Soccer — and certainly Landon Donovan — will never be anonymous in the U.S. again. Donovan just made himself into a household name, while pushing the U.S. into the next round of the World Cup.

Donovan's breathtaking, breakaway goal in the 90th minute — with stoppage time having already started — to beat Algeria 1-0 and avert what would have been a monumental choke for U.S. soccer is the kind of moment that changes the course of sports. Suddenly, even the most dubious soccer observer (and I certainly count myself among those) cannot help but be swept up in the story of a team that just wouldn't die even as it was being administered its tournament last rites.

The endless roll of "GOOAAALLLLL" tweets that incapacitated Twitter matched the party in South Africa, where the game was played.

"This old stadium is on the verge of collapse," Yahoo Sports' Dan Wetzel wrote from the scene.

This after the U.S. team teetered on the edge of its own collapse just moments before Donovan streaked down the field to knock home a rebound of a Jozy Altidore shot. With England beating Slovenia 1-0 in a game taking place at the same time, Bob Bradley's team knew that a tie with Algeria would be as good as a loss. Yet, that's where the game stood — 0-0 heading into its final minute, with the U.S. moments away from being eliminated from the World Cup.

U.S. soccer fans — some of the whiniest fans on the planet — were already groaning about another called-back goal (this one an offsides that wasn't nearly as bad as the ESPN commentators made it out to be).

Then, Donovan struck.

Algeria gave the U.S. the chance by continuing to attack — a decision that eliminated Slovenia will be livid over — leading to a 5 on 2 U.S. counter. Donovan — who had been most known worldwide for his petty, jealous-sounding criticisms of his one-time LA Galaxy teammate David Beckham — took advantage though. He never stopped running — the story of his breakthrough World Cup — and ended up in tears that had to be part joy, part disbelief.

Donovan gets a whole new profile now. And international U.S. team sports has arguably its single, biggest — and certainly its most dramatic — moment since the Miracle On Ice.

Watch the goal below: