The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — The Hessian Striker

Long before the stars and stripes flew over the pitch, the Hessian Rider haunted the woods of New York. But when the game reached its fever pitch on the world stage, the legend stirred. It wasn't a pumpkin he carried, but a weathered leather ball, glowing with an eerie, white-blue fire. Legend says it was his spectral shadow that guided Clint Dempsey’s strike in 2014, a phantom force ensuring that the American spirit, headless or not, never stops charging toward the goal.