An equaliser (in

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) or equalizer (in

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), is a sports term that refers to a

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run Run(s) or RUN may refer to: Places * Run (island), one of the Banda Islands in Indonesia * Run (stream), a stream in the Dutch province of North Brabant People * Run (rapper), Joseph Simmons, now known as "Reverend Run", from the hip-hop group ...

that makes the two teams' scores equal. For example, if Team A is winning 1-0 and Team B scores a goal, making the score 1-1, then that goal is an ''equaliser''. According to ''

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'', one of the most significant goals in United States soccer history was an equalizer scored by Abby Wambach: a header goal off a left-footed long-distance cross from

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in the 122nd minute of play of the

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quarterfinal in Germany.

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called the goal the "greatest Women's World Cup goal."

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