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Friday, March 25, 2005
Soccer: Landon Donovan coming home?
Multiple sources say the US MNT star is heading to the Galaxy, just two months into his second stint with German giants Bayer Leverkusen. Apparently Leverkusen have decided that Donovan doesn't fit into their system. How they can make such a diagnosis after refusing to give him any real playing time is beyond me.
I'm not sure this is a great move for Donovan, but sure is for the Galaxy, and thats a-ok with me.
UPDATE: Former Galaxy defender Greg Vanney is back stateside as well, having signed with Dallas. It always confused me as to why he and Wade Barrett (also returning to the MLS, with San Jose) decided to leave MLS in the first place. They jumped the pond into relatively minor European leagues (French Ligue 1 and the Danish SuperLigaen respectively - the latter is a step-down from MLS in terms of quality) where they still struggled to find everyday places with their clubs. In the process they jumped themselves right out of Bruce Arena’s national team player pool, stunting a burgeoning international career in the case of Barrett. Now they come crawling back looking to resurrect their careers.
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