Brad Friedel is probably the best goalkeeper in the Premier League. Which, arguably, makes him the best goalkeeper in the world.
Yet he hasn’t played for the U.S. national team since 2004. He announced his retirement from “international” soccer — that is, the U.S. national team — in February of 2005.
Since then, he hasn’t missed a […]

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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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I saw this video a month or so ago, but early today a former co-worker sent me the link and demanded that I write about it … and I had considered it, earlier. So here goes.
In this bit of youtube video, Landon Donovan is shown attempting to sneak across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Hilarity ensues.
This actually is […]

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I knew this was coming.
I knew it while standing in the newsroom here in Abu Dhabi two nights ago, stopping on my way out out of the building and watching via computer the final minutes of the Premier League match between Everton and Manchester City.
Everton coach David Moyes substituted for Landon Donovan in the 90th […]

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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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Yes, there are two soccer World Cups. The one you all know about and …
The Club World Cup. The itty-bitty little brother of the World Cup.
But the Club World Cup has something going for it:
It’s here. In Abu Dhabi.
Actually, it’s across the street from where I live.

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Mostly, I just wanted to see how many “categories” I could have at the top of this item. Now let’s see if I actually mention something about all of them.
Some interesting topics playing out in U.S. sports right now and, really, I’m aware of them. Not everyone back home seems to remember we do, in […]

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