Pondering the near future

Galaxy coach Frank Yallop was asked on Tuesday about preparing for Landon Donovan's inevitable absence for either the Gold Cup, Copa America or both.

Frank is very focused on the task at hand. It's sometimes difficult to ask him questions about something in the far-away future (like SuperLiga for instance) because the conversation always comes back around to how the team performed in the last game and how the team is expected to perform in the next match.

So maybe he hasn't done a whole lot of advanced planning on Landon's potential absence. Or maybe he knows something we don't.

"I’ll worry about that when it comes. He might not get taken in the Gold Cup. I expect him to go but he might not. Bob might not pick him. Until it actually happens and it comes up, we’ll deal with it."