Landon Donovan
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United StatesCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Landon Timothy Donovan is an American former professional soccer player and coach who played as a winger or forward. He most recently was the interim head coach of San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Widely regarded as one of the greatest American players in history and as the greatest U.S. men's national team player of all time, Donovan was the all-time top assist provider in international football (58) until 2023 and is tied with Clint Dempsey for the most international goals scored by a male U.S. player (57). Donovan won a record six MLS Cups and is the league's all-time assists leader with 136. The Major League Soccer MVP Award has been renamed the Landon Donovan MVP Award in his honor. — Wikipedia
identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-08-24
In the line-ups
21 appearances in recorded line-ups · 2002–2013The archive holds 21 team sheets naming Landon Donovan in United States's starting line-up, from 2002-02-02 to 2013-07-28.
21 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
A different player of the same name scored for United States (9 goals, 2000–2007) — Donovan · United States
International goals in our archive
38 goals across 31 scoring matches · 4 tournaments · 2002–2013| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-10 |  Mexico | W2–0(h) | 78' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Columbus |
| 2013-07-24 |  Honduras | W3–1(h) | 27' 53' | Gold Cup | Arlington |
| 2013-07-21 |  El Salvador | W5–1(h) | 78' | Gold Cup | Baltimore |
| 2013-07-13 |  Cuba | W4–1(h) | 45' (pen) | Gold Cup | Sandy |
| 2013-07-09 |  Belize | W6–1(h) | 76' (pen) | Gold Cup | Portland |
| 2011-06-25 | Mexico | L2–4(h) | 23' | Gold Cup | Pasadena |
| 2010-06-26 |  Ghana | L1–2(n) | 62' (pen) | FIFA World Cup | Rustenburg |
| 2010-06-23 |  Algeria | W1–0(n) | 90' | FIFA World Cup | Pretoria |
| 2010-06-18 |  Slovenia | D2–2(n) | 48' | FIFA World Cup | Johannesburg |
| 2009-10-10 | Honduras | W3–2(a) | 71' | FIFA World Cup qualification | San Pedro Sula |
| 2009-06-28 |  Brazil | L2–3(n) | 27' | Confederations Cup | Johannesburg |
| 2009-06-15 |  Italy | L1–3(n) | 41' (pen) | Confederations Cup | Pretoria |
| 2009-06-06 | Honduras | W2–1(h) | 43' (pen) | FIFA World Cup qualification | Chicago |
| 2009-06-03 |  Costa Rica | L1–3(a) | 90' (pen) | FIFA World Cup qualification | San José |
| 2008-10-11 | Cuba | W6–1(h) | 48' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Washington, D.C. |
| 2008-06-15 |  Barbados | W8–0(h) | 59' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Carson |
| 2007-06-24 | Mexico | W2–1(h) | 62' (pen) | Gold Cup | Chicago |
| 2007-06-21 |  Canada | W2–1(h) | 45' (pen) | Gold Cup | Chicago |
| 2007-06-16 |  Panama | W2–1(h) | 60' (pen) | Gold Cup | Foxborough |
| 2007-06-12 | El Salvador | W4–0(h) | 45' (pen) | Gold Cup | Foxborough |
| 2005-07-09 | Canada | W2–0(h) | 90' | Gold Cup | Seattle |
| 2005-07-07 | Cuba | W4–1(h) | 87' 90' | Gold Cup | Seattle |
| 2005-06-08 | Panama | W3–0(a) | 20' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Panama City |
| 2005-06-04 | Costa Rica | W3–0(h) | 6' 62' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Salt Lake City |
| 2004-10-13 | Panama | W6–0(h) | 21' 57' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Washington, D.C. |
Honours
14 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours14 | ||||
| MLS Cup | ×6 | 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014 | San Jose Earthquakes ·2, LA Galaxy ·4 | |
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | ×4 | 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013 | United States | |
| Supporters' Shield | ×2 | 2010, 2011 | LA Galaxy | |
| Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup | ×1 | 2005 | LA Galaxy | |
| Pacific Division Regular Season | ×1 | 2018–19 | San Diego Sockers | |
| Individual honours92 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 14 | ||||
| LA Galaxy Golden Boot | ×6 | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 | ||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup Top Scorer | ×3 | 2003, 2005, 2013 | ||
| MLS Top Assist Provider | ×3 | 2007, 2010, 2014 | ||
| MLS Golden Boot | 2008 | |||
| North American SuperLiga Top Scorer | 2007 | |||
| Player of the year · 12 | ||||
| Honda Player of the Year | ×7 | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 | ||
| LA Galaxy Player of the Year | ×4 | 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011 | ||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Ball | 1999 | |||
| Best young player · 1 | ||||
| FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award | 2002 | |||
| Teams of the season · 1 | ||||
| FIFA World Cup All-Star Team | 2002 | |||
| Monthly awards · 8 | ||||
| MLS Player of the Month | ×6 | 2003, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014 | ||
| Everton Player of the Month | ×2 | 2010, 2012 | ||
| More honours · 56 | ||||
| MLS All-Star | ×13 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 | ||
| MLS Best XI | ×7 | 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 | ||
| Best MLS Player ESPY Award | ×5 | 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 | ||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI | ×5 | 2002, 2003, 2005, 2013, 2007 | ||
| U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year | ×4 | 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010 | ||
| LA Galaxy Humanitarian of the Year | ×2 | 2007, 2008 | ||
| MLS All-Star Game MVP | ×2 | 2001, 2014 | ||
| MLS Cup MVP | ×2 | 2003, 2011 | ||
| Best Male Soccer Player ESPY Award | 2002 | |||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup Best Goal | 2011 | |||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup MVP | 2013 | |||
| CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship Best XI | 2004 | |||
| IFFHS Legends | ||||
| Major League Soccer MVP | 2009 | |||
| MLS 100 goals club | ||||
| 50 Club | ||||
| MLS All-Time Best XI | ||||
| MLS Goal of the Year | 2009 | |||
| MLS Greatest Player of All Time | ||||
| MLS Silver Boot | 2010 | |||
| National Soccer Hall of Fame | 2023 | |||
| Premios Univision Deportes Lifetime Achievement Award | 2014 | |||
| U.S. Soccer Young Athlete of the Year | 2000 | |||
| Walt Chyzowych Fund Distinguished Playing Career Award | 2017 | |||