The 39-year-old substitute Kevin Phillips, the Premier League's top scorer 13 years ago, converted his effort from the spot and sent the red-and-blue half of Wembley Stadium's 82, 025 fans into bouncing, booming hysterics.
Over the next half-decade Seacrest added a countdown show, a morning radio show, a daytime talk show, a celebrity news show and a plum spot on every red carpet in town--which earned him a scene-stealing cameo in 2007's summer box office hit, Knocked Up.
Raffaele Palladino made it 3-0 from the spot, while the visitors ended the game with nine men when Fabrizio Cacciatore was red-carded with two minutes left as tempers flared.