Landon Donovan: Poster boy of US Soccer

Nothing is more true. Landon Donovan is the face of US Soccer and the MLS. No other US player represents the full spectrum of ups and downs that the US has experienced over the last 8 years. He has gone from being a player not good enough for european competition to a potential world class star, back to being the best player on a mediocre team. The ESPN article describes it very well. To his credit Landon admits his play at the World Cup wasn't what it should've been. He made no excuses except to say the US team didn't play as well as it should've or could've. Probably the hardest part is the World Cup only comes along every 4 years. So Donovan and the rest of the US Soccer team will have to wait another 4 years to prove to the world that 2002 wasn't a fluke. That they really can compete with the best in the world on any given day. If what Donovan said in the ESPN interview is true and he really did learn as much as he says he did from the World Cup maybe there really is hope for the US in 2010. Unfortunately 4 years is a long time and a lot of things will chage between now and then.


Sometimes he really is that good.