U.S. Soccer Star Has Swine Flu

Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan says he has tested positive for swine flu.

Galaxy coach and general manager Bruce Arena told the Los Angeles Times in a story posted on its Web site Thursday that Donovan is believed to have contracted the virus from two Galaxy staff members who came down with it during last weekend's game against the New England Revolution in Foxborough, Mass.

Donovan told the Times he had been feeling ill since joining the U.S. men's national soccer team in Florida on Sunday.

"Sunday night when I got into Miami I started feeling a little congestion and just not feeling great, but it wasn't terrible," he told the Times. "I didn't think too much of it. I thought maybe it was just changing climate, the heat and humidity and all that.

"Monday, it got a little bit worse. I was coughing a little. Tuesday I was coughing a little, and when I woke up Wednesday I felt a little tired, but I just assumed it was the altitude," he told the Times.

Donovan, who played all 90 minutes in the U.S. team's 2-1 loss to Mexico Wednesday did not consider pulling out of the game. "I didn't assume there was anything really that wrong," he said.

Arena told the Times that Donovan is not infectious. He says Donovan has a mild strain of the flu and is at the tail end of it.