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Eisenberg: World Cup Win Feels Familiar In Baltimore

If the United States’ triumph in the World Cup of women’s soccer seems vaguely familiar to Ravens fans, there’s a reason.

In a nutshell, here’s what happened: One player got extremely hot and the team peaked at just the right time.

That’s exactly what happened to the Ravens when they went on their Super Bowl run in 2012.

For the U.S. soccer team, the hot player was Carli Lloyd, who scored three goals in the first 16 minutes of Sunday’s final, the decisive goal in the team’s semifinal and the only goal in its quarterfinal. Who knows how the U.