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Yeah, but I think he did score an important goal
or two (at least one, anyway).
As for Charles' decisions - leave it alone.
I would much rather a youth coach take it slow with a kid than rush him too
fast. If there is a possibility that the Landon we saw in Korea was even
a scintilla better than he would have been had he been rushed forward (wasn't
he 18 at the time?) then I am fine with it. Sure, maybe we didn't do as
well as we might have in Sydney, but having Landon at his best is what is
important.
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In a message dated 12/30/2003 8:19:18 PM Eastern Standard
Time, big_dog@fastmail.fm writes:
Donovan was a key member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team that
> exceeded expectations and advanced to the medal round and a
record
> fourth-place finish in Sydney.
This was the team Clive
Charles coached is it not? The same coach that had Connor Casey start a lot
or most of those games right?
That was the same coach who did not
think Donovan was a key member of that 2000 US Olympic team. He did not
start a lot of games if I remember right. When Donovan did get into a game
he played him as a wing mid. I remember that at that time Donovan did not
really know how to play the wing mid, and got lost in some of the games that
he played in.
Am I wrong about this my memory is very bad, but I
can't help remembering that Charles did not have much confidence in Donovan
at that time. So Donovan playing time was very limited, and he was not a key
member of the 2000 olympic team.
Richie