Landon Donovan not on 23 man roster for World Cup?

[vividjohn45]

klinsmann clearly playing for 2018 which im fine with by the way. nice to see the young faces green yedlin johannson and brooks

Shutup

[thetrinity]

Shutup

i meant hes valuing youth over experience clown, you saw its not exactly world class talent if you watched 5 seconds of the game tonight

[packerd_00]

You need some players with World Cup experience,I would sooner have Donovan on my side if I were the American team. Its one thing to not have him start but to not have him on the roster at all,just doesnt make sense.

[Big Bear]

Nice win by USA tonight.

[bosigga]

If Klinsmann is really preparing for 2018 he should be fired. The World Cup is the destination, the Super Bowl..you call the best 23 players that give you a chance to win, you don't start preparing for 4 years from now.

He obvious doesn't like Landon but to not give him a spot is dumb. Can't use theMLS and age as excuse as there's guys his age and from MLS on team.

[thetrinity]

If Klinsmann is really preparing for 2018 he should be fired. The World Cup is the destination, the Super Bowl..you call the best 23 players that give you a chance to win, you don't start preparing for 4 years from now.

He obvious doesn't like Landon but to not give him a spot is dumb. Can't use theMLS and age as excuse as there's guys his age and from MLS on team.

he took a lot of younger guys in 2006, you could say he prefers raw talent, then of course the comeback is wondolowski is there. of course it was possible that some politics were involved with the younger guys, giving them spots in exchange for making sure they are playing here instead of their other parent's country. i have seen a lot of donovan should be there instead of green, zusi, etc, he was only competing with the forwards, so essentially they took dempsey altidore wondolowski and johannson ahead of him.

[whareouttogetme]

Farris M Darawsheh I just bought a Landon jersey ....

Ouch...

[Bill Dozer]

he took a lot of younger guys in 2006, you could say he prefers raw talent, then of course the comeback is wondolowski is there. of course it was possible that some politics were involved with the younger guys, giving them spots in exchange for making sure they are playing here instead of their other parent's country. i have seen a lot of donovan should be there instead of green, zusi, etc, he was only competing with the forwards, so essentially they took dempsey altidore wondolowski and johannson ahead of him.

I don't understand why JK penciled him in as forward only except if they are only playing a 4 2 3 1 in which case he would be on the wing. And then isn't Green always an inverted forward yet he is penciled in at mid? LD would have scored off those headers yesterday if not playng the first one on the ground.

[sergiudec]

Donovan clearly has power in the locker room, might be one of the reasons klinsmann decided to leave him out. competition.

[RubberKettle]

If Klinsmann is really preparing for 2018 he should be fired. The World Cup is the destination, the Super Bowl..you call the best 23 players that give you a chance to win, you don't start preparing for 4 years from now.

He obvious doesn't like Landon but to not give him a spot is dumb. Can't use theMLS and age as excuse as there's guys his age and from MLS on team.

Exactly, should be fired tomorrow if he's preparing for 2018.

I would of liked to see Donovan over Brad Evans, but Evans was alright last night. Donovan and Klinsman do not mesh and this has been obvious since early on. Donovan's not going and I'm over it. Good player, probably the best USA outfield player ever, but its time for someone else. Would rather have Julian Green in the squad than Donovan.

Only player I want to get the penetrate off the plane is Beasley. Guy peaked like 8 years ago, is only pace and little ball skills. He pisses me off to no end.