The impact of Landon Donovan‘s winning goal against Algeria was immediately felt among trading card collectors.
Donovan’s 2004 AbsoluteMemorabilia Fans of the Game trading card in which he is pictured as a Los Angeles Dodger fan went from $40 in value before the Algeria game to being sold for $135 on eBay in the hours after the U.S.win.
New copies of the card were listed with Buy It Now prices as high as $499.99.