Take a snubbed Landon Donovan with a point to prove, a vulnerable Philadelphia Union and a home stage with an empathetic crowd willing on the best player the nation has ever produced and you have the perfect combination of elements to suggest MLS history will be made this afternoon in Carson.

Landon Donovan, need we say yet again, needs just one goal to become the all time MLS goal scorer. Who would bet against him today?

Beat writer Phil Collin will be on hand to follow the action this afternoon for what is actually a triple-header (details in the Twitter stream to the right or bottom of the page on an iPad) in Carson.

*Capsule preview is here.

*All the stats are here.

And, yes, you want to get to the game early: