Sorry I haven’t written in so long. It has been a busy summer with lacrosse every Tuesday and Thursday, topped off with pool every day. Let’s get down to business. Many soccer fans were surprised by the USA loss yesterday to Ghana, but if you have followed Ghana, they are not that bad of a team. In Group Play, they were 1-1-1 beating Serbia 1 to 0, drawing Australia 1 to 1, and losing to Germany 1 to 0 in Group D.
Now to yesterday’s match, in the 5th minute, Ghana’s Kevin-Prince Boateng scored on a break away goal. He just beat the USA men up the field. In the 62nd minute, Landon Donovan scored on a Penalty Kick to knot the game up at one. The ball hit the post and went in. The game stayed knotted up until overtime. In the 93rd minute, Asamoah Gyan scored for Ghana what would eventually be the game winning goal. Just before overtime started, Bob Bradley made an odd call to take Jozy Altidore out of the game for Herculez Gomez. Maybe it cost the Americans the game. We will never know.
This run by the Yanks has been an unforgettable one, and we may never see a run like this again. People thought that the USA hockey team making it to the finals in the Winter Olympics would spark hockey in the States. It did a little but not too much. I think the World Cup will boost soccer in the United States. Ghana advances to play Uruguay in the Round of 8.
