Final: USA 2 Ghana 1

[IMA_FARANG]

Just watched the end.

USA over Ghana 2-1.

Final winning goal scored by Brooks .... a substitute brought on for an injury to another player.

He didn't even expect to play at in the World Cup at all.

Scored on a header from a cross off a corner kick.

[salty]

Very exciting game especially the 2nd half as Ghana were throwing everything at the US to try to equalize the 1st minute goal by Clint Dempsey. The US side looked knackered and when Ghana leveled in the 82nd minute they looked far more likely to score than the US. But as described above the Yanks forced a corner and Brooks headed the winner. A good win for them but I would say they are unlikely to beat Portugal and qualify.

[Gumballl]

Very exciting game especially the 2nd half as Ghana were throwing everything at the US to try to equalize the 1st minute goal by Clint Dempsey. The US side looked knackered and when Ghana leveled in the 82nd minute they looked far more likely to score than the US. But as described above the Yanks forced a corner and Brooks headed the winner. A good win for them but I would say they are unlikely to beat Portugal and qualify.

Each team in the group still has two more games to play. But even if only one game were left to play, Portugal would have to score 3 or more goals against the US to get out of the group. Merely winning the game by a single goal won't automatically advance them.

Anyhow, all predictions and hopeful wishes aside, there's still a lot more futbol to be played.

Edited June 17, 2014 by Gumballl

[landtrout]

Speaking as an American, and as an avid lifelong sports fan, all I can say is...........

...... we have a soccer team?

[jellydog]

Very exciting game especially the 2nd half as Ghana were throwing everything at the US to try to equalize the 1st minute goal by Clint Dempsey. The US side looked knackered and when Ghana leveled in the 82nd minute they looked far more likely to score than the US. But as described above the Yanks forced a corner and Brooks headed the winner. A good win for them but I would say they are unlikely to beat Portugal and qualify.

It'll be tough going to beat Portugal but not impossible. No Pepe. No Coentrao. With luck a gimpy Ronaldo.

[submaniac]

Speaking as an American, and as an avid lifelong sports fan, all I can say is...........

...... we have a soccer team?

Yeah, as someone in the U.S. right now I can safely report that there's not alot of news reporting of America's effort in the world cup right now stateside. Stanley cup was big. NBA finals big. Soccer...ermmm...I mean footbal is barely a blip on the radar. Looking here is how I found out U.S.A. won over Ghana. (Ummm...congratulations and yay!!!! I guess).

[californiabeachboy]

Great game to watch (from a Yank perspective). We actually had a lead in a World Cup game, unusual territory for us. We weren't sure how to handle it so we flopped around like a dying fish for 60 plus minutes, then came alive again!!!

Good fun.

[Gumballl]

Speaking as an American, and as an avid lifelong sports fan, all I can say is...........

...... we have a soccer team?

Ignorance is nothing to be ashamed of.

[Bernard Flint]

Thought Geoff Cameron was brilliant for the Yanks.

[bigbamboo]

Speaking as an American, and as an avid lifelong sports fan, all I can say is...........

...... we have a soccer team?

Yeah, as someone in the U.S. right now I can safely report that there's not alot of news reporting of America's effort in the world cup right now stateside. Stanley cup was big. NBA finals big. Soccer...ermmm...I mean footbal is barely a blip on the radar. Looking here is how I found out U.S.A. won over Ghana. (Ummm...congratulations and yay!!!! I guess).

To each his own.

When does the Rounders season start?

[landtrout]

Speaking as an American, and as an avid lifelong sports fan, all I can say is...........

...... we have a soccer team?

Ignorance is nothing to be ashamed of.

Also speaking as an American......

...... what and/or where is "Ghana"?

[boomerangutang]

Also speaking as an American......

...... what and/or where is "Ghana"?

They're probably building a theme park in Las Vegas, called something like 'Trump's Deepest Darkest Africa' and Ghana will have a theme room there. That's where you can find it. Edited June 17, 2014 by boomerangutang

[BlackArtemis]

After the win the local news (in the US now) showed massive parties in about 7 areas with hundreds to thousands of fans watching it.

We do have football fans, the sport just never gets a lot of coverage.

[RickBradford]

Yes, and if you go to Italy, don't be surprised if they've got pizza there as well. Luckily, it's pronounced almost the same in the European language.

Then, if you go to visit Windsor Castle, please don't ask why they built it so close to the airport. Above all, if you go to Ireland, County Mayo, please don't ask them if that's where ... ah, never mind.

The US soccer team, though, is a triumph in a country which has several other major sports to attract talent. A draw against Portugal on Sunday and a cagey performance against the Germans should see them through to the last 16, where they could face .... Russia.

[landtrout]

Speaking as an American, and as an avid lifelong sports fan, all I can say is...........

...... we have a soccer team?

Yeah, as someone in the U.S. right now I can safely report that there's not alot of news reporting of America's effort in the world cup right now stateside. Stanley cup was big. NBA finals big. Soccer...ermmm...I mean footbal is barely a blip on the radar. Looking here is how I found out U.S.A. won over Ghana. (Ummm...congratulations and yay!!!! I guess).

To each his own.

When does the Rounders season start?

I don't believe that rounders has ever been played professionally in the US.

Come to think of it, I'm not aware of that game ever having been being played by professionals elsewhere in the world, either!

Having said that.... similarly to it's cousins (schlagball, town ball, cricket, lapta, cat ball, goal ball, round ball, baseball, etc...), the rules of rounders do apparently acknowledge the evolutionary fact that humans have developed opposable thumbs, so there is at least an outside chance that it could conceivably find an audience in the States!