Noah Davis: Okay Mr. Nice Guy, we talked about this a bit on the podcast but should Landon Donovan leave MLS?

Ryan O'Hanlon: He should do whatever makes him happy!

Davis: Great. And we're done here.

O'Hanlon: See you next week. But seriously, at this point, he should really just do whatever he wants. Based on what's out there—which doesn't give much insight into Landon's true self because nothing really does—it seems like he might want to leave. And there's interest, so why not?

Davis: You would make a terrible PTI host. Of course he should do what he wants to do. That's what all soccer players should do. I hope he leaves. Pulls the reverse Dempsey. Goes to Italy, starts for a club, finds success, and shuts everyone up once and for all, until the "why didn't he do this five years ago?" rhetoric starts. Ironically, the fact that Donovan made the league big enough to support Dempsey is exactly why he should go.

O'Hanlon: The garbage-cycle of Donovan rhetoric never ends. If anything, Donovan leaving MLS when he has every right to play against lesser-competition while raking in money is more "impressive" (which is the wrong word, but this whole conversation is wrong) to me than if he would've stayed in Europe when he was a child and, by definition, didn't have his head on straight.

Davis: It would also establish a new precedent for American players in the same way that Dempsey returning did. It wouldn't be about his potential; it would be about his actual right now talent. It's hard to think that another 31-year-old American would find a similar place in Europe (partially, of course, because many of them are already there). If Donovan does leave for Serie A, that's a pretty impressive feather in his cap, yeah?

O'Hanlon: I wonder if it even sets a precedent. Like you say, how many European teams are looking to buy a 31-year-old? I'm not sure it says anything beyond what it says about Landon Donovan: he is still very good at soccer. It would be a pretty nice achievement (more a confirmation than anything), and a selfish part of me definitely wants to see him playing in Serie A because it would be fun.

Davis: You are impossible. Jon Arnold is very pro-Donovan going to Mexico. You sided with him. Why?

O'Hanlon: Because I want Landon Donovan to save Mexican soccer.

Davis: Mexican soccer doesn't need saving. Your rhetorical style does, however.

O'Hanlon: Womp womp. I didn't side with him, I just said that I could see it happening, and that I would watch if it did happen. Maybe it's your ears that need saving, pal.

Davis: I guess so. For once, I thought you had an opinion about something. I was mistaken. I hope he doesn't go to Mexico. It seems, at best, like a lateral move. Even if he goes to Club Tijuana, he'd have to play half his games no at Club Tijuana. Why not just stay in MLS?

O'Hanlon: I don't know: money (?), a new challenge, it's still close to home. Also, he'll be able to urinate on every field in the country.

Davis: He will make more in MLS and not have to travel back and forth to Mexico every day. I can see Europe happening; I can't see Mexico. Although you are probably right that it would be a very Landon Donovan thing to do.

O'Hanlon: I am right?

Davis: Finally, for once.

O'Hanlon: If I can be right, then really, anyone can do anything. So, book it. Landon Donovan will win the Club World Cup with Tijuana.

Davis: Dare to dream.

O'Hanlon: The American (winning a semi-competitive worldwide soccer tournament for a Mexican team) Dream.

Noah Davis and Ryan O'Hanlon do this every week. Davis usually wins.