While the team has the afternoon off, your MNT bloggers are hard at work digging up the fountain of information that you have come to know and (hopefully) appreciate. One of the first things we look at in getting ready for a game is who on a roster has experience against an opponent. Games played, goals scored, club teammates, etc., etc. There are a few players on this roster with history against Cuba, but only one has made history. On July 19, 2003, Landon Donovan became the fourth player in U.S. history to score four goals in a game when he led the U.S. to a 5-0 victory against Cuba in the quarterfinals of the 2003 Gold Cup. The U.S. lost in the semifinals to Brazil - couple guys named Kaka and Diego scoring the goals - and eventually finished in the third place.
But we digress. LD is one of four players to score four for the U.S. - name the other three.
And keep an eye out for a video on Landon's performance that day ...
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Yes but how many of those four goals were PKs? LD takes a lot of those and he takes too long doing them, too.
1. Aldo Donelli May 27, 1934 vs. Mexico
2. Al Zerhusen August 29, 1959 vs. Haiti
3. Joe-Max Moore December 5, 1993 vs. El Salvador
Joe-Max Moore scored 4 in 1993 (against El Salvador), Aldo "Buff" Donelli scored four in 1934, and Archie Stark scored four in 1925.
Stark scored 5 in 1925. I'm pretty sure he holds the record for most goals scored in a single game in USMNT history.
And none of Donovan's goals that day were PKs.
When will people get over their "Landon Hate??" I've officially grown tired of it.
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