How USA can overcome the Ghana challenge

by Ridge Mahoney

[USA-GHANA] A spot in the quarterfinals is at stake on Saturday. The Americans reached that stage in 2002, but to get there they must reverse a defeat they suffered four years ago. There's no shortage of alliterative billings for the U.S. match Saturday (2:30 p.m. ET, ABC, Univision) against Ghana ... Read the whole story

What They're Saying

by Soccer America

"Earlier today President Obama called the U.S. Men’s World Cup Soccer team. The President congratulated them on their extraordinary victory and told them that while he was meeting with General Petraeus in the Oval Office, he could hear the rest of the West Wing erupt when Landon Donovan scored the ... Read the whole story

Viewership records set by USA-Algeria

by Paul Kennedy

[TELEVISION WATCH] Wednesday's broadcast of the USA-Algeria game on ESPN was the the highest-rated and most-watched soccer game in the history of ESPN networks. Significantly, the broadcast was the highest-rated program of the day on any network among two key demographic groups, males 18-34 and males 18-49. Read the whole story

Webcast shatters record for sports event

by Paul Kennedy

[ONLINE WATCH] The USA-Algeria game on ESPN3.com drew the largest U.S. audience ever for a sports event on the web -- 1.1 million unique viewers with an average time spent viewing of 43 minutes. Read the whole story

Japan flair joins Dutch efficiency in knockout phase

by Ridge Mahoney

[GROUP E] The favored Netherlands closed out group play with maximum points by rallying to beat Cameroon, 2-1, while Japan advanced for only the second time in its history by racing past Denmark, 3-1. Here's what we liked and didn't like from Thursday's Group E games. ... Read the whole story

World Cup 2010 in brief

by Soccer America

[SCOREBOARD] The 2010 World Cup finished with an average of 2.27 goals a game, the second lowest in history. Spain's eight goals in seven games were the fewest of any team to win the World Cup. For all the World Cup results and leading scorers ... Read the whole story

Where to watch all the action

by Soccer America

[WORLD CUP VIEWING] Soccer America's list of soccer viewing establishments where you might be able to catch the World Cup games now numbers in the hundreds. Please be sure to check for opening times. Read the whole story

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