GALAXY: Donovan continues to shine brighter

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GALAXY's Donovan on a roll, again awarded MLS Player of the Week
Published 4/28/2008 by Mr. Adventure at San Diego MLS Project
In this weekend's first edition of the 2008 SuperClasico, Landon Donovan scored three goals and assisted on another, as the LA Galaxy won in emphatic 5-2 fashion against their Home Depot Center rivals Chivas USA.  The hat trick by Donovan brought his goal-scoring total for the season to eight, enough reason certainly for the North American Soccer Reporters to once again award him MLS Player of the Week... 2008 Player of the Week Winners Week 1: Terry Cooke (Colorado Rapids) Week 2: David Beckham (Los Angeles Galaxy) Week 3: Guillermo Barros Schelotto ...

Donovan continues to shine brighter
Published 4/28/2008 by Ric at The World's Beautiful Game
Greg Daurio has written a great piece for MLSNet on Landon Donovan, who was just awarded today the MLS Player of the week for the second consecutive week… I’d like to share some  of Greg’s words with you here (he wrote this before today’s announcement).  The full article is linked at the bottom… “Landon Donovan scored three goals and assisted on another, as the Los Angeles Galaxy won in emphatic 5-2 fashion against their Home Depot Center rivals Chivas USA.” “Donovan is far and away now the leading scorer in MLS, having found the back of the net eight times already in just the first five games. ...

More on Landon Donovan's sizzling streak
Published 4/29/2008 by Mr. Adventure at MLS Expansion And Development
... for a second time at 2-2, then set up Donovan for his third goal and the Galaxy's fourth. "It was a great play," said Donovan. "He's played well in the times he's played. He wants to score so getting (Gordon's first) goal was big." Before the season ever began, many people felt the Galaxy attack would be among the most potent in the league. On Saturday against Chivas USA, they showed it indeed might be something to be reckoned with as the season progresses. ( ...