According to Mashable, the ending of the USA v Algeria World Cup match could set a new record for Internet traffic.

“In the minutes following Landon Donovan’s game winning goal in the 91st minute of action (which sent the U.S. to the round of 16), traffic spiked to 11.2 million visitors per minute, which moves the event past the 2008 presidential election as the second highest traffic spike of all-time.

Today’s number was also likely pushed significantly higher because England and Slovenia were also playing a suspenseful World Cup match at the same time. The plethora of World Cup breaking news briefly knocked Yahoo Sports offline…”

Knocked Yahoo Sports offline? WTF? That is a ridiculous amount of traffic to affect a site like Yahoo! Who would have thought that Landon Donovan damn near shut the Internet (or at least a portion of it) down?

[Mashable]