And one night he said goodbye...

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by EL MONO MARIO, Nov 4, 2004.

  1. EL MONO MARIO

    EL MONO MARIO Member

    Apr 9, 2002
    Montevideo, Uruguay
    Club:
    CA River Plate
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Landon Donovan has played his final MLS match, as the 22 year will return to Germany to rejoin Bundesliga outfit Bayer Leverkusen following a long-term loan, Yanks Abroad has learned.
    The now ex-San Jose Earthquake is due in Leverkusen this weekend and will attend Saturday's match against SC Freiburg at the BayArena, Leverkusen press officer Uli Dost confirmed to YA.

    "He will arrive in Leverkusen Friday," Dost says Thursday morning. "At that time we will present him to the players and the coaching staff."

    "During the following week we will meet with the player and his advisors, and an official announcement will come at that time."

    Donovan will not be able to play for the Bavarians until the January 1st transfer window opens, but will be available in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League if the side progresses, or the UEFA Cup if they finish in third position of their group.

    News Release courtesy of Yanks Abroad Website - http://www.yanks-abroad.com/
     
  2. Northside Rovers

    Jan 28, 2000
    Austin TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good Luck, Landon.

    Thanks for the memories.
     
  3. cosmojado

    cosmojado Member

    Oct 18, 2002
    in sin
    good for landon.................he grew a sack
     
  4. EL MONO MARIO

    EL MONO MARIO Member

    Apr 9, 2002
    Montevideo, Uruguay
    Club:
    CA River Plate
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    he didn't grow a sack... The loan just expiered. and Sj may move.. Now an extra bit of presure on Landon now that DMN at PSV is turing out to be a EXCELLENT sucess....
     
  5. murtaugh29

    murtaugh29 New Member

    Oct 4, 2004
    roja LOCURA
  6. IASocFan

    IASocFan Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 13, 2000
    IOWA
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Donovan won't be playing for the Bavarians for a while if he is playing for Leverkusen. Leverkusen is in western Germany - the North Rhine-Westphalia area while Bavaria is the SE section.
     
  7. EL MONO MARIO

    EL MONO MARIO Member

    Apr 9, 2002
    Montevideo, Uruguay
    Club:
    CA River Plate
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Don't shoot the messenger. That was the artice on soccer365...
     
  8. Crewmudgeon

    Crewmudgeon Member+

    Sep 3, 1999
    Crewdom
    It should be "Ich bin Houstoner."
     
  9. tab5g

    tab5g Member+

    May 17, 2002
    landon, you're a nike guy. if you leave mls to escape Adidas, you must go to a nike club. what is wrong with you?
     
  10. murtaugh29

    murtaugh29 New Member

    Oct 4, 2004
    roja LOCURA
    I know. The joke is intentional.
     
  11. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bavarians? Leverkusen is a few hundred miles from Bavaria.

    Just a tip for those hard-working folks at yanks-abroad.com:

    * Bayern, as in Bayern Munich, means "Bavaria"
    * Bayer (without the "n"), as in Bayer Leverkusen, is a large German pharmaceutical firm that's best known in this country for making aspirin.

    Two completely separate things. Leverkusen is at one end of the country and Bavaria is in the other end.
     
  12. jussen1

    jussen1 Member

    Nov 9, 2003
    SJ
    Bayer is now best known for selling Levitra. My wife is a sales rep for Bayer that just outsourced her job to Shering-Plough. She hopes to get hired on so we can buy more Quakes season tickets. Good luck Landon it's been a fun ride my whole family will miss your professionalism. We watched you grow up. Thanks for being so great with our kids and all the kids in this area. I keep saying George Best was the best player I saw play live, but now I change my mind. It's going to be fun watching you on FSW dicing up the Germans.
     
  13. Bill Schmidt

    Bill Schmidt BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 3, 2003
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ahem, we pronounce the most-known product "Bear." That would be Bayer Aspirin. Bayer AG sold the U.S. arm during one of the world wars for political reasons then bought it back in the 1980s, IIRC.
     
  14. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If it's true that Landon's gone soon, then it's too bad that he won't get the experience the rest of the San Jose Earthquakes players will have when the Quakes' new stadium in either San Jose or Santa Clara is ready for play in 2006 or 2007. :eek:

    Unless some clause has him returning to San Jose by then, of course. ;)


    -G
     
  15. cosmojado

    cosmojado Member

    Oct 18, 2002
    in sin
    No Landon
    No MLS Cup winning team

    shall we start predicting the dismal attendance for 2005 considering it was terrible with Landon and a title


    4k average
     
  16. mls2atl

    mls2atl Member

    Sep 13, 2004
    Atlanta, GA
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    goodbye landon, we will miss you.
    man san jose has had a bad year.
    1. possible relocation
    2. tony a. steps down
    3. miss the mls cup
    4. good bye landon
    5. good bye san jose

    hopefully they will get a good allocation and a possible stadium in santa clara by 2006 or 2007
     
  17. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Unlike the Galaxy, San Jose has never had an MLS league game with attendance in the 4k range... with or without Landon or an MLS Cup winning team.


    -G
     
  18. the cup

    the cup Member

    Jul 10, 2002
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    No need to worry, Germany will grow tired of him soon and he will be back to MLS like the others.
     
  19. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    It will look like more on TV.
     
  20. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  21. cosmojado

    cosmojado Member

    Oct 18, 2002
    in sin
    Dear Bruce Arena,

    For the benefit of US Soccer, the USMNT, and US fans , please give Landon a nice push onto a plane headed to Germany. Whisper in his ear at the terminal something along the lines of "Go or lose your spot on the USMNT". Our "golden boy" is currently being outshone by Beasley and Convey and they are not supposed to be as good as Landon.
     
  22. Agogwe

    Agogwe Member

    Sep 12, 2003
    Ann Arbor, MI
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I know that if Donovan goes to Germany it will improve his skills and all, but I have to admit I like watching him play in MLS. Maybe just a little longer?
     
  23. usagoal

    usagoal Member

    Oct 19, 2000
    Las Vegas
    At which point he'll fall to the floor laughing, bust a gut causing him to miss all the HEX games. :D
     
  24. Rocket

    Rocket Member

    Aug 29, 1999
    Chicago
    Club:
    Everton FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How do you figure that Donovan is currently being outshone by Convey?
     
  25. cosmojado

    cosmojado Member

    Oct 18, 2002
    in sin
    my mistake
    I meant conner


    and how do they outshine baby jesus?

    they play with the big boys
    and landon still holds on to the side of the pool and won't go past the point where his feet can touch the bottom of the pool

    its kinda like taking a Spanish 1 class when you speak it fluently at home
     

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