are not made to go for a tie, it is not in our d.n.a. >> win or draw today against germany and team u.s.a. will move on to the knock out round and the team can keep its world cup journey with a win or a tie, but lose, it is more complicated and depends on the outcome of the portugal game. a win over germany is obviously huge for american soccer and we know that people have been super excited and i am in a twitter battle with someone from san francisco saying who is going do have the larger crowd. i believe san jose will hold it down. we will catch all the action right here. >> a giant turnout is expected in san francisco this morning as fans gather to catch the action on the big screen. an tempted 5,000 fans turned out on sunday to see the match. fans in the east bay can catch the action in oakland which is showing all the matches, and you can watch the match between team u.s.a. and germ fiat 9:00 a.m. on our sister network, espn with ghana versus portugal at espn two at the same time and 1:00 o'clock p.m. south korea and belgium on espn. uruguay's top player, luis suarez is taking a fina

team u.s.a. lost a tough match against germany but they still advance based on outcam of the game between port began and ghana. germany took the lead in the 54th minute and a goal from mueller was enough to win the group. team u.s.a. still advances because portugal won and since the two have the same record, america moves on based on goal scoring efficiency. >> it wasn't quite the crowd we saw on sunday at civic center lazy in san francisco, but, still, a solid turnout today for this match. we were flying high over the crowd in the early minutes of the game. from the sky, you can see many fans decked out in the red, white, and blue. >> around the nation, soccer fans gathered to watch team u.s.a. and this is what it looked like in southern california, much the same scene in washington, dc, where the district set up big screens in dupont circle for outdoor viewing party. >> in kansas city, missouri, thousands filled the enter entertainment district. >> after a biting incident, the governing soccer

team u.s.a. first substitute ever to score a goal in world cup competition. team u.s.a.s it 2-1. portugal up next on sunday for team u.s.a. mean time the san francisco giants who have the day off today looking to get in on all the cuban talent. the dodgers did it. white sox. it is youngster. 23 years old. 4 year contract worth $1.4 million. he is an outfielder, just 23 years old. and he is a switch-hitter as well. they say he is a good year away from the major leagues. >> not just baseball but sports lost a true gentleman today. tony gwynn one of the greatest ever to play the game has died at the age of 54. he has a lot of statistics. 20 years in the major league. hall of famer. 8 batting titles. more than that, he is a gentleman and continued to give back, coaching at san diego state, died of throat cancer. he would be the first to tell you don't chew tobacco. thank you. >>> thank you for joining us tonight. bay area post offices throwing away materials, the money that is winding up in the garbage. that and much more at 10:00 p.m. hey! welcome home! hey mom! woah, this

u.s.a.'s next match. >>> the giants showed their team spirit with this tweet. the huge flag on at&t field with a message, good luck, u.s.a. >>> fans of south korea gathered to cheer their team. they didn't like what they saw. algeria beat korea. fans will be back out there next weekend for the quarterfinal round. >> world cup action continues tomorrow. espn and espn 2 are carrying the matches live. as 9:00 a.m., australia versus spain on espn, and then netherlands and chile on espn 2. at 1:00 p.m., watch croatia and mexico on espn and cameroon and brazil on espn 2. >>> a teenager is dead and three others wounded following a shooting in windsor. it happened just before 1:00 this morning outside a house party. officers found a teenage boy, who had been shot in the chest. three other people were also shot. police say the suspect got away in a blue nissan driven by a woman. witnesses say two others may have also been in that car. >>> arson investigators in san francisco believe a small fire might be related to another recent arson. someone reported a fire at 11:30 t

