Landon Donovan recalls life-changing World Cup moment amid players' 'responsibility' of growing game in USA

Former U.S. men's national soccer team star Clint Dempsey, who serves as a Fox Sports analyst ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, discussed Team USA's roster and their hopes to go far in the tournament this summer.

Landon Donovan is the reason why so many people in the United States are soccer fans.

In the 2010 World Cup, Donovan scored a last-minute goal against Algeria, giving the Stars and Stripes a victory in their group and bringing a country together.

"That kind of moment, it changed my life forever," Donovan told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "I mean, there is not a day that I'm at an appearance or doing something that someone doesn't come up and say something about that. And honestly, the thing I get more than any is, 'I became a soccer fan that day watching that game,' which gives me chills because that is what we're trying to do.

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Landon Donovan of the United States celebrates after scoring the winning goal against Algeria during the 2010 FIFA World Cup Group C match at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 23, 2010. (Jeff Mitchell/FIFA via Getty Images)

"Since I was 16 years old as a young professional, we were not only players in this country, we had to be ambassadors because nobody was paying attention then. So we were trying to grow the sport all the time. When one literal 122nd-minute moment of me kicking a ball into the net exponentially expedites that process, it's amazing because you've been working so hard. I did 10 years of appearances and media and playing and all these things for a 122nd-minute moment to do more than all of that."

Now, Donovan is one of the faces of FanDuel's soccer betting during this World Cup, where