The best player in Major League Soccer history donned a playing jersey for the first time in nearly two years last weekend. And after a short seven-minute spell on the field left him just shy of exhaustion, LA Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan commented that in his return from retirement, perhaps his most notable contribution would come as a locker-room mentor.
We knew better.
In the second match of his comeback tour, Donovan supplied the game-tying goal in the Galaxy’s 2-2 draw against Sporting Kansas City on Sunday afternoon at Children’s Mercy Park.
The 145th goal of Donovan’s career came off his left foot, a line drive to the far side of the net in the 76th minute that will provide playoff implications — maybe more so for Sporting KC.