Summary: This two part episode asks two very serious questions about the future for Landon Donovan with the US National Team and whether the launch date to announce the arrival of NYCFC was as big a PR and media success in New York City that it needed to be given the high stakes partner that Major League Soccer acquired in the name and shape of the New York Yankees. Part one looks at the devolution surrounding the Jurgen Klinsmann relationship with the former star player for the United States and whether Landon Donovan being left out at this stage actually speaks to whether he really has a future with the national team and if being the face of US Soccer for years truly has merit in the bigger picture when compared to the facts and other celebrity athletes in the United States. The conversation gets rather hot and heavy once we begin to dissect the choices that Landon Donovan made in his career and we begin to evaluate what exactly the role of face of the US Soccer really means in the bigger picture. Has it all finally come to a head and a conclusion for Donovan and Brazil 2014, it sure seems so unless Jurgen Klinsmann wants to do the once unthinkable and call up Landon Donovan for the Gold Cup qualifiers as a test run. Part two is an honest look at the NYCFC announcement for Major League Soccer on two fronts - the murky considerations and outcome in the sports media capital of the United States and the significantly huge developments for the league overall having now secured its highest franchise fee to date in this association between Manchester City Football Club and the New York Yankees. There are still questions to be answered about conquering New York come 2015 once the team hits the pitch, but there are even more substantive discussions that need to take place now that the 20th MLS franchise has been locked in place and questions surrounding other MLS properties like Chivas USA need to be sorted.
