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Published: June 25, 2010
Team USA will face Ghana in the knockout stages Round of 16 in World Cup 2010 on Saturday afternoon.
Kick off time for this contest from Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg South Africa is scheduled for 2:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC TV.
The three way betting line opened with USA a +155 favorite to win in regulation time with Ghana a +175 second favorite and a regulation draw coming in at +215.
The goal regulation total opened at 2 goals with over and under bringing back -110.
The handicapped line opened at a pick with USA favored at -120 and Ghana the +100 underdog.
The early money in this contest has come on a US win in regulation as it now pays +140 with the draw in regulation now +220 and for a Ghana win in regulation bringing back +210.
The handicapped early money saw money on USA as they are now -127 favorites to win and Ghana a +107 underdog.
The total number of goals in regulation has moved slightly towards under 2 goals as it now returns -120 in regulation with over 2 goals in regulation bringing back -110.
The USA was the surprise winner of Group C with two draws and a victory to finish with 5 points and winning the goal differential over England who also qualified into the knockout stages with 5 points.
Ghana earned a win, draw and a loss for 4 points and qualified as Group D’s second place team as they finished tied with Australia with 4 points but qualified ahead with a better goal differential. Germany was the winner of Group D with 6 points.
The US opened up play with a 1-1 draw with England. The team then drew in controversial fashion 2-2 with Slovenia as they had the game winning goal disallowed by referee error. The USA qualified for the knockout stages and won Group D with a exasperating 1-0 victory against Algeria.
It was veteran and perhaps USA’s greatest ever player Landon Donovan with the dramatic game winner in the 91st minute.
USA controlled the ball 51% of the time and had 10 accurate shots on goal to Algeria’s 4. The USA had plenty of opportunities all game long but just could not get one past the Algerian net until Donovan’s last minute heroics.
Landon Donovan leads USA with 2 goals scored in this tournament. Clint Dempsey has scored 1 USA goal and has blown several good goal scoring chances in this tournament and was shielded from heavy criticism by that late Donovan goal.
Ghana began play in World Cup 2010 with a 1-0 victory against Serbia. They then tied Australia 1-1 in their second match. The club then lost 1-0 to Germany and were fortunate that Australia was able to upset Serbia 2-1 that allowed Ghana entry into the Round of 16 in World Cup.
In the loss to Germany it was Mesut Ozil with a beautiful goal in the 60th minute which held up.
Ghana controlled the ball 45% of the time and had 5 accurate shots on goal to Germany’s 6.
Asamoah Gyan is the goal leader for Ghana in this tournament.
These two clubs last met in World Cup 2006 in Germany as they sat together in group play. It was Ghana pulling out the 2-1 victory over USA sending the American team home from World Cup 2006.
Ghana in their Round of 16 match was pounded 3-0 by Brazil in 2006.
The US last made the Round of 16 and defeated Mexico but fell by a disputed goal in their quarterfinal game against Germany.
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