USMNT: Landon Donovan and his100th cap

MVNsoccer posted 6/8/2008 from web.mlsnet.com [flag]

( from MLSNet.com) It was the perfect scenario for Landon Donovan. --- The all-time leading scorer in U.S. history was set to earn his 100th cap at Wembley Stadium against England. --- Then a groin strain sidelined him from not only that match, but the USMNT's next highly anticipated match, as well -- at Spain on Wednesday... [link]

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Landon’s Century — Donovan expecting to follow in Beckham’s footsteps Sunday
Published 6/8/2008 by Ric at The World's Beautiful Game
Landon Donovan has been deemed fit and ready go for Sunday’s USA international friendly versus Argentina at Giants Stadium (7:30 pm EDT). The match will be the first for Donovan in a couple of weeks, and assuming he does play, it will mark his 100th USMNT appearance. His LA Galaxy teammate David Beckham just recently attained this rare summit himself; he received his honorary century cap from Sir Bobby Charlton in a ceremony just prior to the USA v ENGLAND friendly at Wembley 10 days ago (he has now played 102 matches for England). Donovan did not play at Wembley; it was the first of the two international matches he missed due to a groin ...

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