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Vaessen a legend in goal! He’s locked in for Suriname’s battle in the FIFA Play-offs on March 26th!

🇫🇷 Voici la liste des 23 joueurs retenus à l'INF Clairefontaine à compter de la saison prochaine.

“The reason I wanted to share my story publicly is because my story is both unique and also, sadly, very common.” USMNT legend Landon Donovan’s book is coming out tomorrow. He explains it’s a story about a kid who grew up without a father and has battled depression all his life. “The reason I wanted to share my story publicly is because my story is both unique and also, sadly, very common,” Donovan said. “It's unique in that I grew up in a 900 square foot home with a single mom who had to raise three children, and somehow, through all of that, I was able to make it out of that and become a professional.” “Sadly, it's also very common growing up in a single family home with a mother who was a special ed teacher and had to raise three kids. That is very common in our society.” “A father who was not around very much at all in our childhood is sadly also very common.” “And then growing up, in retrospect, learning that I grew up very depressed as a kid and dealing with depression, my whole life, and also a lot of people deal with that.” “So, the soccer side of it is a very unique story but the human side of it is very common, and I think I'm in a place in public eye where by sharing that, it can genuinely help a lot of people.” [via Unfiltered Soccer podcast]