team u.s.a. i sat down one on one with head coach of the u.s. men's national soccer team to talk about the pressure and controversy. you will hear from two u.s. players chosen to go to brazil. later, security forces preparing for the worst at the world cup. controversy swirling around who may be training them. >> my digital producer is here bringing the feedback throughout the show. so much excitement percolating pretty much everywhere you go? >> "the stream" is kicking off world cup 2013. >> that's why they pay me big money. buzz says on twitter it will be one hell of a world cup but never better than south africa in 2014. an american journalist said the hubby is going to the world cup. i am going to brazil. he has a ticket, but i think the sport is going mainstream. >> it could be an outliar. the most watched sporting event away. team u.s.a. has one of the toughest firm rounds possible called "the group of death" facing off against the world's best from germany, portugal, ghana and i talked abo

germany won 1-0 but still team u.s.a.s continue on to the round of 16. >> sports director mark ibanez joining us now with more on this exciting time for soccer. >> great, all part of what we are learning about world cup soccer but yes, the united states will move on despite the fact they played a game against germany and lost. they had 9 hours of rain leading up to this. soaking wet conditions. germany after a scoreless first half attacks here. one of their great players, his 4th goal in the last three games and 1-0 in the 55 minute is the way it would stand up. watch this. fight to the finish for team u.s.a. a header that just went over the goal. you see the coach of united states unhappy there. 1-0 but not a disaster. as you remember the man who delivered that last sunday against the united states, helps u.s.a. with a game winner against ghana today. it delivers a 2-1 victory that allows team u.s.a. to move on to the final 16 and they will play belgium come tuesday. mean time the golden state warriors don't have a draft

the 2-2 draw means team u.s.a. gains a point and is still alive in the world cup. let's go live to leslie brinkley who joined fans to watch both teams put on an exhilarating show today. reporter: if you love up to the last minute sports dramas, this was the match for you. world cup mania is seizing fans here in san francisco. fans who have a passion for the action. >> team u.s.a. was down, u.s.a. was up. and in the end, it was a tie. >> already have a win in the books on your mind. that hurts. >> i thought it was dish thought we had it in the bag. >> oh, my god so disappointed. >> so much emotion in this crowd of over 5,000 at san francisco civic plaza. something about the world cup whips up the patriotic fervor in the fans. near the end of the match a san jose earthquake soccer star took to the world stage. >> it has a huge door open for our bay area native chris. chris is such a great inspiration to all kids. >> the u.s.a.'s next match is on thursday, so another big screen and plenty of beers to go around. in san francisco, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> coming u

"eyewitness news" in center city where devoted fans of team u.s.a. gathered to watch the team take on germany. while the outcome was in the what the fans wanted all are pumped autopsy that the team is moving to the next round. >> they thought there was in way america would make it through but it is great testament to all of the hard work guys are doing down there hopefully we will make a run down in brazil. >> pride over team u.s.a. is especially strong from one new jersey town. as "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers tells us north buns brick is where it started for the team's goal keeper tim howard. >> u.s.a., u.s.a. >> reporter: like most bars around noon time on thursday, the north brunswick pub was patriotic place to be, unlike most bars north brunswick pub happens to be sit in the hometown of one key u.s. goal keeper. >> there will be guys that came out of the same state but rarely ever the same town, right down the road. >> reporter: that is right, tim howard, current u.s. net minder and arguablably its best ever is from the garden state righ

. >> reporter: team u.s.a. can keep its world cup journey going with a win or tie gains germany. >> they have talent and abundance. >> reporter: this is a day that many on team u.s.a. have had circled on their calendars. five u.s. players have german mothers and u.s. citizens. as a player he led germany to the world cup tidal in 1990. coach third place finish in 2006. he said he counts many on the german side good friends. i will give them big hugs before the game and leave it aside. given the close tie between the two teams, there's a lot of speculation that maybe they will come together and come up with a secret conspiracy plan and play not to lose. both sides have ruled that out. >> every athlete wants to win this game. >> we're not made to go for a tie, this is not in our dna. >> reporter: this is team's third game in 11 days. >> we don't see the short rest as being a harm to us at all. >> reporter: a winner in germany would be huge in american soccer. team u.s.a. is taking whatever it takes win or draw to

