As much as I hate to, I have to give Donovan his due. All the hype about Beckham flying to England for the Germany game and flying back to face Chivas hasn't mentioned Donovan will be doing the same. I find that interesting given the fact that Donovan will go a full 90 and Beckham won't. According to ussoccer.com Donovan looks to take over the record books:
"The stat book is running out of room for the records set by the 25-year-old two-time U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year as he continues to cement his place in the history books. Already the USA’s all-time leader in assists (26), his game-tying goal in the Gold Cup final against Mexico put him tied for first place for three separate records. In addition to tying Eric Wynalda for most goals ever (34) for the national team, he has equaled the mark for most goals in a single year (9) set by Wynalda in 1996, and most points in a year along (21), sharing the record with Cobi Jones. The USA’s all-time capwinner with 164 appearances, Jones recorded six goals and nine assists in 2000."
U.S. MNT Roster-By-Position
GOALKEEPERS (2): Marcus Hahnemann (Reading FC), Tim Howard (Everton FC)
DEFENDERS (6): Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
MIDFIELDERS (6): DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Bobby Convey (Reading FC), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Benny Feilhaber (Derby County), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids)
FORWARDS (5): Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Kamani Hill (VfL Wolfsburg), Sal Zizzo (Hannover 96)
Sweden Roster vs. USA
GOALKEEPERS (2): Rami Shaaban (Fredrikstad FK)*, Johan Wiland (IF Elfsborg)
DEFENDERS (6): Matias Concha (VfL Bochum), Erik Edman (Stade Rennais FC)*, Petter Hansson (Stade Rennais FC)*, Daniel Majstorovic (FC Basel), Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa)*, Mikael Nilsson (Panathanaikos)*
MIDFIELDERS (9): Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Göteborg)*, Daniel Andersson (Malmö FF)*, Kennedy Bakircioglü (Ajax Amsterdam), Dusan Djuric (Halmstads BK), Samuel Holmén (IF Elfsborg), Kim Källström (Lyon)*, Tobias Linderoth (Galatasary)*, Fredrik Ljungberg (West Ham United)*, Christian Wilhelmsson (Bolton FC)*
FORWARDS (5): Marcus Allbäck (FC Copenhagen)*, Johan Elmander (Tolouse)*, Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan)*, Rade Prica (Aalborg BK), Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen)*
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