United States fans cheer their team at Estadio das Dunas, Brazil. Robert Cianflone / Getty Images South America
Jamie Trecker
Fox Sports
6/16/2014
Clint Dempsey scored the sixth fastest goal in World Cup history, and John Brooks scored a remarkable late goal to lead the Americans past Ghana 2-1 in their World Cup Group G match opener in Natal on Monday.
It was an incredible result, made of equal parts attrition and magic, and it took the USA to second-place in the group of death, tied with Germany on points, and behind only on goal difference…
…Ghana had pinned the Americans on the ropes for a solid hour after a series of injuries depleted the USA, and Andre Ayew had looked as if he was about to lead the Black Stars all the way back, having scored just minutes earlier.
Instead, out of nothing but heart, the Americans went all the way down the field, willing themselves forward in the steam of Natal, won a corner — and finally exorcised the memory of two bitter defeats suffered at the Africans’ hands…
The complete article is at Fox Sports.
Related: Ghana purchasing electricity to keep TVs running during World Cup
…Ghana has suffered power outages this year owing to low water levels at hydroelectric dams on the Volta River, which supplies most of the country’s electricity. As it is, officials have also rationed electricity through periodic shutdowns. Quartz adds that in an effort to keep the TVs running, Ghana has purchased 50 megawatts of electricity from its neighbor, Ivory Coast…
Ghanaians watch the World Cup in 2006 in their room in a poor area of Accra. KAMBOU SIA / AFP
Update: From the Facebook page, My Stealthy Freedom:
مسیح عزیز این عکس جام جهانی را توی فیسبوک دیدم که چند نفر توی فیسبوکشون گذاشتند. ولی توی صفحه آزادی های یواشکی خبرنگارای خارجی زیاد هستند لطفا این عکس را هم به اشتراک بگذار تا دنیا ببینه که ما دلمون می خواد توی کشور خودمون به همین زیبایی کنار هم زندگی کنیم.
Dear Masih I saw this #WorldCup’s photo on Facebook. I know that in My Stealthy freedom page there are so many international journalists, so please share this photo with them and show the world that we want to live like this in our own country
