Former Tar Heel Meghan Klingenberg keeps USA alive vs. Sweden with incredible goal-line save

Posted Jun 12, 2015
The biggest save of Friday's USA-Sweden Women's World Cup game belonged not to American goalkeeper Hope Solo but to defender Meghan Klingenberg, who made a tremendous goal-line save by heading a shot off the crossbar to deny Caroline Seger a goal in the 77th minute. (NJ.com)

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