http://usa.worldcupblog.org/group-e/onalfo-scouts-ghana.html World Cup 2010 - South Africa Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:20:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://usa.worldcupblog.org/group-e/onalfo-scouts-ghana.html/comment-page-1#comment-4313 littleguy Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:49:41 +0000 http://usa.worldcupblog.org/group-e/onalfo-scouts-ghana.html#comment-4313 This is a scary team for sure-the are very fast. However, the Italy effort was one of the best games the USMNT has ever played and we won't need to play as well as in that game to defeat Ghana. If we play a good game, run at them with upfield pressure, we will get some goals and win this match. Italy is a much better side than the Czechs but then...anything can happen. This is a scary team for sure-the are very fast. However, the Italy effort was one of the best games the USMNT has ever played and we won’t need to play as well as in that game to defeat Ghana. If we play a good game, run at them with upfield pressure, we will get some goals and win this match. Italy is a much better side than the Czechs but then…anything can happen.

]]> http://usa.worldcupblog.org/group-e/onalfo-scouts-ghana.html/comment-page-1#comment-4237 John Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:02:39 +0000 http://usa.worldcupblog.org/group-e/onalfo-scouts-ghana.html#comment-4237 My first thought after seeing that Ghana would be missing Gyan and Muntari on Thursday was that it gave the US a slight advantage. Yes, the US is missing two key players as well, but Ghana relies more on up front firepower to finish the great feeds sent in by Essien and Appiah. Forcing both those guys into more of an attacking/scoring role might throw them off a bit. I think that may be the key. If the US comes out supercharged (just like v. Italy) and just pounds balls into the Ghana side, the US just might snag an early goal and put the Ghana side into a 'play from behind' position they won't like with their strikers sitting out. Just a theory. Anything can happen, of course. My first thought after seeing that Ghana would be missing Gyan and Muntari on Thursday was that it gave the US a slight advantage. Yes, the US is missing two key players as well, but Ghana relies more on up front firepower to finish the great feeds sent in by Essien and Appiah. Forcing both those guys into more of an attacking/scoring role might throw them off a bit. I think that may be the key. If the US comes out supercharged (just like v. Italy) and just pounds balls into the Ghana side, the US just might snag an early goal and put the Ghana side into a ‘play from behind’ position they won’t like with their strikers sitting out. Just a theory. Anything can happen, of course.

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