Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Of course...why do you think they move to the Middle East during this time of the year...
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST it was a meaningless goal cause it was a friendly. But it was a damn good goal.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Yea, I was also expecting a better goal, but still a nicely taken shot. A good way to turn a so-so game into a solid outing that pushes him closer to a move, not much, but every success pushes him closer to his final goal.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST If he had hit that straight at the keeper, I still would have considered it a good attempt. Creating something out of a half-chance.... It's just not the type of goal we usually see out of Donovan. If he can add a back-to-goal element to his game, that makes him that much more complete as an attacker.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Maybe LD should have back heeled it back into the air, ran a circle around the defender, and bicycled it into the back of the net. He scored a goal, that is usually a good mark on a performance. I don't think anybody here claimed goal of the year on that one.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST The clip you guys are seeing doesn't show the angles I saw during the live stream. I think you guys would better appreciate the goal if you saw what I saw. It's not a golazo or anything. But it's a very good goal.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Yeah it looked less impressive in that highlight clip. Not sure if it's the angle or that it isn't at full speed.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_2EYNz-8So"]YouTube - 04/26/08 Chivas USA vs. Los Angeles Galaxy[/ame] 2nd goal at 1:46. His three goals that game were the type of goals Donovan made throughout the whole season. Quick reaction type goals.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Yeah, I got so excited reading the posts here that I expected some crazy nearly impossible goal from Lando. It certainly takes great skill to box out (b-ball terminology) that defender like that and get a perfect touch as the ball falls to put it into an open space for a second touch shot, but, alas, it was nothing beyond what any quality forward in Europe will do on a pretty regular basis. That being said, at the very least it puts him in the category of ''quality Euro forward'', which I think is probably better than ''excellent MLS forward''. I agree with the other posters that say he's got a lot more work to do in the real games, but I think he can and will do it. And if, after a couple of months, they decide they don't want to pay $10,000,000 or whatever for him, some other club very well might. EDIT: And that goal from the Al-Wehda guy was really superb. He made Bayern's defenders look like high-schoolers. And he was cool as a cucumber throughout.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Yeah, he can definitely pounce on a ball and put it on target quickly. I had forgotten how good he was in that Chivas game.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST I think the posted clip makes it look a little less good than it looked in real time.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Who gives a shit, it was a nice goal and it caps two appearances for a top 10 in the world club where by statistics and by observation, he has showed that he belongs and can be an asset. Obviously they are friendlies, but it's still a great start for him.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST I think that, rather than the Al-Wehda guy looking good, it was the Bayern players looking incredibly sucky. When was the last time you saw a high level first defender fall on his butt, letting the attacker go free? Look like "high-schoolers" is right!
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Well, now, in fairness, the video doesn't show his touch to bring the ball down. It was pretty nice. But yeah, I'll go with Klinsmann's description: it was a nice goal. No, nothing spectacular. The entire game was nothing spectacular, and that's putting it mildly.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST If we're going to talk about non-LD goals, the Al-Wehda goal was very slick, but Ribery's was the class of the day. The way he schooled the defender to create space was unreal.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST having a direct hand in 3 of 6 goals is pretty damn good
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Almost more impressive to me than his goal, which was good, but not spectacular, Donovan had a beautiful flick to a team mate late in the game that nearly put Bayern in position to score a 4th.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Anyone else having issues accessing the highlight reel link? I think it's no longer available.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST yea, now the previously posted link is just showing ribery's goal and no other (excellent goal that it is). if someone has other link, please do so and thanks in advance. glad to see LD bulged the ol' onion bag. it certainly can't hurt.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Here's a write up from the bild. Best I can make out, Klinsmann called it a beautiful goal from Landon. http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/fussb...ndon-donovan/trifft-erstmals-fuer-bayern.html
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Ha, ha! Sorry I made you look a little slow on the uptake. When I originally posted, I forgot the link. When I went to edit to put in the link, seems like it took forever. In the meantime, you read my post and responded.