well, the numbers ran against team u.s.a. today, but the team was all smiles quay after louisianaing one-nil to germany in the world cup, all smiles because they still advanced to the next round. a lot of us took a recess from work today to watch the u.s. soccer team play. 4,000 people jammed a viewing party in orlando, florida. san francisco had a public screening at the civic center, and these fans in las vegas, well, they must have had money on the game. elaine quijano was lucky. she watched in brazil. >> reporter: the match was played in an often-driving rainstorm, more ominous than the storm clouds was the relentless attack by the german teams. >> that's great defending that time. >> reporter: american defenders weathered the assault, barely. >> germany wondering how they didn't score. >> reporter: star goal keeper tim howard came up with several big stops. team u.s.a. sometimes appeared unorganized on offense. jermaine jones missed a scoring chance when he collided with a ref. 10 minutes into the second half, howard mad

. >> team u.s.a. was down, u.s.a. was up. and in the end, it was a tie. >> already have a win in the books on your mind. that hurts. >> i thought it was dish thought we had it in the bag. >> oh, my god so disappointed. >> so much emotion in this crowd of over 5,000 at san francisco civic plaza. something about the world cup whips up the patriotic fervor in the fans. near the end of the match a san jose earthquake soccer star took to the world stage. >> it has a huge door open for our bay area native chris. chris is such a great inspiration to all kids. >> the u.s.a.'s next match is on thursday, so another big screen and plenty of beers to go around. in san francisco, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> coming up in sports we'll have the highlights of the exciting u.s. match as well as today's other games. >>> today security was tight at the stadium in rio before the game between russia and belgium. this after about 100 fans were able to barge into the press box before the game between chile and spain on wednesday. today more than

not underdogs, but team u.s.a. can keep its world cup journey going with a win or a tie against germany. has, it is a little more complicated and depeoples on the outcome of portugal and ghana. a win over germany is huge for american soccer and starts at noon. we expect this place to be packed. i am hoping people don't start drinking too early. however, katie and eric if i have for get into the goof of things, i will do that. >> dedicated to his craft. behave. >> a giant turnout is expected in san francisco as fans gathered to catch the action on the big screen at civic center plaza. an estimated 5,000 fans turned out on sunday to catch the match against portugal. fans in the east bay can watch the match as the new parkway theater in oakland showing all of games. you can watch the match between team u.s.a. and germany at 9:00 a.m. on the sister soviet work espn and ghana versus portugal is on espn2 and at 11:00 o'clock p.m., south korea and belgium on espn and algeria and russia on espn2. >> uruguay's top player lu

faced with this challenge, team u.s.a.'nd surrendered, saying, "we cannot win this world cup because we are not at that level yet. realistically it is not possible." [audience reacts] you don't think an american team could win? what kind of an american would say that? terms out a german one. because team u.s.a.'s coach is juergen klinsmann, a german soccer star seen here being german. [laughter] he also said, "we have to play the game of our lives seven times to win the tournament." so what? so what, jurgen, we can play the game of our lives seven times. they did it every night on "friday night lights." what's your problem? that's the american way to, give up before you begin. what if the pilgrims had gone back to england and said, "there's no point. we'll never kill that many indians." i don't get these german soccer players. here to help me get these german soccer players is germany's ambassador to the united nations. please welcome the honorable hans beinholz. [cheering and applause] now, your excellency, thank you for j

