Landon Donovan (born March 4, 1982, in Ontario, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. He is the all-time leading scorer for the United States national team, and is the only five-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year award. The son of Timothy Donovan and Donna Kenney-Cash, Donovan grew up in Redlands, California, and attended Redlands East Valley High School.

As youth he was active in the gymnastics world and was invited to attend the olympic training workshop because of his all around skill in the sport. Donovan was a member of the inaugural class of the U.S. Soccer residency program in Bradenton, Florida with many current international teammates including Oguchi Onyewu, DaMarcus Beasley, and Bobby Convey. The U-17 team that was formed from that class competed at the 1999 U-17 World Championship, finishing in fourth-place with Donovan receiving the Golden Ball as the tournament's outstanding player.

Shortly after the tournament, Donovan signed a professional contract with German club Bayer Leverkusen, becoming the youngest American to sign with a foreign club.

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