[BRAZIL 2014] There are a lot of lessons to be learned from the first four days of the World Cup. You better count on getting a couple of goals if you want to geta result. And that means attacking out of the back and in numbers. And for 90 minutes. With that in mind, here are three keys for the USA if Christmas is to come early in Natal, where it faces GhanaMonday night.

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