The Eternal Goal: Witnessing the Moment that Made Soccer Finally Cool in America
Repping the USA hard in the Arena Das Dunas in Natal. Prelude On this day, one year ago, I was part of a moment so unbelievably surreal that I still cannot fathom whether it actually happened or not, and it has changed my life. It occurred during a soccer match. I call it soccer because I am an American. I guess that is what this story is essentially about: America. But not about war, politics, or economic standing, something far more significant: The World Cup. Every four years, this month long war of nations occurs on a field of grass with a ball and a net. Something new has been happening in the US in recent years. Since the end of the 2010 World Cup in which the USMNT (United States Men's National Team) lost in extra time to Ghana in the first elimination round, the nation has been left wanting more. There was something about Landon Donovan's goal ag