progress to date with the adults tim donovan in our jaec meeting reported a very robust apprenticeship program and they are really starting to bring on a lot the electrical trades are very pleased with their apprentice program at this point and tim donovan reporting. >> moving onto the apprenticeship trims this is through the first quarter end of march 31st st the first quarter, with 143 apprentice trade hours and we are hitting our goal apprentice hours we have a goal of 16 and two-thirds percent for non labor and operators and right now we're at about 18 percent with apprentice labor and non operators so that's fantastic exceeding that goal and on the labor ors themselves we're very close to the apprentice goals it's dropped a little bit in the last quarter off by one really if you look closely that's very close then the operators that's a very good story at this point i believe that would be shimmick mostly they are on board right now and exceeding their apprentice goals with their operators so a lot of good to report for the pla apprentices and so forth so if there's any questions

donovan, left off the roster. seven dual national players added, five raised in germany but still familiar faces. goalkeeper timin clint dempsey anchor the team. here's what the u.s. is up against, ghana, the best of africa. >> they're skilled but physically they're dominant. >> reporter: there's history. ghana knocked the u.s. out of the last two world cups. >> i think the coach will give us the right game plan against ghana and we hope it fits. >> reporter: next up portugal led by two-time world player of the year cristiano ronaldo. >> reporter: it's a really tough draw, but that hasn't stopped the growing excitement among american soccer fans, who will watch at home, at work or packed bars and restaurants, cheering on the red, white and blue. karen travers, abc news, washington. >> are you a big soccer fan? >> should we try it out? you used to play soccer you said. >> doing this during the broadcast, not so good. >> this is going to be a good team. this is an exciting big match-up for team usa. they have a tough bracket they're in. >> they do. they haven't ever advanced in the history of world soccer the u.s