed it to Americans" argument. Dude gets to play where he wants. Doesn't take away his stats or his talent.

We are not going to agree, but I appreciate the adult debate.
 
Kay20 said:
Landon has transitioned to being a provider in recent years - and this clearly shows, if Landon isn't providing, who the heck else is?????
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You could just as easily ask that question of the current Everton team, I think we are really going to miss him when he goes.
 
Feb 13, 2012Donovan eyes permanent Everton move
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) – LA Galaxy captain Landon Donovan would like to turn his brief taste of the Premier League with Everton into something more permanent once he has led his club to more Major League Soccer (MLS) success.

The 29-year-old United States midfielder, his country’s all-time leading goalscorer, has spent the MLS off-season on loan at the Merseysiders and has shone in his two months there like he did during his other short spell with the team two years ago.

“It would be hard to go to any other club now so if anything were to happen I would imagine it would be here at Everton,†Donovan told Reuters in an interview.

“I know for sure this year I’m going back to LA but we’ll see,†added the player who grabbed assists in the recent surprise wins over Chelsea and Manchester City.

“My commitment is for two more years to the (MLS champion)Galaxy and we’ll see what happens after this year … but I would obviously welcome the opportunity to come back.â€

The grey skies threatening to burst with rain at any moment are a reminder that while the standard of soccer in the Premier League might be a step up from the MLS, the weather in northwest England compared to Los Angeles would be anything but.

But that is a minor drawback compared to the benefits of playing in Europe with new U.S. coach Juergen Klinsmann urging his players to seek experience in the big leagues to boost the national team’s prospects at major tournaments.

"It's obviously not possible for everyone but that's his (Klinsmann's) desire," Donovan said.

"This year's a qualifying year and next year's a qualifying year and then we've hopefully got the World Cup in 2014 so if that's something I feel I need to do leading up to the World Cup then it's something I'd consider for sure."

Donovan, who spent some of his early days in Germany at Bayer Leverkusen, said that while the clock was against him as he turns 30 next month, he still had time for a move.

"There is no question that as you get older your desirability to European clubs diminishes," he said.

"But I still think I can perform at a high level and I think that if guys are doing it at 36, 37, then I hope I can still be doing it at 32, 33."

The U.S. have improved steadily at big tournaments, topping their group at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and Donovan said making it past the group stage was now a realistic goal in all competitions.

Donovan would dearly love the chance to help his country bid for Olympic success at London 2012 and hopes to be picked as one of three over-age players allowed to participate if his team qualify.

"I had the chance in 2000 to go to Sydney and it was one of the best experiences of my life so if I have the opportunity, especially given it's in London, I think it would be a lot of fun and I would love to go," he said.
 

I don't think he wants to join us permanently. Whether that's because he likes being a big fish in a small pond or because he likes his current lifestyle in sunny California I'm not sure, but I think it's wrong. If he wanted a move he could push for one and make it happen. I love the guy but unfortunately I think he just hasn't got the guts to test himself.
 
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Feb 13, 2012Donovan eyes permanent Everton move
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) – LA Galaxy captain Landon Donovan would like to turn his brief taste of the Premier League with Everton into something more permanent once he has led his club to more Major League Soccer (MLS) success.

The 29-year-old United States midfielder, his country’s all-time leading goalscorer, has spent the MLS off-season on loan at the Merseysiders and has shone in his two months there like he did during his other short spell with the team two years ago.

“It would be hard to go to any other club now so if anything were to happen I would imagine it would be here at Everton,†Donovan told Reuters in an interview.

“I know for sure this year I’m going back to LA but we’ll see,†added the player who grabbed assists in the recent surprise wins over Chelsea and Manchester City.

“My commitment is for two more years to the (MLS champion)Galaxy and we’ll see what happens after this year … but I would obviously welcome the opportunity to come back.â€

The grey skies threatening to burst with rain at any moment are a reminder that while the standard of soccer in the Premier League might be a step up from the MLS, the weather in northwest England compared to Los Angeles would be anything but.

But that is a minor drawback compared to the benefits of playing in Europe with new U.S. coach Juergen Klinsmann urging his players to seek experience in the big leagues to boost the national team’s prospects at major tournaments.

"It's obviously not possible for everyone but that's his (Klinsmann's) desire," Donovan said.

"This year's a qualifying year and next year's a qualifying year and then we've hopefully got the World Cup in 2014 so if that's something I feel I need to do leading up to the World Cup then it's something I'd consider for sure."

Donovan, who spent some of his early days in Germany at Bayer Leverkusen, said that while the clock was against him as he turns 30 next month, he still had time for a move.

"There is no question that as you get older your desirability to European clubs diminishes," he said.

"But I still think I can perform at a high level and I think that if guys are doing it at 36, 37, then I hope I can still be doing it at 32, 33."

The U.S. have improved steadily at big tournaments, topping their group at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and Donovan said making it past the group stage was now a realistic goal in all competitions.

Donovan would dearly love the chance to help his country bid for Olympic success at London 2012 and hopes to be picked as one of three over-age players allowed to participate if his team qualify.

"I had the chance in 2000 to go to Sydney and it was one of the best experiences of my life so if I have the opportunity, especially given it's in London, I think it would be a lot of fun and I would love to go," he said.
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He's such a tease isn't he ?
 
Well done again Kay...I think the between the lines stuff says...I'm going back to LA to see what happens in the CCL...at the very least, I'm reading that as LD will ours at the beginning of next year...can we find a RB to link up with him FFS?
 

Exactly how I'm taking it... We will sign him again next december 2012 and it will be a pertinent finally !!!

*excites at the thought of Donovan and Coleman on the right for next new year!
 
Hmmm....:

landondonovan Landon Donovan
I am under contract to the Galaxy for the next two years. Who knows what the future will bring after that. Don't let headlines mislead you.
 

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