Landon Donovan Interview

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Grant interviews USMNT legend Landon Donovan about a number of topics, including his decision as San Diego Loyal coach to take his team off the field in a game it was leading after one of his players was abused with a homophobic slur; what he learned as a manager during his first season; and his thoughts on the LA Galaxy, USMNT and the passing of Diego Maradona. This episode of Fútbol with Grant Wahl is brought to you by Fanatiz. On Fanatiz, you can watch all the action in Spain’s La Liga and other international leagues and tournaments live and on-demand from your mobile phone, tablet or directly on your TV with the Fanatiz app. Fanatiz features channels you know, like BeIN Sports in English and Spanish, GolTV and many more. And it only costs $7.99 a month. If you’d like to try Fanatiz for yourself, you can get a free week-long trial by going to fntz.co/Grant-FZ. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to football with Grant Wall. Thanks so much for joining me.
0:10.8	Today's interview guest is Landon Donovan. We've had some great
0:14.8	guests lately including Ted Lasso's Jason Sudacus and Brendan Hunt, Kate Abdo, and
0:20.8	Jesse Marsh along with many others. So check those interviews out. though and
0:25.0	just a jessie marsh along with many others so check those interviews out it would be huge for this podcast growth if you could subscribe
0:28.6	recommend us to your friends and take just a little time to rate and review us in Apple Podcasts.
0:34.6	Now, here's my interview with Landon Donovan.
0:39.0	Our guest now is the first two-time guest
0:42.2	on Football with Grant Wall, which I'm sure he'll rank at the very top of his career achievements list.
0:48.0	Landon Donovan is the manager, executive vice president of soccer operations,
0:53.1	and part owner of San Diego loyal
0:55.5	in the USL championship.
0:57.8	Landin, thanks for coming back on the show.
0:59.8	When I started my career,
1:01.0	I think this was the achievement I most most wanted is a two time member of your
1:07.0	show. There you go we'll put that on our advertisements. Yeah.
1:13.0	Lots to talk about here, but I want to dive right in.
1:17.8	You recently finished your first season as a manager and you were fighting for a playoff spot and you were leading a big game against Phoenix and one of your players Colin Martin who's gay was targeted with a homophobic slur by a Phoenix player.
1:34.0	You pulled your team off the field at halftime and ended up forfeiting the game and
1:38.4	missing the playoffs.
1:40.6	What stands out the most to you now a few weeks later about what you decided to do and the reaction to it?
1:48.0	Well, probably the reaction to it stands out.
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