In only their second consecutive year in League One, it was a very promising season nonetheless. Despite taking a dream lead within seconds at Wembley through an own goal, they succumbed to a resurgent Blackpool side. They finished fifth in the League One table on 77 points and then beat Sunderland in the play off semi final. Lincoln City however are a club on the way up although they narrowly failed to win promotion this year, losing a play-off at Wembley to Blackpool by 2-1. PROST AMERIKA INTERVIEWS LANDON DONOVAN IN 2017 He has been ‘living that dream’ for a couple of years now in his adopted home city, but that is within a system with minimal opportunities for promotion, as MLS is a closed league that you have to buy your way into, like most US sports.
“I liked being able to impact all the different part of a team, an organisation and a club,” he told Prost Amerika in his San Diego office.” He moved from LA to front the attempt to bring MLS to San Diego and although that fell through, he liked the city enough to stay and become part of the new USL start up.ĭonovan once told Prost Amerika in an interview that his boyhood ambition was not to be a player but an owner. “We are not there to Americanise Lincoln City FC”ĭonovan is currently the Vice-President of Soccer Operations/ Manager for USL Championship side San Diego Loyal, a club situated in one of the USA’s most fervent soccer markets yet to have a MLS side. The creative midfielder had two brief loan spells with Everton in 20. He made 157 appearances for his country scoring 57 goals, a record he now shares with Clint Dempsey. Donovan won six MLS Cups, two with San Jose Earthquakes before winning a further four with a Los Angeles Galaxy side that included the likes of David Beckham and Robbie Keane. League One side Lincoln City are to add an illustrious name to their efforts to gain promotion to the Championship next year.įormer US international Landon Donovan is to join the Imps as a Strategic Advisor as part of a major restructuring involving minority owners of the baseball franchise San Diego Padres.Īs a player.
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