Overview
- Donovan released "Landon: A Memoir," using the arc of his decorated U.S. soccer career to tell a personal story about mental health and meaning.
- He says he has lived with low-level depression for most of his life and endured three major episodes marked by exhaustion, loss of appetite and a crushing sense of weight.
- He describes relying on therapy, medication, meditation and support from his mother to manage symptoms and stay balanced.
- The book revisits his five-month break in 2013, which he says cost him the LA Galaxy captaincy and a 2014 World Cup spot, and it alludes to a frightening hallucinatory episode without revealing details.
- Coverage in the Los Angeles Times and Fox News underscores his reconciled bond with his late father and frames his candor as part of a broader shift that makes athlete mental health easier to discuss.