Landon Donovan’s playing career will come to an end after Sunday’s MLS Cup, which features his Los Angeles Galaxy taking on the New England Revolution. With the new playoff rules set by MLS, Los Angeles will host at the StubHub Center, as they had more regular season points than New England. Donovan has made his final season in professional soccer count, with 10 goals and a league-leading 19 assists in 2014, maintaining a high level of play even after his announcement on August 7.

This will be a bittersweet moment for American soccer fans of the current generation, witnessing the final game of a player who has been the one man synonymous with U.S. Soccer for over a decade. Donovan began his professional career with German club Bayer Leverkusen before being loaned to San Jose, where he led the Earthquakes to MLS Cups in 2001 and 2003. When he joined Los Angeles in 2005, Donovan won three more Cups, with a chance to add a sixth title this weekend. He has also made appearances on loan to Bayern Munich and Everton.

Donovan’s career with the U.S. national team has seen many highs and lows in 15 years. Making his senior debut in 2000, as part of a group eager to put the disaster of the 1998 World Cup behind them, he would score two goals at Korea/Japan 2002, as the Americans had their best finish at a World Cup since 1930. After being part of a disappointing campaign in 2006, Donovan scored three more times in South Africa 2010, including the dramatic game-winner against Algeria. This video (uploaded to YouTube by kitchel22130), which has almost five million views, perfectly illustrates the raw emotions of fans watching back in the States:

Even with the controversy surrounding his omission from the 2014 squad, Donovan remains the most significant player of this generation, and is now one win away from being able to join a group that includes John Elway, Sir Alex Ferguson, and Glenn McGrath; a group of athletes and coaches that go out as a champion.

Can the Galaxy beat the Revolution on Sunday? This year’s MLS Cup should provide some great memories.