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Stu Holden

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252 total appearances

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Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

He's grown into his body, but it is a little bit concerning and you hope that they handle this in the right way because he was in such great form. His fitness was off the charts. He was just, he's in that zone, you know, where you're just, you're playing game, playing game, you're feeling good. It's like the best feeling in the world. Nothing can go wrong.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

He's grown into his body, but it is a little bit concerning and you hope that they handle this in the right way because he was in such great form. His fitness was off the charts. He was just, he's in that zone, you know, where you're just, you're playing game, playing game, you're feeling good. It's like the best feeling in the world. Nothing can go wrong.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

And then now all of a sudden he's just picked up this little niggle. So I don't think this is like a huge thing. I just want to make sure that he gets this right and takes care of his body. And it's the hardest thing sometimes now to be like the advocate for your own body and knowing that like, you know, I'm tired because it's seen as, it's seen as a weakness, right?

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

And then now all of a sudden he's just picked up this little niggle. So I don't think this is like a huge thing. I just want to make sure that he gets this right and takes care of his body. And it's the hardest thing sometimes now to be like the advocate for your own body and knowing that like, you know, I'm tired because it's seen as, it's seen as a weakness, right?

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

And then now all of a sudden he's just picked up this little niggle. So I don't think this is like a huge thing. I just want to make sure that he gets this right and takes care of his body. And it's the hardest thing sometimes now to be like the advocate for your own body and knowing that like, you know, I'm tired because it's seen as, it's seen as a weakness, right?

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

I need to, I need to practice off. I'm, you know, I've got a little bit of a niggle. I've got a knock and it's, it's impossible to know like when that is coming and trying to avoid it if you can still play. So that's, that's what I'm a little bit worried about with Christian here.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

I need to, I need to practice off. I'm, you know, I've got a little bit of a niggle. I've got a knock and it's, it's impossible to know like when that is coming and trying to avoid it if you can still play. So that's, that's what I'm a little bit worried about with Christian here.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

I need to, I need to practice off. I'm, you know, I've got a little bit of a niggle. I've got a knock and it's, it's impossible to know like when that is coming and trying to avoid it if you can still play. So that's, that's what I'm a little bit worried about with Christian here.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

Yeah, I live that, by the way, just quickly. My first ACL tear... Was the gold cup final 2013. And then I, you know, I went back to Bolton after that and I'd rehabbed here for in the U S for, for four and a half, five months, got myself to a really good point where I felt like, you know, I'm, I'm good to go back. I'm going to be on this kind of path to getting back to playing.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

Yeah, I live that, by the way, just quickly. My first ACL tear... Was the gold cup final 2013. And then I, you know, I went back to Bolton after that and I'd rehabbed here for in the U S for, for four and a half, five months, got myself to a really good point where I felt like, you know, I'm, I'm good to go back. I'm going to be on this kind of path to getting back to playing.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

Yeah, I live that, by the way, just quickly. My first ACL tear... Was the gold cup final 2013. And then I, you know, I went back to Bolton after that and I'd rehabbed here for in the U S for, for four and a half, five months, got myself to a really good point where I felt like, you know, I'm, I'm good to go back. I'm going to be on this kind of path to getting back to playing.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

I went back and Bolton saw me and I, They were like, wow, I mean, you're flying. Your health, your strength is good. You look good. Your fitness is good. Let's run you through some tests. So I went through these tests and they're like, all right, we're going to get you back into practice in the next three weeks and we're going to put on this

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

I went back and Bolton saw me and I, They were like, wow, I mean, you're flying. Your health, your strength is good. You look good. Your fitness is good. Let's run you through some tests. So I went through these tests and they're like, all right, we're going to get you back into practice in the next three weeks and we're going to put on this

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

I went back and Bolton saw me and I, They were like, wow, I mean, you're flying. Your health, your strength is good. You look good. Your fitness is good. Let's run you through some tests. So I went through these tests and they're like, all right, we're going to get you back into practice in the next three weeks and we're going to put on this

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

uh this this this reserve game at the stadium and make it a big thing and it's going to be your comeback and in my head i was like wait that's not even six months since i tore my acl but then i started to believe myself and like convince myself but then it was also feeling the pressure of the world cup was three months away my coach was like we need you back in you know we're pushing to get promoted back to the premier league all this stuff i played my first

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

uh this this this reserve game at the stadium and make it a big thing and it's going to be your comeback and in my head i was like wait that's not even six months since i tore my acl but then i started to believe myself and like convince myself but then it was also feeling the pressure of the world cup was three months away my coach was like we need you back in you know we're pushing to get promoted back to the premier league all this stuff i played my first

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

uh this this this reserve game at the stadium and make it a big thing and it's going to be your comeback and in my head i was like wait that's not even six months since i tore my acl but then i started to believe myself and like convince myself but then it was also feeling the pressure of the world cup was three months away my coach was like we need you back in you know we're pushing to get promoted back to the premier league all this stuff i played my first

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

game back from that ACL, man. And I succumbed to that pressure, even though I probably was experienced enough. I just got emotionally invested in like, okay, I can do this. Like that's where I should be. 22nd minute against Everton reserves, bang, ACL goes again, you know? And that's me out for a year. And that was just like, that kind of was the beginning of the end.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

game back from that ACL, man. And I succumbed to that pressure, even though I probably was experienced enough. I just got emotionally invested in like, okay, I can do this. Like that's where I should be. 22nd minute against Everton reserves, bang, ACL goes again, you know? And that's me out for a year. And that was just like, that kind of was the beginning of the end.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
LA Galaxy Wins 6th MLS Cup, Pulisic Injured, and Chelsea's EPL Chase

game back from that ACL, man. And I succumbed to that pressure, even though I probably was experienced enough. I just got emotionally invested in like, okay, I can do this. Like that's where I should be. 22nd minute against Everton reserves, bang, ACL goes again, you know? And that's me out for a year. And that was just like, that kind of was the beginning of the end.