Alert: Landon Donovan to retire at end of 2014 season

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  1. profiled

    profiled Moderator
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    Feb 7, 2000
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  2. jmaestro

    jmaestro Member+

    Mar 27, 2008
    Bakersfield
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    Los Angeles Galaxy
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    United States
    If this is true, I am not surprised. He was playing to make Brazil, and I always thought he'd retire after that. Didn't turn out like he hoped, and he's not making the 2016 Copa America squad, so he's going to try to go out with a bang and go do something else with his life.
     
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  3. profiled

    profiled Moderator
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    Feb 7, 2000
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  4. LA_YANK_10

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    Nov 25, 2009
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    im shocked... and also pissed this has nothing to do with a shiny new toy to win star #5. but maybe LD gets the love and we just go ahead and win the whole F'n thing anyways...

    can't spell legend without LD...
     
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  5. mbar

    mbar Member+

    Apr 30, 1999
    Los Angeles, CA
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    What a wimp. He is not that old and has so much left to offer the game and he's quitting?

    Frankly, I think it is a pathetic decision and the timing after missing out on Brazil makes it look like he is taking his ball and going home.

    I know you will all disagree with me but that is my immediate reaction. Of course it is his choice when to stop playing.
     
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  6. Statman

    Statman Member+

    May 25, 2006
    Los Angeles
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    I have to agree with this as well. We could use his services beyond this season.

    If he wants to quit, then all the best for him in the future, but for me this reeks of him making noise because he was left off the squad for Brazil.
     
  7. jmaestro

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    Mar 27, 2008
    Bakersfield
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    Los Angeles Galaxy
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    United States
    I predicted this way back after he came back from his break. Said he'd go until the WC, and then retire. His heart is not in the grind anymore, hasn't been for a while. He does his own thing, marches to his own drum, and he doesn't care enough what people think to let it stop him. He's going to go do something different with his life and he's been thinking about it and wanting to do it for years. He's just not a "play until my legs fall off" guy like Keane.

    Personally, I would have liked to see his career, overall, take a different trajectory. But as a personal choice, I have nothing to say. He owes no one anything.
     
  8. esco300

    esco300 Member+

    May 8, 2011
    Seattle
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    This breaks my heart, but Donovan has earn the right to retire if he likes, the greatest American ever, he has nothing to prove now. We will never witness a player like him again in decades.......
     
  9. Dawdler

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    Apr 2, 2005
    Los Angeles,CA
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    I wouldn't say he is a wimp, he's lost passion for the game he used to love and it seems like he has decided to look for another passion while he still can.

    I can't fault him for that he is human and all of us have lost passion for what we have loved at one time or another.

    as a Galaxy fan I'm sad that he is hanging it up but he did give us a lot of joyous moments and as a person I want the very best for Landon.
     
  10. JBZTV

    JBZTV Member+

    May 10, 2009
    Well...shit.
     
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  11. barroldinho

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  12. Statman

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    May 25, 2006
    Los Angeles
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    I hope he will be happy with whatever he is doing after he retires.

    To me, he will still be the best USMNT and MLS player of all time.
     
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  13. forie

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    Sep 14, 2007
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    497434589993115648 is not a valid tweet id
     
  14. Beirut

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    Feb 3, 2010
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    Ruined my day. Worst news in Galaxy history?
     
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  15. jmaestro

    jmaestro Member+

    Mar 27, 2008
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    I'm pretty sure the plan was the Klesjtan loan for this season, then he takes the DP slot next year. Then Klestjan fell through and we're just here with the retirement.
     
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  16. klpv82

    klpv82 Member+

    Mar 8, 2011
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    The Kljestan deal fell through. I think it was meant to soften the blow of LD's retirement.
     
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  17. JBZTV

    JBZTV Member+

    May 10, 2009
    This is just how you manage a big news story. Leak it to a favored reporter/outlet/business partner (ESPN), release a statement, have a press conference a couple hours later to go in depth.

    Sasha would have been the next day or 2 later, after he was able to get over here.
     
  18. MPNumber9

    MPNumber9 Member+

    Oct 10, 2010
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    Los Angeles Galaxy
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    United States
    Welp, my day's shot.

    Waiting for BS to crash any minute now...
     
  19. barroldinho

    barroldinho Member+

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    Aug 13, 2007
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    Kljestan for LD? When did AEG sell to Robert Kraft?
     
  20. profiled

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    The team now has to do something big time for next year, so at least there's that.
     
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  21. barroldinho

    barroldinho Member+

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    Aug 13, 2007
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    Based on our recent activity, I won't hold my breath.
     
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  22. galaxydeadhead

    Feb 4, 2008
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  23. TrickHog

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    Oct 14, 2002
    Los Angeles, CA
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    Well.... Shit.
     
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