Earlier this week, we called Landon Donovan’s game winner in Algeria the greatest goal in the history of American soccer. There are some good arguments against that claim: Brandi Chastain‘s converted penalty kick in 1999 was the signature moment for that Women’s World Cup. There was the lone goal in America’s 1-0 win against England in 1950 by…uh…that one guy (who was Haitian, by the way). There’s ample room for debate.
The best argument I can give is this: the United States was at the foot of a mountain in this World Cup. Team USA, with its ouster of former coach Bruce Arena and the promising play of Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey, went into South Africa with an unusual situation — facing the burden of expectations. With a promising team and a favorable group draw, the Yankee Mutant Ninja Turtles were expected to advance to the knockout stage and be one of 16 teams to compete for a spot in the World Cup final. After a disappointing result with Slovenia, the US needed a win over Algeria to get out of their group.
And then this happened…
Thanks to Brent for the image edit idea. Video via @barryap1.
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Why were those random dudes taping themselves watch the game?
Coincidentally, my reaction was the same as the cameraman’s from Kansas City. I got wood scoping that chick’s ass as well.
What a wonderful wooorld . . .
I grew up in Washington D.C., no stranger to sports chokes or outright sports failures. Though not even really our fault, the moments before that goal were familiar and crushing. Fucking gets me watching all those people go through the same thing. U-S-A, baby.
I think whoever made that video needs some help defining “the world” vs. “Americans.”
It would be nice to see more outside-the-USA videos included, but that would require those people to have things like videocameras and computers (not to mention the ability to marry-up the two). That’s a bit much to expect from cultures still grappling with the concept of personal hygiene. BTW, does anyone know why we’re called “ugly Americans?” ;-)
Peter King is a liar. You can clearly see him in Lincoln, NE at :55 mark.
If USMNT watches this before they hit the pitch (it’s called a pitch, right?) there’s no freakin’ way they lose.
Awesome. It’s nice to see that soccer has really captured the hearts and minds of a bunch of unemployed American retards with mild-to-severe drinking problems who have no trouble going to a bar at 10am in the middle of the week to watch a game.
That goal was so great that it killed Peter King’s brother.
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Ummm, excuse me – but I was at the bar at 7 a.m. thank you very much.
You know, Jeff, your whole post sounds like a compliment, but for the R-word. Change the conversation!
That video gave me a Liberty Boner.
“Believe it or not, I’m walking on air”
And Jeff- it’s nice to see that no matter how big a portion of the population is excited about a truly special sports moment, there will still miserable jerkoffs sitting in the corner, scratching their itchy buttholes while everyone else has fun.
Jeff is a cunt. USA, USA!
welcome to the beautiful game, america… now fuck off before you spoil it for everyone.
I can’t believe people are actually going to Power & Light in KC to watch the games on that small, non-widescreen TV that’s supposed to be big enough for that entire area. I’ve got a bigger TV in my basement than that pos
Definitely the best goal in history. Women’s soccer doesn’t count and the 1950 win didn’t get us out of group play. Fuck Jeff.
“Ample room for debate”? That’s a pretty dumb thing to say when the only examples you could think of were something that happened 60 years ago in an upset of England that resulted in 1 WC win but no advancement, and the other example was a made goal in a shootout in which good teams routinely go 4/5 or 5/5 in the women’s World Cup or Olympics or whatever it was. Oh by the way Brady Chastain’s doesn’t actually count as a goal in a game! You don’t get credit for goals you score in shootouts, the team gets 1 goal if they win the shootout so nice ample debate we got here. This one goal took us from out of the WC in disappointment (although we played hard respectably) to moving on as winners of the group, and by the way it was in stoppage time! Amazing timing, and to add to that everyone was watching.
Jeff was in the middle of getting a blowjob from a dude when Landon Donovan scored the goal. Incidentally, he got his dick bitten right as Algeria bit the dust. Thus, he wasn’t happy about this goal.
As much as USA deserved to go through (especially considering you should have beaten Slovenia…no idea why that goal was disallowed) that last minute winner put you top of the group meaning England went from playing Saturday to playing Sunday in the space of about 10 seconds completely cocking up my plans for Sunday. So fuck the lot of you I hope your country burns to the ground!
LOL @ Liam