Recent San Bernardino County Sun Articles
Donovan Earns 3rd POY Award
by Damian Secore (Profile/Interview | San Bernardino County Sun - November 19)
It's another November and the talking points at the Beverly Hilton are about the same old things as it pertains to Redlands native Landon Donovan. Another Honda Player of the Year award is in his grasp, even if his club future is anything but. more details | go to article

A World Away
by Paul Oberjuerge (Profile/Interview | San Bernardino County Sun - November 24)
After a four-year reprieve with the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer, Landon Donovan on Tuesday said he will return to Germany in January to rejoin Bayer Leverkusen, the club team that signed him as a junior out of Redlands East Valley High School in 1999. more details | go to article

Donovan's Run
by Paul Oberjuerge (Profile/Interview | San Bernardino County Sun - March 20)
And for his next trick, Landon Donovan attempts to become an international star, lead the U.S. national team back to the World Cup and, oh, yes, live up to his "face of American soccer' reputation. He wouldn't put it quite that baldly, but that is the agenda that U.S. soccer, media, fans and probably even Donovan himself now are working from. more details | go to article

Not Only Fútbol At Play For Two Matches
by Guy McCarthy (Preview | San Bernardino County Sun - March 20)
Two cross-border sporting events in the next two weeks are about to go off like red-white-and-blue piñatas packed with tequila, maracas and red-hot flares. Regardless of the final scores, organizers hope these two ftbol games will captivate millions of people in the United States and Mexico whether they care about soccer or not. more details | go to article

U.S. Soccer Headed For Hostile Azteca Stadium
by Guy McCarthy (Preview | San Bernardino County Sun - March 20)
When Redlands native Landon Donovan takes the field in Mexico City as captain of U.S. soccer against El Tricolores on March 27, he will stand on a stage that has witnessed some of the most dramatic moments in world soccer history. more details | go to article

It's A Real Jungle Out There
by Paul Oberjuerge (Preview | San Bernardino County Sun - March 25)
Strangest thing. In one tank of gas, we went from semi-arid Culiacan to swampy Nayarit state. The hint of blast furnace was replaced by amped-up sauna, complete with chirping tropical birds, palm trees and mangroves. more details | go to article

Best Laid Plans ... Scrapped
by Paul Oberjuerge (Preview | San Bernardino County Sun - March 23)
First admission: You simply cannot drive from Tijuana to Hermosillo, deep in Sonora state, in less than 11 hours. To think otherwise is First World arrogance of the first order. You do not just turn up at the Tijuana airport, get your documents in 10 minutes, you car in 10 more and hop on the autobahn for an effortless drive among luxury sedans. more details | go to article

Calm Before The Storm
by Paul Oberjuerge (Preview | San Bernardino County Sun - March 26)
As a half-dozen brass bands tooted and blatted for thousands of smiling and dancing citizens in the San Blas plaza late into Thursday night, it was hard to imagine Mexicans capable of animosity toward anyone or anything. more details | go to article

Donovan Would Like A Move To L.A.
by Paul Oberjuerge (Profile/Interview | San Bernardino County Sun - March 27)
Landon Donovan confirmed Saturday he would prefer to leave Germany and join the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. "That would be so great if it could happen,' the U.S. international soccer star said at the team hotel on the eve of today's World Cup qualifying match vs. Mexico. more details | go to article

U.S., Mexico Battling For Pride
by Damian Secore (Result | San Bernardino County Sun - March 27)
Today's installment of the United States vs. Mexico rivalry probably isn't as much about points as it is about capturing, or recapturing, pride. No matter the outcome of the 10 a.m. World Cup qualifier at Estadio Azteca, both teams have so much more talent, experience and chemistry than the rest of CONCACAF that it would be a shock if neither advanced to Germany 2006. more details | go to article

Destination Achieved And Ready For Kickoff
by Paul Oberjuerge (Preview | San Bernardino County Sun - March 27)
We needed all 150-or-so cubic inches of raw muscle from our "hecho en Mexico" Chevrolet Chevy to sputter over the last peak, a full 10,000 feet above sea level. And there before us, in a giant bowl as brown and opaque as bean soup, sat Mexico City. Sprawling home to more than 18 million people- as well as today's highly anticipated (here, anyway) World Cup qualifying match between soccer arch-rivals Mexico and the United States. more details | go to article

Chivas USA Suits Perez
by Damian Secore (Profile/Interview | San Bernardino County Sun - April 30)
Each day Orlando Perez dons the red-and-white striped Chivas USA shirt, he knows he is as close to living the family dream as he can be. Literally and figuratively, however, this is not his father's Chivas. more details | go to article

Donovan, U.S. Await England
by Damian Secore (Profile/Interview | San Bernardino County Sun - May 27)
If there is one thing that peeves Landon Donovan about the U.S. national team, it is that not all of his fellow teammates have a toughened mentality of a side ranked No. 10 in the FIFA world rankings. Regardless of whether the United States deserves such lofty distinction, Donovan insists it carries itself in such a manner on the pitch. more details | go to article

Arena Counts On Big Two
by Paul Oberjuerge (Article | San Bernardino County Sun - June 5)
In a span of 30 minutes of the second half of the U.S. national team's game with Costa Rica on Saturday, one fact became abundantly clear. The Yanks are OK if, and only if, Landon Donovan and Kasey Keller are on the pitch. more details | go to article

Chivas Finally Breaks Through
by Larry Morgan (Result | San Bernardino County Sun - June 9)
CARSON - Chivas USA's Ante Razov, playing some of the best soccer of his career, was inspired to even greater heights Thursday night against the Galaxy. more details | go to article

Popular San Bernardino County Sun Articles
Not Only Fútbol At Play For Two Matches
by Guy McCarthy (Preview | San Bernardino County Sun - March 20)
Two cross-border sporting events in the next two weeks are about to go off like red-white-and-blue piñatas packed with tequila, maracas and red-hot flares. Regardless of the final scores, organizers hope these two ftbol games will captivate millions of people in the United States and Mexico whether they care about soccer or not. more details | go to article


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