The great Landon Donovan, the catalyst to our last success in football - the much-coveted 2013 Gold Cup title that we all cherish - has come out firing again against the greatest United States person ever, Jurgen Klinsmann.
Donovan told Goal.com that Clint Dempsey should be on the national team for this critical World Cup matchup with two opponents - St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
"Only Jurgen really knows that or maybe Clint but if I’m the manager, I want Clint to be part of what we’re doing – period, end of story. Maybe if it’s a friendly game that’s different and you can start to look at other players but in a World Cup qualifier, there’s no room for error. This round of qualifying on paper isn’t as difficult as the final round of qualifying but there are only six games. If you throw away a game or two games you might not even advance to the next round.
"I didn’t agree with it. I think most of the U.S. soccer community didn’t agree with it. But it is what it is. Clint accepted it and did a good job at least publicly of dealing with it, but I would still want him on my team. If I’m a guy in that camp, I’m saying ‘I want Clint on this team.’"
Donovan also hinted that he has started playing some pickup games. Should he unretire? Should he try to become U.S. coach? Leave your comments below.
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