Soccer legend Landon Donovan, who led the Earthquakes to the one two MLS Cup titles of their historical past, may very well be returning to San Jose.
The 40-year-old Donovan is without doubt one of the finalists to grow to be the Earthquakes coach, based on an ESPN report Monday.
He's certainly one of 5 candidates remaining because the group enters its ultimate part of changing five-year coach Matias Almeyda, who was relieved of his duties three months in the past. ESPN reported San Jose’s interim coach Alex Covelo can be amongst these being thought-about.
Donovan has been teaching the previous three years within the USL Championship, a second division league that features the Oakland Roots. He's the coach of the San Diego Loyal, which is in third place. Donovan additionally doubles because the group’s co-owner and govt vice chairman of operations.
San Jose is at present in final place within the 14-team Western Convention, a far cry from the state of affairs when Donovan was taking part in with the Earthquakes 18 years in the past.
Donovan’s four-year keep in San Jose produced MLS Cups in each 2001 and 2003 because the Ontario, Calif. native was a three-time All-Star.
Arguably the best males’s soccer participant in U.S. historical past, Donovan additionally performed 16 years for the U.S. males’s nationwide group and he nonetheless holds information for many objectives (57) and assists (58). Donovan retired from the MLS in 2018 as its all-time chief in objectives (144), assists (136) and playoff objectives (25). Mockingly, Donovan’s objectives document was damaged by lately retired Earthquakes star Chris Wondolowski.