Dempsey scored the goal, Donovan crossed it to him, and Adu made the lead pass.

Seeing as how 2010 is drawing to a close, we figured we’d give you a second viewing (or first, don’t be shy!) of some of our best posts from the year that was, throughout Christmas day. In this post: Landon Donovan provides the most exciting moment in US soccer history.

Steve Nash and Landon Donovan unite for an ad for EA’s FIFA ’11.

Two weeks ago, MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced that Landon Donovan would not be permitted to transfer from the Los Angeles Galaxy, citing Donovan’s importance to promoting soccer domestically as the primary reason. However…

Big couple days for Major League Soccer – first Thierry Henry joins it, now Landon Donovan’s not leaving it.

A British tabloid will soon publish a story claiming that a U.K. woman is pregnant with Landon Donovan’s child.

Even before today’s historic match played out in overtime as two phenomenal teams of phenomenal, highly muscular and not a little bit attractive athletes battled it out for primacy in the Beautiful Game, I heard one name mentioned a few times, with worry: Bill Clinton.

Landon Donovan has scored on a penalty kick in the 67th minute vs. Ghana, and we’re all tied. Video inside.

It was the ending that we hope for in our wildest dreams and expect only in fictionalized depictions. In the final moments of the biggest game, the U.S.’s top goal scorer delivered a goal that many are saying will kickstart a soccer sensation in America. Donovan’s the star of this new reality.

The best fan reaction video to Landon Donovan’s 91st-minute goal comes courtesy of a bar in Seattle. Keep a close eye out for the crying big guy. There will never be a better moment in his life.