CARSON, Calif.
Robbie Keane scored a brilliant breakaway goal in the 111th minute, and Landon Donovan retired as a champion Sunday with the LA Galaxy’s 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution in the MLS Cup.
“Could I play longer physically? Yeah, probably,” Donovan said. “But this feels right to me. It’s always better to retire than get cut, and that’s what I’m doing.”
Gyasi Zardes scored in the 52nd minute as the Galaxy won their record fifth league title in the final game for Donovan, the MLS career scoring leader and most accomplished soccer player in U.S. history.
Donovan, Keane and the Galaxy have won three of the last four league championships, celebrating all three on their home field.
“We weren’t going into the game thinking about (Donovan),” Keane said. “(But) if we won a championship for him, no one deserves to go out on a high as much as he does.”
After Chris Tierney scored the tying goal in the 79th minute for New England, both teams had golden opportunities before
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