LOS ANGELES – When Landon Donovan first heard that next year's MLS All-Star Game presented by Target would match Major League Soccer's finest against Liga MX's, his initial thought was “we've certainly done that before, haven't we?”
Well, no, we haven't.
“And then I thought, 'Well, why the hell haven't we ever done this?'” Donovan said following the announcement Wednesday morning at Banc of California Stadium. “It just makes too much sense.”
Donovan was MVP of two very different All-Star Games — doffing his jersey to reveal a sports bra, in tribute to Brandi Chastain, in 2001's 6-6 exhibition in San Jose and a hotly contested 2-1 triumph over Bayern Munich in Portland five years ago — and this is one he wishes he could play.