Eye-opener: Are you now on the World Cup bandwagon?

WORLD CUP:  USA stuns Brazil

We've had Montana to Rice and Stockton to Malone and now in U.S. sports history we have Rapinoe to Wambach.

The crossing pass that Megan Rapinoe lobbed up to Abby Wambach was one of the most dramatic in sports history as the final second heroics saved the USA in the women's World Cup with its shootout win against Brazil.

LOPRESTI COLUMN:  This win should have left you cheering.

 The pass and goal put the red card and strange penalty kick do-over into the background and put the semifinal match against France and the stellar work of goalie Hope Solo, front and center.

"That was by far the best ball in the tournament," Wambach said of Rapinoe's cross. "That ball was world class. She put that ball right on my head. Luckily, I didn't miss it."

At a time when we are out of the Davis Cup again and U.S. players don't currently own a Wimbledon, heavyweight boxing, British Open or U.S. Open title golf title, the women are the great right hope for fans to wrap themselves up in the red, white and blue.

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