Landon Donovan greets MTV crowd, talks about volunteering

Donovan greets MTV crowd, talks about volunteering

NEW YORK — Fresh off a plane from South Africa, U.S. midfielder Landon Donovan spoke to a group of student volunteers.

Donovan was a surprise guest as part of a forum for the National Conference on Volunteering and Service.

Other celebrity guests included Ben Nemtin from the MTV show “The Buried Life” and former first daughter, Barbara Bush. But no one got a bigger reaction than Donovan.

Students cheered and hollered when Donovan joined the stage. They asked the star of the U.S. World Cup team questions about his goal against Algeria, how to spread soccer’s popularity and volunteering.

Donovan says that he and his teammates have “an obligation to grow our sport.”

Earlier in the day, Donovan appeared on David Letterman’s “Late Show.”