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Anthony Sanchez
The World Cup could of not got started any better for the US Men's National Team as they won their opening match versus Ghana two to one. The game by no means was a perfect performance, but it did show us the resilience and the never say die attitude that this team possess.
The game got started with an electrifying Clint Dempsey score just less than one minute into the game, which was considered to be one of the fastest goals in world cup history making the game at that point one to zero. I will say for the most part Ghana was the better team, the U.S. team was in flat out survival mode trying to keep Ghana's constant attack on goal to a minimum.
The Ghana team statistically dominated the U.S. especially holding fifty-nine percent of the possession's in the match, which in turn led to plenty of shots on goal. The gut wrenching moment came in the eighty second minute when Ghana scored the equalizer to tie the game one a piece and it just seemed like the air was let out of the balloon at that point.
In true american fashion we stood up, fought back and in the eighty sixth minute hero John Brooks scores a goal to put the team ahead two to one, he was inserted at halftime due to injury to starting center back Matt Bessler . That would not be the only injuries that team USA would suffer in this match, early on in the twenty third minute of the match Jozy Altidore went down with a strain of the hamstring, Clint Dempsey also was injured when he took a foot to the face and needed to have his nose packed during the match, reports were that more then likely he had a broken nose.
Team USA had some heroes on this day, while many will not be recognized I took notice on a couple of guys that should be mentioned for their extraordinary effort and tenaciousness which are; Jermaine Jones who was an absolute rock in the midfield for the U.S. matching Ghana's physicality, Kyle Beckerman who just seemed to be at the right place at the right time and what can you say about the job that Tim Howard did coming up with key saves and how he balanced his back line.
In the end it was not the best game played, but team USA found a way to steal a game and to secure three points. Team USA not only survived, but showed off their fighting spirit in the midst of obstacles and adversity throughout the match, stay tuned for team USA next Opponent on Sunday 06/22/14 against Portugal.
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