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| US celebrates dramatic World Cup win over Ghana | US celebrates dramatic World Cup win over Ghana |
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| It's not a country renowned for its love of "soccer" but football fans across the US celebrated a last-gasp win against the team's World Cup nemesis, Ghana. | It's not a country renowned for its love of "soccer" but football fans across the US celebrated a last-gasp win against the team's World Cup nemesis, Ghana. |
| John Brooks headed in a late winner for USA in a dramatic finale to their opening Group G game in Natal. | John Brooks headed in a late winner for USA in a dramatic finale to their opening Group G game in Natal. |
| It went a long way towards making amends for being knocked out by Ghana in the last two World Cups. | It went a long way towards making amends for being knocked out by Ghana in the last two World Cups. |
| Supporters across the US planned to party well into the night. | Supporters across the US planned to party well into the night. |
| "It's a great moment," Brooks said of the win. | |
| US team captain Clint Dempsey - who scored the fastest goal in his nation's World Cup history at 29 seconds in - heralded the victory. | |
| "Everybody played their hearts out." | |
| Team fans streamed jubilantly into New York's city streets after the game, cheering loudly. | |
| "It's like a Who concert and a Beatles concert combined," celebrant James Cannon told the New York Post. | |
| Fan Julianne Naso was one of hundreds gathered at a New York sports bar to watch the game. | |
| "People erupted after that first goal," she told the newspaper. "We have some momentum now. Hopefully, we keep it going." |