June 26. Ghana Suvives, then Celebrates

Today was a great day as Genee returned from another week at her school, and Ghana defeated the U.S. in a thriller, 2-1 in extra time. We watched the game projected onto screens outdoors, with a crowd of about 500. Ghana’s problem has been finding goals, so once the U.S. tied up the game at 1-1 and forced extra time I though penalties were all that could save the Black Stars. But then came a great goal from Asamoah Gyan to send Ghana through to the quarter-finals and set off a crazy party all over Accra. As fans flooded onto the main streets, cars and people swerved wildly around each other on the streets and the sounds of horns and those damn vuvuzelas could be heard until the wee hours.