6.2 San Diego Loyal SC (Ownership and Leadership)ĭonovan was born (along with twin sister Tristan) on March 4, 1982, in Ontario, California, to Donna Kenney-Cash, an American special education teacher, and Tim Donovan, a semi-professional ice hockey player originally from Canada.2.1 Bayer Leverkusen and San Jose Earthquakes.His three goals in the 2010 World Cup made Donovan the highest-scoring male American player in World Cup history and one of the three male American players to score in more than one World Cup, along with Brian McBride and Clint Dempsey. team that reached the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup where he received the Best Young Player Award. Soccer Athlete of the Year award (the only man to do so and the first man to win in consecutive years), as well as the only seven-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year award. Donovan is the only American player to reach the 50 goals/50 assists mark. For the United States men's national team, Donovan is the all-time leader in assists and tied with Clint Dempsey as all-time leader in scoring, and is the second-most- capped player of his country. The Major League Soccer MVP Award has been renamed the Landon Donovan MVP Award in his honor. In MLS, Donovan won a record six MLS Cups and is the league's all-time assists leader with 136. He further played one season with the San Diego Sockers of the Major Arena Soccer League.
He retired as a player in 2014, but made a brief comeback with LA Galaxy late in the 2016 season and then in 2018 to play for Club León. He later returned to Germany for a loan with Bayern Munich, and twice went on short loans to English Premier League club Everton in 20. In 2005, after six years with Leverkusen, the majority of which were spent on loan with the San Jose Earthquakes of MLS, Donovan moved back to the United States permanently to sign with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Donovan signed for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 1999. Ī former forward, he holds numerous individual records in Major League Soccer (MLS) and for the United States national team and is regarded as the greatest U.S. soccer player of all time by a poll conducted by ESPN, along with Major League Soccer having ranked Donovan as the greatest American soccer player of all time. Donovan is also the manager, co-founder, and vice-president of soccer operations for USL Championship side San Diego Loyal SC, and serves as strategic advisor for English side Lincoln City.
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Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player. *Club domestic league appearances and goals
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