[laughter] so team u.s.a. came storming back, first with jermaine jones pulling team u.s.a. ith his foot. [cheering and applause] then team captain clint dempsey put us ahead with his balls, i believe. all we had to do, all we had to do was hold on the our lead, using only our feet, and it should have been easy because portugal's best player and guy who makes ken jealous, cristiano ronaldo, had been a sexy shadow of his former self. >> it's not happening for him at that world cup. i'm not sure how fit he really is. >> stephen: me either. i bet if he took off his shirt, only the female fans would have ovulated. no, sorry, i think i just dropped an egg just now. so there we were, time nearly expired, and there was old man ronaldo lumbering down the sideline and, oh, my gosh, no! no! [audience booing] i was hoping it wouldn't happen this time. of course, i was not alone in my sports grief. i'm going to roll some footage of american fans chanting "i believe that we will win." i want you to see if you can spot the moment when portugal scores. crowd: i believe that we will win. i b

team u.s.a. has lost to ghana the last two world cups but it is unpredictable. >> tough to be in the "group of death." >>> world cup fever reached the bay area with viewing parties over the weekend and the live day because was on the plaza with watch parts throughout the morning and more parties today where you can watch team u.s.a. game on ghana with a viewing party at 2:30 this afternoon on market in san jose and there will be a big screen viewing party at 3:00 in san francisco. >>> we will be the only place to watch the world cup live next saturday with belgium playing russia and then south korea and algeria at 11:30 and don't miss a moment with watch abc which lets you watch the matches on your smartphone, tablet or computer. >> matt, you used to play baseball and you could confined find your tough in a tough brackets. >> it is fought good when it is so-called identity group of death. >>> good morning, everyone, hope you are waking up from a lovely weekend and happy father's day to the dads o

team u.s.a. plays the next crucial match on thursday to advance to the next round after a disappointing tie, 5,000 clearing fans jammed into san francisco civic center to watch the game on a jumbo-tron between the united states and portugal. team u.s.a. came back from a deficit to take 2-1 lead and they only needed to hang on for 30 seconds to steal a victory but portugal scoreed and tied the game. there were parties everywhere. we are reporting now from san jose. >> the game was good. it was insane. let my tell you. hundreds were glued to the jumbo-tron for every exciting second. >> we scored that first goal it was amazing. everyone was going crazy. >> second goal, more crazy. >> >> these ladies believe not having complete gear is why it took a turn. >> don't loss it. they lost. >> with seconds remaining in the five minutes, michael bradley was stripped and portugal was off for a final rush. >> we had it. we were there. we were winning. suddenly, ten seconds, boom, they score. soaker is like tha

>>> team u.s.a.survives the group of death and moves to the round of 16 in the world cup open, but serial fighter you hear that music, it is summer, it is thursday and that means it is time for orr at the shore. >> kathy orr live in sea isle city. the kathy, how sit down there. >> it is beautiful, jessica. just a gorgeous day. we had clouds all day but you we had a land breeze keeping it comfortable, giving us a break from the humidity but now sunnies out and look at all these people. hi, everybody. they are taking pictures. they are calling home. tell everybody at home you are here, on tv. down beach we are looking at a pack beach looking north towards ocean city and here in sea isle at 40th street this beach is special. it has been named by an environmental action group to be one of the nation's superstar beaches for its good water quality out of the list of hundreds of beaches nationwide, sea isle makes the top 35. so congratulations, sea isle. lets take a look at our weather across the region it

world cup fever caught fire in the bay area after that historic first win by team u.s.a. against ghana. we will have more from friend's civic center plaza where thousands watched the game. >> team u.s.a. started strong, the first goal coming 29 seconds into the game against ghana. thousands watched on a big screen at san francisco civic center plaza. they went wild. >> how okay. >> amazing. >> unbelievable. >>the excitement didn't last. ghana scored two prompts a nature i of west africa to do this dance much the crowd was not amused. >> [ inaudible ] >> fans were back on their feet when team saw scored again and beat ghana for the first time in three world cups. >> it was great. great. the best revenge we have ever had. >> we beat ghana. people are supporting soccer. >> soccer is amazing, it separates itself from other sports because it unites everyone and it united the country. >> an amazing start for team u.s.a. but already many are making predictions. >> usa. >> in the final. >> nothing is impossible. >> how exciting. sunday belgium plays russia at 8:30 and then south

