I think they can beat Ghana. But I am more confident of the USA beating Germany.
I will say this.
The program has made enormous strides under Klinsi. No matter what happens, he’s done a heck of a job of transforming the team’s culture.
I’m looking forward to the next four years and seeing how things progress as Klinsi is able to put even more of his stamp on the program. It’s going to be a completely different team, but they will be Klinsi’s guys, not leftover vestiges of the Bob Bradley era.
Many teams experience emotional letdowns, though I think Ghana has played much better than Portugal this World Cup and though Ghana WILL be playing for something, they have come through two matches that are as hard as nails.
Sort of the way, South Africa 2010 was an emotional rollercoaster for the USA, I think the group stage was so hard and exhausting for the US National Team, it gave Ghana an edge in that knockout game.
This has been a very fine World Cup, I’d be pressed to find a team that has totally blown it.
I saw a comment on how there are relatively few cards in this World Cup and few penalties called, hence, we have a much less cynical World Cup than say some games in 2006.