Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg was the site of the second match of the day as the encounter featured a matchup of two of the best team nicknames in the tournament. The Stars & Stripes of the United States versus The Black Stars of Ghana. The latter playing for African pride as the only nation alive in the tournament representing the host continent.
After being the only African Nation to qualify to the round of 16, Ghana's next challenge was to play an uprising and much improved U.S.A. team. If you know anything about soccer and the World cup, the round of 16 is referred to as the "knockout" round, where the winner gets a chance to play in the next round (quarterfinals), while the loser bows their head down in defeat knowing that there won't be another match for them to play. Newspitter and it's crew had the opportunity to cover this game knowing that it was a big game for both nations with the U.S. coming of a miraculous victory over Algeria while the Ghanaian Black Stars are trying to paint their flag all over the globe by being the the first African Nation to go deep into the World Cup and possible winning it all.
Here are some moments that we were able to capture during this fantastic game that had both sides of the nation on the edge of their seats:
Ghana, Africa’s sole surviving nation in the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament, scored first in the game. It was an early goal scored by Portsmouth midfielder Kevin Prince-Boateng. He puts the Black Stars ahead in the fifth minute after picking up the ball from Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Ricardo Clark.
This first goal sent a massive attack uproar within the Ghanaian community as Newspitter was able to capture some key celebrations from dances to possess and musical masterpieces associated with the Ghanaian culture. As you can see by these pictures below the goal made the Ghanaians feel as though they were untouchable and certainly on their way to winning the match.
Just when the Blackstars thought they had the game under hand, one of the Ghanaian defenders committed a silly foul within the 18 yard box which awarded the Stars and Stripes the opportunity to equalize the game. USA trailed Ghana in the first half of their World Cup match, but Landon Donovan scored a penalty kick goal to even the game at 1-1. A yellow-card foul was called on Ghana's Jonathan Mensah against American Clint Dempsey to set up the kick.As you can see, the only U.S.A fan joyous ride was just begining as he couldnt control himself being the only fan out of all the memebers watching the game but his ride came to an end as Ghana was able to get a go ahead goal in extra time to seal the deal.
Ghana retook the lead over the United States at the World Cup by scoring just two minutes into extra time thus giving them the go-ahead line and winning the game. Scroll down to watch 24-year-old striker Asamoah Gyan give Ghana a 2-1 edge.This game brought out a massive crowd in the bronx community in NY is where most Ghanaians reside with pride. Newspitter was able to get real close with some of these fans as they were celebrating as if they had already won the world cup. Although it was just an advancement into the quarterfinals, this game was very significant and meaningful to all Ghanaians who are proud of what they are, where they came from and their culture which can be displayed in some of these pictures that we were able to take
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