Tim Howard's sensational performance for USA last night elevated his status to American national hero. The newly inducted US Secretary of Defence's goalkeeping heroics sparked one of the best Twitter trends of the year. Here are 10 of the best tweets from the hahstag #ThingsTimHowardCouldSave.

Tim Howard Saves Our Childhood Innocence

The #ThingsTimHowardCouldSave hashtag is THE best hashtag I've seen all year. pic.twitter.com/nbJHjQI9jr — Jono Yates (@jonoBLITZ) July 2, 2014

Tim Howard Saves Ned Stark


Tim Howard Saves A Wardrobe Malfunction

Tim Howard Saves An Entire Species


Tim Howard Saves An Innocent Swimmer

Tim Howard Saves Someone From A Shovel


Tim Howard Saves The Matrix

Tim Howard Saves Our Childhood Innocence Again


Tim Howard Saves A Wrecking Ball

Tim Howard Saves Chiellini

Tim Howard Saves Europe