LA Galaxy coach Bruce Arena was happy to see Landon Donovan leave the game a winner after victory in the MLS Cup final.

Arena paid tribute to Donovan, who became the first player in MLS history to win six league titles.

"Landon has done the real [stuff] in the game. He's done it all. He's got very little left to give," said Arena, who first brought Donovan into the national team in 2000. "So I'm so happy that he's made this decision. He's able to go out as a winner, and don't we all wish to be able to leave what we do like the way Landon left today, as a winner.

"So he ends his career ... arguably the greatest player in the history of the US Soccer national team program and in the league the all-time leading goal-scorer, assists, championships. What more can you say? Can you write that any better, that script? So I'm happy for him. He's spent. He's done."