{"id":427034,"date":"2017-10-09T22:30:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T22:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/09\/fifa-u-17-world-cup-usa-beats-ghana-to-top-group-a\/"},"modified":"2017-10-09T22:30:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T22:30:20","slug":"fifa-u-17-world-cup-usa-beats-ghana-to-top-group-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/09\/fifa-u-17-world-cup-usa-beats-ghana-to-top-group-a\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA U-17 World Cup: USA beats Ghana to top Group A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday,  9 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/79303831.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Starlets Usa\" title=\"Black Starlets Usa\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>USA defeated Ghana 1-0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1507588220_758_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> USA continued their perfect start to the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Under-17 World Cup when they defeated the Black Starlets of Ghana by a lone goal in the second Group A game on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A late winner by substitute Ayo Akinola in the 75 minute was enough to put USA on top of the group with six points from two games.<\/p>\n<p>Black Starlets started well in the contest at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium but missed a lot of chances in the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Stars and Stripes made sure the Starlets paid for their missed chances as they got back into the game.<\/p>\n<p>Akinola slotted a good finish from close range past Ghana\u2019s goalie Danlad Ibrahim to make sure Ghana regretted their missed chances in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana ended the match with 10 men as defender Abdul Yussif injury after a deadly head collision with a USA attacker, Josh Sargent.<\/p>\n<p>The results means Ghana will occupy the second position in the group with three points as host India and Colombia plays later in the day.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Monday, 9 October 2017 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2017-10-09 USA defeated Ghana 1-0 &#13; USA continued their perfect start to the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Under-17 World Cup when they defeated the Black Starlets of Ghana by a lone goal in the second Group A game on Monday afternoon. 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