Landon Donovan

And she said to me, of course you have to.

That is the best thing for the team.

We do whatever this crest needs.

We do whatever this team needs.

It's the culture piece, Landon.

It's like, yeah, we talk about like, what do we want to keep hold of?

And one of the things we always talk about is like those values that are just that are in our walls that have been passed on from generation.

We want to make sure we maintain those like and they sit above almost like your own individual desires.

Like we do whatever's best for the crest that always comes of the highest order.

Yeah, I mean, first off, Lindsay's an incredible human being.

And all the things that she does to uphold a standard for the crest is, you know, she absolutely doesn't get the credit she deserves for that.

And as you both know, you need cultural architects.

You need glues in teams that help bind.

And she is without question that, as well as a leader and a competitor in her own right.

Naturally, you know, players progress in their career and they reach, you know, the last phase of their career.

And

What I've learned is you've just got to be honest.

You've got to be honest at every juncture.

So if it requires me sitting down with Lindsay, as I have done, and said, look, if we get to the World Cup next year and Claire Hutton has played four games in preparation for this, I've fouled in my job.

You've got close to 100.