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team u.s.a.'e, that was 84 years ago. in brazil, the world's greatest superpower is an underdog. >> for us, now, talking about winning a world cup, you know, is just not realistic. >> reporter: u.s.a. coach jurgen klinsmann won a world cup with west germany in 1990, his approach was building around michael bradley from new jersey and clint dempsey from texas. and with european who have american citizenship, including players from norway and, yes, germany. tim howard is the u.s. goalie. >> we trust him ever since he's taken over the team and we have no reason to doubt that now. >> reporter: but most of the soccer world does. 13th ranked u.s.a. needs to get past germany, the second best team in the world, and portugal, the fourth best just to advance to round two of the tournament. writer grant wahl has covered five world cups. what defines success for team u.s.a. now? >> the expectation should be to advance from the group to finish in the top two and get to the round of 16. if you don't do that, th

one game today is team u.s.a. versus germany. >> that's right. team u.s.a. playing germany in the northeast city here in brazil. it is a huge game for the u.s.a., because this will determine if they advance in this word cup or not. what do they have to do? if they win, they automatically advance. even with a tie, they probably still will advance. if they lose, it will depend on the outcome of the portugal-ghana game. a lot at stake here. a huge number of american fans here. there's a restaurant up there that had a party for about 1,000 u.s. citizens yesterday before the game. it sold out in a matter of minutes and they had a waiting list of 1,600u.s.a. fans wanting to get in. huge excitement there. we are watching it closely. >> i heard that american citizens are some of the biggest number of fans there in brazil. the city, i understand that been hit by heavy rain and flooding. how is that going to affect the game today? >> yeah, the fans are going to be very wet. in the last 24 hours, the city has been hit with 25% of the total rainfall that they normally re

today team u.s.a. is playing in portugal for a chance to vaps out of the group -- vans out of the group of death. it'skming up. the -- it's coming up. the u.s. is trailing. andy was at that park with the fans. >> it was a rowdy scope a few days ago i assume it's the day. >> it may be more. everywhere is watching the big screen hoping the u.s. can pull off the win against portugal. the air really went out of the crowd when port call stored first. fans enthusiasm was so high in the win against ghana. we talked to a couple of fans would summed up the spirit of the world cup fan frenzy. >> actually, i like - i like the spirit of the one. i'm getting more into it. i'm not hike a normal soccer fan, but i like watching the countries coming together to play. >>> technical difficulties outside grant park. 10,000 fans estimated watching team u.s.a.'s game against portugal. they trail 1-0. if they win, we give them two wince, advancing them to the round of 16 with three points. germany with four points, tied. giv

team u.s.a. and their fans set team u.s.a. and their fans set for game the performance review. team u.s.a. and their fans set for game that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we are following right now. sunni militants are taking over more territory, they control three more towns, including a border post near syria. the most powerful militia is vowing to fight back. today they marched in baghdad. pro-russian fighters say they will not lay down arms, many took an oath of allegiance. vladimir putin had put some of his military forces on combat alert. the order coming as he expressed s

team u.s.a. gets its chance to do the same thing next tuesday.l with an update on the u.s. national team as it gets ready for its game against belgium. >> reporter: the u.s. men'scf0÷ soccer team practiced today at its world cup base in sao paulo, preparing for knock-out play tuesday against belgium. this marks first time ever that u.s. soccer has made it to the round of 16 in consecutive world cups. coach juergen klinsmann says it's an important step on the path to american soccer excellence. >> this is now what we need. we want to have those benchmarks. we want to be one day in the top 10, top 12 in the world some if you want to be there one day, this is now the moment to prove it. this is now the moment to show it. >> reporter: they'll need to do so against a young, fast and aggressive belgian squad that is one of just 14 to have won all three of its group game, but the americans could get a big boost if striker jozy altidore can return from his strained hamstring. altidor was seen jogging easily at practice this weekend. players like goalkeep

