What was it like for two Americans to start on the same top English team? Last January, Landon Donovan came over to play for your club team for a few months. So for those five weeks, we had a great time: bonding as a team, hanging out together watching the tournament, and obviously playing in it. And overall, to be together with a bunch of guys under high pressure, and in a very confined setting, we actually made it really, really fun.
We topped the group, which was special for us since it was such a difficult group. What was it like being in South Africa as a team?
TIM HOWARD FULL
on ESPN2) to talk about British soccer culture, the state of the national team post-World Cup, and how long it'll be before he's back playing full time in the US. We caught up with Howard in the lead-up to this week's US team friendly matches (they fought Poland to a 2-2 draw on Saturday, and face Colombia tonight at 8 p.m. If you find yourself in a cab in Liverpool (where Everton is based) and get to talking about "the footie," you're likely to hear the cabbie talk of "Timmy" as if he were a locally-grown soccer prodigy. Now, in his fifth season overseas, he's the bedrock of English Premier League stalwart Everton's defense.
But over in England, where he now lives and plays professionally, he's one of Europe's most famous Americans, having started his career at Manchester United back in 2003. He's an accomplished player, though not exactly a household name. Here in his home country, he's one of the many solid, low-key workhorses on the national team, with 56 appearances on behalf of the US since 2002. US national team goalie Tim Howard leads something of a double life.
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