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New Season Opens With Last Chances

25 March 2010

The American league opens its 2010 season today under more pressure than anytime in recent history. Beyond making a good first impression on coaches and fans, some of the league's best players are faced with last chance impressions. 30-man preliminary rosters for South Africa are due May 11, and America's best domestic players have barely more than a month to stake their claim. While the likes of Landon Donovan, last year's most valuable player, is a lock to make the trip, other great players can seize the moment to help their cause with stellar starts to the season. Making the playoffs o ...

Live With Landon - The Video

09 December 2009

Last Friday Landon Donovan sat down with ESPN's Rob Stone at Niketown NY to discuss the draw with Clint Dempsey, Robbie Rogers, and Jonathan Bornstein, who were streamed in live through Facebook from their various global positions. Kobe Bryant made a special appearance and we hit the streets ...

Landon Laces Up

07 December 2009

On Friday afternoon at Niketown NY Landon Donovan debuted his (NIKE)RED laces and took time away from discussing the draw in South Africa to help raise awareness for Lace Up Save Lives. Donovan was in New York for Live With Landon, an event featuring Landon and teammates discussing the USM ...

Live With Landon

02 December 2009

We've been telling you about the live streaming event that is going down on Facebook.com/nikesoccer at 4pm on Friday after the draw for South Africa is announced, but we've yet to announce the participants. Until now. While Landon will be on set at Niketown NY this Friday, his USMNT teamma ...

Respect Is Not Enough

14 October 2009

Three years of preparation. 17 months of qualifying. Four weeks. 32 teams. One champion. Next summer the world descends upon South Africa. With a 72nd-minute goal from Michael Bradley and a last-minute header from Jonathan Bornstein, the USMNT came from 2 goals down to tie Costa Rica at Wa ...

A Golden Start

06 July 2009

The MNT knows how to start a Gold Cup. For the tenth consecutive time since the Gold Cup began, the MNT opened up group play with a win, handling Grenada 4-0. Most of the vets coming back from South Africa are having a rest this tourney, but the younger talent that Coach Bradley has chose ...