MLS LA Galaxy

Robbie Keane, Landon Donovan and Omar Gonzalez Named to MLS Best XI

Published on December 2, 2014 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
LA Galaxy News Release


CARSON, Calif. (Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014) - LA Galaxy and Major League Soccer announced today that Galaxy players Robbie Keane, Landon Donovan and Omar Gonzalez were named to the Major League Soccer Best XI. Donovan earns his seventh MLS Best XI inclusion of his career, setting an MLS record.

A Volkswagen MLS MVP Award finalist, Keane scored 19 goals and added 14 assists, both career highs, during his best MLS Regular Season in a Galaxy uniform. The Irish international scored the third-most goals in MLS while being tied for the second-most assists, giving him the highest combination of goals and assists in the League. Keane also led all players in game-winning assists with six on the year. This is his third consecutive MLS Best XI selection.

Donovan recorded one of the best seasons of his storied MLS career, scoring 10 goals and adding an MLS-leading 19 assists, a career high. With a goal against the Philadelphia Union in May, Donovan surpassed Jeff Cunningham to become the League's all-time leading scorer. He also set the record for assists later this year, passing Steve Ralston's previous record of 135. Donovan now has scored 144 goals and added 136 assists in his historic career.

With 22 starts on the year, Gonzalez was a part of a Galaxy backline that allowed an MLS-low 37 goals all season while also recording 10 shutouts. In addition to his contributions in central defense, the six-year veteran scored a career-high four goals and added two assists on the season. Gonzalez was named a finalist for the MLS Defender of the Year Award for his play.

The trio's inclusion marks the first time that Keane, Donovan and Gonzalez have all been named to the MLS Best XI in the same season.

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