| On Saturday 26th June 2010 the American soccer | | | | What a pity, that the defence was porous and |
| players left the Royal Bakofeng Stadium in Rustenburg | | | | forwards failed to score. The goals were scored by |
| defeated by Ghana 2:1, even if they were convinced | | | | the midfielders Donovan, Dempsey and Bradley. |
| to make it until the end of the overtime. Will the World | | | | The growing number of fans, which reached record |
| Cup 2010 TV Schedule in USA change now, that the | | | | numbers, was glued to the television on Saturday night |
| American team is out? | | | | hoping for a soccer "Dream Team". But unfortunately |
| Soccer has never been a very popular sport in the | | | | the only African team, that made it out of the |
| U.S. Since the first edition in 1930 the American team | | | | preliminaries, has stopped the growing wave of the |
| never reached the semifinals. Having the most talented | | | | American team, which will continue to struggle for |
| team in U.S.soccer history this time they were | | | | recognition. |
| convinced to make it to the quarterfinals and then | | | | Will the American fans continue to watch the World |
| semifinals. Their dream was crushed once again by | | | | Cup even though their team is not in anymore? How |
| Ghana. In the last game of the 2006 World Cup | | | | are the American TV channels going to react? Will |
| preliminaries Ghana defeated the U.S. with exactly the | | | | they continue to broadcast all games as per the World |
| same score. | | | | Cup 2010 TV Schedule in USA? Professionalism |
| The popularity of soccer is picking up in the U.S. and | | | | requires to maintain everything as it is, also because |
| this time because of the fact, that the American team | | | | there are many fans of other countries living in the |
| made it out of the preliminaries it was even raised. For | | | | States. |
| the first time soccer made it to the first page on | | | | The only thing, that is certain: the American team's |
| American newspapers, which is normally the domain | | | | defeat is not going to contribute to further promote |
| of football, baseball and basketball. Former President | | | | soccer's popularity in the U.S., still dominated by football, |
| Bill Clinton was present with Mick Jagger sitting next to | | | | baseball and basketball. |
| him at this last game, just to underline the interest. | | | | |