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Landon Donovan did a stage dive off a taco truck and it didn’t go too well

He’s a soccer player, not a rock star. 

Landon Donovan revealed Thursday that he’s retired for good this time, which means he’s free to dangerous stuff like jump off a taco truck. 

Donovan is in San Jose for the U.S. men’s national team’s World Cup qualifier against Honduras and spent the night before the match at a pep rally with American fans. Shortly before midnight, he made his way up to the roof of a taco truck, dropped an F-bomb and leapt into the arms of the fans below. 

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That clip cuts off just as things start getting good, but luckily fans on the ground also captured footage of Donovan getting dropped on the ground. 

Donovan’s technique is probably to blame for the fans letting him fall. The foot-first dive is certainly not the way to go. Alexi Lalasalso went sailing off the top of the truck and displayed perfect belly-flop form.