Rafa Marquez, in his 13th appearance against the United States, Rafa Marquez, the scorn of American soccer dating back to to his mid-air head butt on Cobi Jones at the 2002 World Cup, Rafa Marquez, the captain on his international swan song, Rafa Marquez. That's all you need to know: Rafa Marquez.
It was surreal, it was historic and it just had to be. From an American prospective, it was a sucker punch that was landed at the death. For Mexico, it was the end of a streak that’d simply gone on for too long. Juan Carlos Osorio was vindicated, but the questions have only just begun for Jurgen Klinsmann.