{"id":429467,"date":"2017-10-17T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T09:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/17\/u-17-world-cup-i-was-just-so-excited-timothy-weah\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T09:30:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T09:30:32","slug":"u-17-world-cup-i-was-just-so-excited-timothy-weah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/17\/u-17-world-cup-i-was-just-so-excited-timothy-weah\/","title":{"rendered":"U-17 World Cup: I was just so excited &#8211; Timothy Weah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 17 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>fifa.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-17<\/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\/20821040.295.jpg\" alt=\"Timothy Weah Usa2\" title=\"Timothy Weah Usa2\" width=\"295\" height=\"185\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Tim Weah of United States of America celebrates scoring his team 5th goal<\/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\/1508232632_957_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">When it mattered most, Tim Weah stepped up and delivered for the USA to take them to the quarter-finals of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017.<\/p>\n<p>His hat-trick against Paraguay in New Delhi led the Stars and Stripes to an emphatic 5-0 win &#8211; a scoreline few would have predicted after the way the South Americans had performed in the group stage.<\/p>\n<p>Weah\u2019s first goal proved to be the winner, but many on the final night of tournament action at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will remember his second goal shortly after the breakf. His right-footed strike is sure to be a strong candidate for goal of the tournament, and it blew the match open.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Tim is the son of George &#8211; an iconic striker for Milan and PSG in his day known for his own spectacular goals and the favourite to be the next President of Liberia &#8211; and he is following in his father&#8217;s club footsteps in the French capital. FIFA.com caught up with the evening&#8217;s big hero after the match.<\/p>\n<p><b>What were your immediate emotions after scoring that spectacular second goal? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first, I didn\u2019t know what to do. I was just so excited. It\u2019s one of those shots where you just hit it and see where it goes, but the form that I used to shoot it was just perfect and I thought \u2018Wow, what a one in a million chance to be in a World Cup and score an amazing goal like that\u2019. There was just blood rushing through my veins and I was just going crazy. I was so happy and proud of my team-mates, and that showed in the celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Were you determined to put in a performance against Paraguay?<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI talked to my parents and they told me to get after them, but to myself, I really felt that I didn\u2019t have the best start to this World Cup, so I felt like this would be the right time to help my team win. I just came out there with the right determination, the right hunger, to get the win. I feel I came out here, did the hard work, got my three goals. I\u2019m very proud of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Before the match, did you and your team-mates speak about the importance of performing in the knockout stages?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a lot on our shoulders, being the first [USA] team in 19 years to qualify for a quarter-finals [of a World Cup]. It\u2019s a really big thing. With our men\u2019s team being knocked out [of Russia 2018 contention], it was a little down for us, but we took that on us to lead our country to victory and that\u2019s what we came out here to do. It was really just a perfect match from us and I\u2019m really proud of the guys and of our success so far. Now we just have to take it into the quarter-finals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>You spoke before about coming to India to win the title. With England or Japan being your quarter-final opponent, do you feel USA will triumph at this competition?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter tonight, I feel that we have everything that we need to take us to the final. Whether we get England or Japan, I know this team is down for a fight, down for anything. We\u2019re Americans, we don\u2019t give up, we work hard. 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