team u.s.a. came back from a deficit to take the lead and only needed to hang on for another 30 seconds to steal a victory but portion position scored to tie the game at two-all. >> danville native and san jose earthquake veteran made his first appearance yesterday. the 32-year-old was a late 87th minute substitution for dempsey. he was the stop scorer in major league soccer in 2012. >>> from the united states, a win or draw against germany means they move on but if they lose they need a draw from ghana and portugal to van. this is one other possibility after that, it would depend on which team has the better goal differential. >> world cup action continues at 9:00, australia taking on spain. you can watch it on espn and, also, the netherlands and chile on espn 2, and croatia and mexico on espn and cameroon and brazil on espn2. >> whether you are just be indoors or outdoors it does not matter but it is very marine layer-ish. >> mike? >> technical term! >> 48 now is the cool spot to the south, a l

in the world cup, team u.s.a.started out hot against ghana in brazil scoring 32 seconds into the match with the sixth fastest goal in world cup history. but bad news quickly followed when the star forward was taken off the field with a strained hamstring. ghana pressed the united states tying the game at the 82-minute mack. a beautiful pass and then in four minutes, triumph, a game-winning score by john brooks giving a much need 2-1 win. >> it is a great moment for us to win the game. every team wants to start with a win and we did it. our score means a lot for the team. it is a good start in tournament. >> yesterday, the victory was sweet for team u.s.a. would has lost to ghana in the past two world cups. >> check out the world cup excitement in the bay area as fans packed bars and packs to watch the matchup on the big screen, the san jose earthquakes put on to viewing yesterday at the plaza in part to capitalize on the surge of interest in soccer. >> to cheer on the earthquakes' player on team u.s.a., they will

team u.s.a. advances to the round of 16, despite a loss to germany. the top team they'll be facing next and the role american fans ever played in this world cup. >> good morning, and welcome to aljazeera. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walterser. u.s. drones patrolling the skies over baghdad. >> the armed drones will only fly reconnaissance missions, but strikes are not ruled out in iraq or syria. >> iraq's parliament is ready to put together the new government, but there are signs it may not include the country's prime minister al-malaki. >> some are questions his ability to assemble a unified government. >> iraqi's foreign minister al-malaki began with a visit by diplomats, this time from britain delivering the same message as the country fights isil. >> we believe the single most important factor that will determine whether or not iraq overcomes the challenge is political unity. >> those sentiments were echoed by secretary of state john kerry in paris where he pet with american ally jordan, who'

but waythe 1-nil loss, team u.s.a. would need help from porch gal, a win with against ghana would also bring the u.s. to the next round. now, this game short handed the two players were suggestion spented from the team, after all the patience allegedly over money. portugal able to take advantage, renaldo scored the game winning goal to give portugal a 2-1 decision. so here is another look at the final result, in group g, a group that many had called a group of death, waytwo win withs and a draw germany finishes atop 7 points, team u.s.a. both finish with four, but the u.s. advances things to gold differential. portugal is hurt by that 4-nil loss in it's first game, but no matter how they got there, it is on to the neck round for team u.s.a. >> a group of 16, so we are showing people that we are a good group, and we can play. >> this is the first time ever that, that team u.s.a. has advanced to the stage in back to back. >> okay, so that helps us. >> yes, it does. >> well with, as of right now, they are scheduled to play

