THIS IS IT

Ghana has just beat the United States 2 goals to 1 to advance out of group play of the World Cup. The United States just played too lackadaisical, too indifferent, too soft. Bruce Arena failed to push his team forward aggressively attacking the Ghana defense who were often found pushing their line too far forward. 3 mistakes equalled three goals. Reyna lost the ball to the Ghana player and he beat Keller far post to score the first goal. Ghana failed to clear their ball and Beasley crossed to Dempsey who nailed the US’s only goal of the tournament. Right before the end of the first half the United States Oguchi Onyewu was called for a foul inside the box on a tough battle for the ball which resulted in a penalty kick goal by Ghana captain Stephen Appiah. Both teams were held scoreless in the second half. Arena made his substitutions too late and even after a late push, the National team just couldn’t execute.
It’s over again for us in the World Cup. We still haven’t won a World Cup game in Europe. We still have yet to prove ourselves to the world. We just could not do it here, again, this year. It’s not like we failed to come through today, we failed to come through all tournament.

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