Donovan hat trick leads US over Scotland 5-1

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[Peter Vollmer]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Apparently, the desire still burns in Landon Donovan.

Days after wondering publicly how much longer he will have the hunger to play at an elite level, Donovan scored his first international hat trick in five years, leading the Americans over Scotland 5-1 in an exhibition game Saturday night.

''Now, we have Landon back and he gave us the goals,'' U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. ''We can't complain tonight.''

The U.S. has won five straight following an 1-4-1 start under Klinsmann, who replaced Bob Bradley after the 4-2 loss to Mexico in last year's Gold Cup final.

Clint Dempsey - who has not played together with Donovan under Klinsmann - missed the match while recovering from a groin strain. Jozy Altidore also missed the game because AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands refused to let him report until Monday.

Before a crowd of 44,438 - the largest to see the national team in Florida - the Americans wore new home jerseys with red-and-white horizontal stripes and silver numbers that were hard to read from a distance. Names were restored to players' jerseys for the first time since Klinsmann took over.

[bIlluminati]

Yeah hockey!

[Olog-hai]

Heh. Soccer, “The Foreign Game” . . .

[Oshkalaboomboom]

What sport are they talking about?

[dr_lew]

I’m trying to wrap my head around a Mexican hockey team.

[yank in the UK]

Klinsmann is going to gain USA some respect in the future. I'm looking forward to the next world cup, hopefully he would have had plenty of time to turn the squad into a formidable opponent.

[1rudeboy]

Those new uniforms suck. These are the ones I like:

[lefty-lie-spy]

Curling? Ping Pong? Lacross? Wtf are we discussing here? It’s not rugby or football.

[pineybill]

Brazil next, that should be a better barometer of where the team is at, but they are looking good.

The uniforms are hideous.

[pineybill]

Brazil next, that should be a better barometer of where the team is at, but they are looking good.

The uniforms are hideous.

[MuttTheHoople]

Extra Mondos and orange slices for Landon!

[Oztrich Boy]

He's still got it.

[dead]

Quite rightly.

[MHGinTN]

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