This international break has seen Clint Dempsey score four goals in two games and become the US record goalscorer in World Cup qualifying in the process.
Now he sits just one goal and appearance (56 and 39) short of all-time US leader, Landon Donovan (57 and 40).
All this from a player who was very recently out for a point of time (with an irregular heartbeat), and his influence being questioned.
He now comes away from this break with his name back where it belongs, and on the doorstep of history.