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. >> win, lose or tie, what team u.s.a. has to do in order to keep world cup dreams alive. >> good morning, 5:30, june 26. matt o'donnell is off. >> let's go over to karen rogers in for david murphy and matt pellman with traffic. >> reporter: the storms had wake enemy up in the overnight hours as they slowly progressed through the area and dumped a significant amount of rain. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing them off the coastline, so we're starting off dry right now. let's start off with satellite and radar, the storms were in motion, we'll start out early with cloud cover and 9:00 a.m. we'll see more and more sunshine filtering in. it's not a bad day, but it's a warm one, 73 in philadelphia. 07 in allentown, 69 int it's a millville. as you're heading out the door early this morning we'll see mostly cloudy skies 6:00 a.m., 73. 8:00 a.m., 77 degrees it still feels muggy early on, but conditions improve a bit as the day wears on. overall today a day of clouds and sunshine, warm high of 88 degrees, we're tracking the

team u.s.a. defeating ghana 2-1. >> millions of americans are celebrating this morning. >> we have soccer fever. >> stephen: yes, we have soccer fever, and one of the symptoms of soccer fever is victory foot. u-s-a! ole! ole! ole!. folks, this is a huge day for america's sports fan, who have been excited about the world cup ever since they noticed it was happening, which was shortly after the nba finals ended on sunday. [laughter] now, it's no secret, i have always been a soccer fan. and i know that i have said soccer is as exciting as watching drying paint play manila envelopes to a 0-0 tie, but i was just being hard on soccer because i love it. i wanted it to get better and it did. you're welcome. >> folks, this was a thriller of match. team u.s.a.'s clint dempsey stunned ghana with a goal in the opening 29 seconds, which is good, because most americans' attention span for soccer is 30 seconds. ole, ole, ole, ole! unfortunately, due to copyright issues, i cannot show you more than 15 seconds of

. >> team u.s.a. will play ghana today. the united states has a talented team but it may not be on the level of great teams from europe and south america. it is an uphill battle. >> wait is over for american soccer fans. today, the united states squad opens up world cup play against ghana that the manager considers a "must win." that is because the team starts out in the so-called group of death, four teams, the united states, port began, ghana, and portugal. you play each other once and move on. it is 38 percent of advancement. >> the coach has been honest. >> talking about winning a world cup is...not realistic. so the beautiful think it is unpredictable. >> he remade the team, the most recognizable player donovan last off the roster. seven international players were added five from germany. but there are familiar places including goalkeeper howard and the captain. the united states is up against ghana, the best of africa. >> they are fill physically dominant. >> and the history, ghana knocked the united states out of the

"eyewitness news" at 15th and locust where the street turned into a huge block party for team u.s.a. e team is taking on portugal at this hour and folks were showing off their spirit by sporting a lot of red white and blue. a win will bring americans closer into the final 16. lesley van arsdale has more on the big u.s.a. game coming up in sports in just a bit. >>> and summer is here but it was a winter solstice in antarctica. after sawing through a yard of ice they soaked in the balmy weather. temperature just 2 degrees. that's still warmer though than the air temperature which is around minus 30. ouch. thank goodness nothing like that around here. oh, boy. >>> take a look at this. a lightning show over mount rushmore. amazing video of lightning illuminating the monument. look at that. dark storm clouds behind it. that really is just a great shot there. >> yes. >> all right, justin, did we have any fireworks? i saw the rain out there. >> yeah, we had some rain, no lightning. that's a good thing. depending on where you are you may run into a brief shower. nice start to the work week, m

team u.s.a. down but not out in the race for thworld cup. plus, a profile of this year's pulitzer prize winner in poetry. >> woodruff: the u.s supreme court handed down a pair of unanimous decisions today in two high-profile cases. in one, the court reined in the appointment powers of the president. the justices ruled that president obama's temporary appointments to the national labor relations board in 2012 were illegal because congress was not in recess. the justices also struck down a 35 foot buffer zone prohibiting protests outside abortion clinics in massachusetts finding the limit violated the first amendment rights of demonstrators. marcia coyle of the national law journal was at the court this morning, and she joins us now.

