What A Terrible Weekend (And It’s Only Noon On Sunday)

Following an 8 hour bus ride to Pullman, WA and back, this is not what I wanted to come home to.

Landon Donovan is my least favorite player in the history of The Major League Soccer. And its not even close.

Growing up idolizing Barry Bonds probably did a lot to skew my view of “villains”. I always figured that the Giants weren’t paying him to be a nice guy, they were paying him to hit home runs. And as long as he did that, he was loved. Same goes with a guy like Carlos Ruiz. You don’t pay him to attend charity dinners and kiss babies foreheads, you pay him to score goals. But Landon is different.

Many Quakes fans will attribute their hatred to the infamous move to Leverkusen followed by his return to The MLS, and to the Galaxy. For me, this “backstabbing” was anything but. Donovan was ASSIGNED to the Quakes, and the rumor had always been that he would have rather been close to home, aka the Galaxy. So when he came back home, he did just that. Fine.

My problems with Lando Donrissian stem from his current stay in Los Angeles. Look no further than his goal celebration after his 3rd goal in the 90something minute to put LA up 5-2. Jumping around, screaming, the whole nine. Your team just won for the first time since the middle of JUNE, and that win put you even on points with an expansion team, and that team even has a game in hand.

But feel free to boast, Landon. You deserve it?

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