Landon Breaks the Record! Kind of. Maybe.

Landon Donovan officially broke Eric Wynalda’s record for US goals scored last night.

That is US Soccer’s story and they’re sticking to it.

Landon fired off a penalty in the 48th minute of the US’s 2-0 win over Sweden last night, a goal which brought him to a total of 35 international goals.

Or 34. Depending on who’s counting.

Seems FIFA doesn’t consider last January’s game against Denmark, in which Landon also scored a penalty, to have been a full international game. They claim that Denmark didn’t field their “A” side. No “A” side, no international status, no goal counting towards the US record.

The guys at US Soccer have protested the decision and sent FIFA copies of the game contract saying it was an international, and they are appealing to Denmark for support. Until they, they’re proceeding as if the Denmark game counted.

If the FIFA ruling is overturned, Congratulations Landon!!

If not… Well, at least he’s still only twenty-five, right?

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