. >>> count down is on, team u.s.a. takes on germany in the world cup, a win or a tie against that perennial soccer powerhouse means that the u.s. advances to the next round. u.s. coach played and coached the the german national team before taking over team u.s.a., game time high noon, let's go, u.s.a. >>> baseball now phillies had one bad inning last night and it cost them. left fielder dominic brown misjudged that fly ball in the fourth and goes for a run scoring double. that ball would have been a third out. next batter would double in two more runs. chase utley drove in one run with the bases loaded sacrifice fly that was short of the grand slam, phillies loose three-two. they will wrap up marlins series tonight in south philadelphia at the ball yard. >>> baseball history out west, the giants tim lincecum has in hit san diego padres. 309 year-old allowed only a second inning walk to the majors weakest hitting team and giants won four to nothing. this is third no hit they are season. lincecum struck out six and threw

despite a tough loss yesterday in the shoot-out team u.s.a. says they are staying focused. tenth but katie o'donnell from our area says the team is working hard to prove under dogs can win with the right step. >> we for the really hard to get here and i think we shock the world, and those memories alone people coming up and telling us things, us things, present each and every day, those are moments that in one can take away from you. >> team u.s.a. will play argentina tomorrow morning at 6:30 for that bronze medal. >>> well, it is not a great night so far for baseball. "eyewitness news" at citizens bank park where you can see downpour happening outside the stadium. hopefully field is cover and things will clear up to get that game with the cubs tonight. kathy, what are we thinking about that. >> two more round of showers, heavier rain is through philadelphia, but we could see a few more spotty showers, and thunderstorms popping up. it will not be as powerful as the the first round, that is the good news, i think the first round of the storms can lay the the ground work for s

team u.s.a.'e 84 years ago. in brazil, the world's greatest superpower is an underdog. >> for us, now, talking about winning a world cup is just not realistic. >> u.s. coach jurgen klinsmann won a world cupp against germany in 1990, his approach was building around michael bradley from new jersey and a player from texas and players from norway and germany. tim howard is the goalie. >> we trust him ever since he's taken over the team and we have no reason to doubt that now. >> reporter: but most of the soccer world does. 13th ranked u.s.a. needs to get past germany the second best team in the world and portugal the fourth best to advance to round two of the tournament. grant wahl has covered five world cups. what's the expectation for the u.s.a. >> to advance and finish in the top two and get to the round of 16. if you don't do that, that's a failure. >> reporter: although more american children play organized soccer than little league baseball, youth participation in soccer stalled between 2008 an

of course, to cheer on earthquakes player who is on team u.s.a. the team will now face portugal on sunday and germany next week. vice president bid were was in brazil for the match and went into the locker room to congratulate the teal on the win over ghana. he is the guy in the suit in the middle. >> belgium plays russia and south korea take on algeria on sunday and abc7 is the only place you can watch and you don't have to miss a moment. you can view the matches on smart phone, tablet or computer. >> the crisis in iraq, the united states is taking steps to protect americans in the region as al-qaeda backed militant move closer to baghdad including the arrival of hundreds of united states troops in the country. >>> good morning, matt, the president has order united states troops into baghdad for a limited mission of protecting members there. this is not according to the bows a combat mission. >>> chaos is spreading across iraq and president obama is weighing a range of options. he informed congress he is sending up to 275 soldiers and marines, 170

. >>> food is a huge day for team u.s.a. at the world cup. the team is in action in a couple of hours, facing portugal. with the win, team u.s.a. advances out of a group some called the group of death, and fans are cautiously optimistic. >> i think portugal has opinion overraid for some time. if they can bett italy or -- beat italy or the united states, they are the force. >> my heart says welwyn 1-0. >>> any win they'll take. we had an exciting performance against ghana, the fans are expecting something better. >> it's a wonderful opportunity, you have to love it. for the americans, they control their own deftinie. portugal goes forward. america will be without their top playmaker who ipp john howard his ma'am -- injured his hamstring in a match against ghana. nextman up. jorgen will turn to aaron johansson or chris to take his place. as for the team captain, chris dempsey. he suffered a broken nose against ghana, he will be in the line-up with so much at stake. all eyes on cristiano ronaldo. he is a score aring machine, the best player on ea