The many retrospectives on Landon Donovan’s miracle goal in Pretoria tend to dwarf the story of the game that goal earned. And all the heartache that came in the decade that followed.

Longtime US women’s soccer journalist John Halloran reflects on Colin Kaepernick and Megan Rapinoe’s peaceful protests four years ago– and wonders if as a society, we are finally-belatedly- ready to listen.