Take a second to let that sink in.

It's true though. The man has accomplished just about everything and anything you could imagine as an American playing soccer.

The Galaxy's all-time leader in goals, Donovan has spent the last eight seasons with the club, scoring 92 times while adding 79 assists in 194 regular season games. LD is one of two players in league history with 100 career goals and 100 career assists, the 30-year-old ranks third in MLS history with 124 goals and fourth with 108 assists during his 12-year MLS career.

The all-time leader in MLS postseason goals with 22, Donovan has won five MLS Cup championships since 2001, including three with the Galaxy in 2005, 2011 and 2012. In addition to captaining the Galaxy to back-to-back MLS Cup titles, Donovan has scored a record 49 goals in 144 appearances with the U.S. National Team. A veteran of three FIFA World Cups, Donovan is 20 caps shy of Cobi Jones’ U.S. record of 164 international appearances.

That'll do Landon, that'll do.

After this last MLS Cup win, Landon needed a break. An “extended leave of absence”. Hardly a vacation really when you come to realize he'll be rejoining his club before you know it.

The LA Galaxy announced today that forward Landon Donovan will rejoin the club in training during the final week of March.

Galaxy Head Coach and General Manager Bruce Arena seemed just about understanding with the situation saying “After a series of collaborative discussions between Landon, his representative and our key club leaders, we have agreed to allow Landon to remain on an extended leave of absence and return to training with the team during the final week of March”.

Sure it might seem like a pain to be without the star of your team, a DP, and the captain of the squad. But need we read through the resume again? Don't you think this is nothing in comparison to some of what David was asking for?

Bruce seemed to know how to handle the whole thing. “We understand this arrangement is not ideal, but we are confident it will allow Landon the time he needs to be both mentally and physically prepared for the upcoming season. We remain focused on our preparation for the start of the 2013 season and look forward to Landon rejoining us next month.”

In the end, the Galaxy get their leader back before they know it and generally they have a strong enough squad to get them through until Landon is match fit and ready to play. Which I for one think wont take long as I doubt he trashed his body in his “extend leave of absence”.

Enjoy it LD.