Last night in Natal, Brazil was a battle of two power house rivals. Ghana, and the USA. In the Group G matchup, these two teams have history with each other. So, tempers were bound to be flying last night. Ghana, having beaten the United States out of the last three World Cups, have a revamped team. As well as the US.
Nobody knew what was going to come of this game. The story leading up to this particular game was beating a dead horse. USA wants revenge. It's unlikely for a team to get revenge. Or is it? The USA playing in the group of death, had it's work cut out for them. Ghana didn't know what was going to come of this match, until Captain America, Clint Dempsey, struck lightning in under 30 seconds, making his goal the 5th fastest in World Cup history. Taking the 1-0 lead into the half, the US had Ghana broken down.
It was only until then, when Ghana broke the US back line down, and started creating easy chances. Shaken up, and frustrated, the USA had been torn apart and they knew it. In the 82', the Ghanaians stuck the equalizer past keeper Tim Howard and knotted it up at 1-1. Devistated, the US seemed to have given up. They were playing fr the draw, but head coach Jurgen Klinsmann wasn't having that. Graham Zusi, and John Brooks, both second half subs came on and sparked a little flare into the remaining players. Zusi took the job of taking a corner kick in the 86'. A nice delivery ball into the box, and John Brooks gets his head to it. It's in. John broke down and laid flat out on the grass while his teammates dog piled him, congratulating him on his goal. The whistle blew minutes later, and the game was over.
The United States, beat Ghana.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Sunday, June 15, 2014
World Cup 2014
Well ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of year again. The time of year that football fans all around, come together in one country, to watch their national sides compete in one of the biggest tournaments in the world; The time of year, where all eyes are glued to the television for at least 6-9 hours; The time year where the world, has one time zone. Brazil standard time.
The FIFA World Cup. 32 nations from across the world compete in matches to earn a spot in this tournament. Those 32 teams who qualify, are split into 8 groups of four and battle it out in three matches to fight for the top two seeds in their group. Now, I'm not gonna get into the breakdown of how the teams will play out in the rest of the tournament, but just know, this is a pretty big deal. It only comes around every four years.
This year, it's held in the biggest country in South America; Brazil. 12 cities got the pleasure of getting a stadium SPECIFICALLY for the World Cup. Now, not only is the largest soccer tournament in the world being held there, but there are also demonstrations Anti-World Cup protests going on. For those wondering, yes it does impact. But it hasn't had one yet. The closest impact it had to this, was yesterday afternoon. Ahead of Argentina's first group stage match against Bosnia-Herzegovina in the infamous, Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, 300 protesters were runoff by Brazilian police.
But putting all of the protests aside, the world greatest sports tournament is back and better than ever. With new teams, new faces, new challenges, and a NEW 'Group of Death.'
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
The FIFA World Cup. 32 nations from across the world compete in matches to earn a spot in this tournament. Those 32 teams who qualify, are split into 8 groups of four and battle it out in three matches to fight for the top two seeds in their group. Now, I'm not gonna get into the breakdown of how the teams will play out in the rest of the tournament, but just know, this is a pretty big deal. It only comes around every four years.
This year, it's held in the biggest country in South America; Brazil. 12 cities got the pleasure of getting a stadium SPECIFICALLY for the World Cup. Now, not only is the largest soccer tournament in the world being held there, but there are also demonstrations Anti-World Cup protests going on. For those wondering, yes it does impact. But it hasn't had one yet. The closest impact it had to this, was yesterday afternoon. Ahead of Argentina's first group stage match against Bosnia-Herzegovina in the infamous, Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, 300 protesters were runoff by Brazilian police.
But putting all of the protests aside, the world greatest sports tournament is back and better than ever. With new teams, new faces, new challenges, and a NEW 'Group of Death.'
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
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