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World Cup: USA vs. Ghana (SBI Live Match Commentary)

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By IVES GALARCEP

NATAL, Brazil — The U.S. Men’s National Team is back in action at the World Cup today, and a familiar foe awaits as the Americans take on Ghana for the third straight World Cup (6pm, ESPN).

The U.S. will look to snap a two-match losing streak against a Ghana said that has eliminated the Americans from the past two World Cups.

The Americans enter the match riding a three-match winning streak after rolling through their World Cup send-off series undefeated. It was a run that saw a likely starting lineup come together, as Jurgen Klinsmann put the finishing touches on a defense he will trot out to stop Ghana’s dangerous attack.

SBI will be providing live commentary from the match, so please feel free to follow along. As always, you are welcome to share your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below.

Enjoy the action (Today’s live commentary is after the jump):

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  1. Absolutely terrible goalkeeping by Howard. Left huge opening on the near post.

    Wonderfully worked by Ghana. But it’s not the first time that Timmy got his angles wrong.

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    • You apparently never played goalkeeper. because if you did…you must have been awful due t your lack of knowledge of the position.

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  3. Despite winning we are playing terrible can’t pass the ball at all Bradley picked a great time to play his worst game

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    • I din’t know if its over training, the if the nerves i don’t know. the whole team seems to be breaking down or losing their mind. every pass is miss timed, over weighted, no idea. there’s just so much pressure to beat ghana.

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  4. Whats up with these guys cramping up? What was all that so called intense training for? No Cameron and Brooks at CB? This is getting scary.

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  5. Team playing so much better under the genius Klinnsman, I seem to remember a lot more possession against Ghana in both last World Cups.

    Maybe Julian Green will save the day. Because you know Donovan is not really good enough for this team.

    Klinnsman is a fraud!

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  6. This game is showing how/why the USA is missing Donovan.

    With the three center mids, Bedoya is in for set piece kicks, and that ain’t happening. With Zusi and Davis there, I thought, well, there’s two guys who are as good or better on the set piece kicks. The USA lives and dies on set pieces….except with this lineup, we won’t. And you can’t play Davis against Ghana because he’s too slow. Donovan can play Ghana — he had a great game 4 years ago. This is something we’re seriously missing. We can’t match Ghana when the ball is in play, but on set pieces, we should be able to score…if there’s someone to set ‘em up. Bedoya ain’t that guy.

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  7. We can talk about formations for months but we all know that when the important games start we bunker and counter attack. Always.

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    • Ghana is a GOOD team. Their ranking is way off. They have one of the better midfields in the tournament/world. Think about this, they are not even starting Kevin Prince Boateng and Michael Essien. They are deeper than USA.

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      • Sorry but a good team would have taken advantage of the many opportunities they had tonight. Glad they didn’t.

  8. After the goal, USMNT reverted to World Cup mentality…score, bunker down and relinquish possession. They need to maintain more possession otherwise is just a matter of time.

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  9. Klinsi needs to switch Jones to Beckermans spot.Bring on Zusi in Jones Spot and a straight swap for Beas and Chandler.Beas is not physical enough to put a body on Atsu.

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  10. KWESI WHERE YOU AT SON?!

    Also, we NEED to do something different in front of Beasley. Put Zusi on and tell him to freaking stand there.

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      • This is what sucks. If Cherundolo was healthy we could have moved Fabian to the left. I still don’t know why we did not bring a back up to Jozy (Boyd or Johnson). Sorry…but I I just don’t buy into Wondolowski.

    • I agree. They are not possessing, passing good. Despite the lead Ghana is dictating the game. Only thing saving us it Ghana is horrible in the final third. JK needs to ream the guys out.

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  11. We need some possession badly…Ghana targeting Beas’ side trying to isolate him…stressing our coverage having to continually rotate over.

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