Landon Donovan
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So now the universities have to kind of, or the NCAA has to kind of go back and go, no, no, no. You have to, you've got to play out a certain amount of years before you can opt out of a contract, right? Like if they're going to treat these kids like pros, they got to treat them like pros. So anyway, fun weekend.
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Yeah, look, we hope. We hope that there's a lot of attention being paid by the U.S. Men's National Team staff to MLSers who aren't necessarily at the front of mind. So what am I trying to say there? I'm trying to say U.S. soccer in general, American soccer, is lazy when it comes to... identifying talent, right?
Yeah, look, we hope. We hope that there's a lot of attention being paid by the U.S. Men's National Team staff to MLSers who aren't necessarily at the front of mind. So what am I trying to say there? I'm trying to say U.S. soccer in general, American soccer, is lazy when it comes to... identifying talent, right?
Yeah, look, we hope. We hope that there's a lot of attention being paid by the U.S. Men's National Team staff to MLSers who aren't necessarily at the front of mind. So what am I trying to say there? I'm trying to say U.S. soccer in general, American soccer, is lazy when it comes to... identifying talent, right?
We just take the people who are on the top of the list and then we forget about everybody else. So Brian, you know, Brian White, hats off to him. He is, he and Vancouver, by the way, I hold my hand up. I'll always tell you when I get it wrong. I got it wrong. I mean, you did too. I won't throw it on the bus quite yet, but. We got it wrong. We got it wrong.
We just take the people who are on the top of the list and then we forget about everybody else. So Brian, you know, Brian White, hats off to him. He is, he and Vancouver, by the way, I hold my hand up. I'll always tell you when I get it wrong. I got it wrong. I mean, you did too. I won't throw it on the bus quite yet, but. We got it wrong. We got it wrong.
We just take the people who are on the top of the list and then we forget about everybody else. So Brian, you know, Brian White, hats off to him. He is, he and Vancouver, by the way, I hold my hand up. I'll always tell you when I get it wrong. I got it wrong. I mean, you did too. I won't throw it on the bus quite yet, but. We got it wrong. We got it wrong.
I thought Vancouver, given all the, you know, how they finished last season and the turnover, I thought, I'm not really sure about this team. Hats off to them for having a good offseason and a fine start to the regular season. Again, they do it quietly. They're up there. That's right. Up in Canada, people seem to forget about them.
I thought Vancouver, given all the, you know, how they finished last season and the turnover, I thought, I'm not really sure about this team. Hats off to them for having a good offseason and a fine start to the regular season. Again, they do it quietly. They're up there. That's right. Up in Canada, people seem to forget about them.
I thought Vancouver, given all the, you know, how they finished last season and the turnover, I thought, I'm not really sure about this team. Hats off to them for having a good offseason and a fine start to the regular season. Again, they do it quietly. They're up there. That's right. Up in Canada, people seem to forget about them.
By the way, the best, one of the best cities in North America, easily, easily. And so, look, they're doing the business. And as you said, four goals is, yeah, to your main point, four goals is special because, like, sometimes you don't even get four chances in a game, right? So you've got... Maybe as a team, you don't get four chances like that, right?
By the way, the best, one of the best cities in North America, easily, easily. And so, look, they're doing the business. And as you said, four goals is, yeah, to your main point, four goals is special because, like, sometimes you don't even get four chances in a game, right? So you've got... Maybe as a team, you don't get four chances like that, right?
By the way, the best, one of the best cities in North America, easily, easily. And so, look, they're doing the business. And as you said, four goals is, yeah, to your main point, four goals is special because, like, sometimes you don't even get four chances in a game, right? So you've got... Maybe as a team, you don't get four chances like that, right?
So your percentage has to be really high on that day. So hopefully, if he continues to do the business, should he have an opportunity to go to the Gold Cup? Absolutely. We are not a country, as you and I continually talk about, we are not a country who produce goal scores, natural goal scores. So if there's somebody who's firing him in, absolutely, he should be in contention for the Gold Cup squad.