Donovan scored just seconds into his substitute appearance at Kansas City on Sunday -- and the Sounders are up next on L.A.'s schedule.
Landon Donovan returned to Major League Soccer a week-and-a-half ago, but not really, not entirely.
Playing for the Galaxy against Orlando City that weekend at the StubHub Center, the USMNT’s all-time leading scorer showed the wear of his year-and-a-half-long don’t-call-it-a-sabbatical. Donovan’s touch was heavy, his instincts a step slow. Maybe his decision to come out of retirement wasn’t such a good idea. Maybe it still isn’t.
But on Sunday at Sporting Kansas City, Donovan certainly had the look of man with enough still in the tank to at the very least influence this year’s MLS playoff push.