On Landon Donovan

My affinity toward Landon Donovan is remarkably simple: He's about my height and about my age. It's enough to create a bond in my brain.

I suppose if I grew up in Europe the success he's found in athletics despite his small stature might not surprise me quite so. But I didn't, so it does. The kids born across the pond in the early 1980s had little guys such as Baggio (five-nine) and Scholes (five-seven) to adore after Johan Cruyff (five-eleven) led the way, but American sporting heroes of the 1990s were larger than life and simply huge.

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The Run of Play - Soccer in Style @ Sep 22, 2011 11:50 AM EDT | Blog Profile