The World Cup 2014 has full radio coverage of every match from ESPN on the schedule and on Wednesday there are three more games on the network, with the Netherlands taking on Australia, while Spain and Chile are playing in Rio de Janeiro and in the late match Cameroon will play against Croatia in Manaus at the Amazon Stadium.
The United States will be back in action over the weekend after their dramatic win against Ghana in the opening match for them in Group G and now they have the chance to play against Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal. The United States and Germany are at the top of the group right now after winning their first matches and the chances of those teams advancing to the knockout stage will go way up if they get points in their second games.
The US team came into the game against Ghana knowing this team had knocked them out of the last two World Cup tournaments and they put that behind them quickly, scoring in the first 30 seconds of the game. Clint Dempsey took a ball into the penalty area and made a brilliant move to get a clean shot and he scored to give the United States a fast lead and they held onto it for nearly the entire game. Ghana scored a goal after the 80th minute and it appeared that the United States would have to settle for one point instead of three, but John Brooks had something to say about that.
The US scored on a fantastic corner kick from Graham Zusi to Brooks and that gave the team a 2-1 victory and three crucial points in the opening match. Many are calling this the group of death and the United States was not given much of chance to get out this stage, but now they are in position to do so and are playing a Portugal team that lost 4-0 to Germany and will be without Pepe after getting a red card.
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