U.S. vs. Mexico: Top 10 clashes

Of the 55 times the archrivals have clashed, no game has ever been as meaningful or high-stakes as this one. On the line was a berth in the quarterfinals of the World Cup and a date with Germany. And the U.S. was up for a breakthrough. Brian McBride put the U.S. on the board in the eighth minute, then breakout star Landon Donovan, only 20, sealed the deal with a pretty header in the 65th (pictured). With the win cinched, a frustrated Rafa Márquez's intentionally head-butted Cobi Jones in the closing minutes. "He knew what the outcome was going to be and he decided to take it out on anybody who was around him," Jones told SI.com in 2007. "We were the better team that day and he knew it."