Interesting concept. Landon Donovan returning to Redlands for an episode of an ESPN series entitled “Homecoming with Rick Reilly.”
Turns out you don’t just go home … you go home with Rick Reilly, the former Sports Illustrated columnist who is now the “other guy” columnist at espn.com. The other guy to Bill Simmons, that is.
When I […]

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I don’t allege to be the ultimate Landon Donovan watcher. I’ve known him since he was 16, but it’s not as if he’s been readily accessible for the past few years.
And this may be more about just reading between the lines than any special insight.
On the Everton Football Club home site, Landon is quoted as […]

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Landon Donovan may not be extending his stay with Everton in the English Premier League,  after all.
That’s what his Everton coach, David Moyes, is saying.
Unless Moyes is engaged in some sort of semantics game here … it looks as if Los Angeles Galaxy fans can expect Donovan back in SoCal before March is over.  On […]

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A watershed for Landon Donovan.
We assumed he would score in the Premier League for Everton, but he didn’t in his first four matches with the club (including a defeat Saturday in the FA Cup) … and he never scored in a real match for Leverkusen or Bayern Munich, which left him 0-for-European clubs in his […]

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Let’s assume that Landon Donovan will remember this day for a long time.
When he made his debut in the English Premier League … and played at Emirates Stadium in north London … during a steady snowstorm … on a day when his match was the only one at 3 p.m. (and, thus, seen by a […]

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No pressure … but the next 10 weeks could define Landon Donovan on the global stage.
Donovan joined Everton of the English Premier League earlier this week, on loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy, and the ramifications are enormous.
For better or worse, unfairly or otherwise, Donovan’s career could turn on how he performs in maybe 6-10 […]

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Landon Donovan has been linked with transfers, loans, whatever, to more clubs in the past two months than maybe anyone in Major League Soccer history. (Or it could just be that I wasn’t paying attention, when previous MLS guys were looking to spend some time outside the league.)
Paris Saint-Germain of France, Livorno of Italy, Club […]

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What’s next for Landon Donovan?
Way back in March, after coming back to SoCal after his loan to Bayern Munich, Landon told me he wanted to play in Europe after the 2009 Major League Soccer season.
Given that he just won the MVP award and was, of course, voted into the MLS top XI … what else […]

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Landon Donovan had not won this award before?
Were they giving the MLS Most Valuable Player to other guys just as a sort of goof? To mess with us? And him?
“And the winner is, Land … Hey, got you again! The winner is Luciano Emilio!”
Or Guillermo Barros Schelotto! Christian Gomez, everybody!
Amado Guevara!?
Taylor Twellman? Preki??
Honest. All those […]

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In the second half of my session with Landon Donovan, he answers more questions about the World Cup qualifying process, his place as an elder statesman — at age 27 — with the U.S. national team and the teams he sees as favorites to win the championship at South Africa 2010.
He also responds to questions […]

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