PITTSBURGH, PA - AUGUST 16: Meghan Klingenberg #22 of the United States celebrates her goal in the second half by waving the Terrible Towel against Costa Rica during the match at Heinz Field on August 16, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)
Game 1 of the U.S. women's national team's 10-match 'Victory Tour,' an 8-0 demolition of Costa Rica, was held at Pittsburgh's Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
So when Pittsburgh native Meghan Klingenberg scored to make it 5-0 early in the second half, she knew exactly how to celebrate.
Terrible. Towel.
'Kling,' as she's called by her teammates, immediately sprinted over to high five her teammates on the bench before Jill Ellis provided the assist of the evening and threw her one of the yellow, iconic towels every Pittsburgh sports fan loves and every non-Pittsburgh fan loves to hate on. She looked so ecstatic, you almost thought she had only just at that moment won the World Cup.
Obviously, the crowd ate it up:
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