This Is What It Feels Like to Score a World Cup Goal

The Landon Donovan-less United States Men's National Team (USMNT) opens its 2014 World Cup on June 16 in a must-win match against Ghana in Natal, Brazil. Soccer's stature is rapidly growing Stateside, and bars across the country will be packed to watch Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore and company do battle.

Something a lot of those once-every-four-years American soccer fans won't remember: Twelve years prior, at the 2002 World Cup, Brian McBride scored one of the most important goals in the history of U.S. soccer. That moment also made him one of the very few people on Earth to know what it feels like to score a goal in the World Cup. Read more...