USA Captain Christian Pulisic Warns Ghana Ahead of International Friendly

USA Captain Christian Pulisic Warns Ghana Ahead of International Friendly

Lukman Mumuni
updated at October 17, 2023 at 3:37 PM
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  • Christian Pulisic has turned his attention to the friendly against Ghana
  • The charismatic forward is hopeful of victory against the Black Stars
  • The USA lost their friendly against Germany last Friday while Ghana suffered a defeat to Mexico

Christian Pulisic insists the United States will respond to their defeat against Germany by getting a positive result against the Black Stars of Ghana in their friendly on October 17.

The USA suffered a 3-1 defeat to the former World Cup champions last Friday while Ghana were beaten by Mexico on the same day.

The two nations will square off at the GEODIS Park in Nashville, Tennessee, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, with both teams needing redemption.

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Christian Pulisic training with his USA teammates ahead of Ghana friendly. Credit: @USMNT @GhanaBlackstars
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However, the AC Milan forward believes his team has taken some positives from the Germany game and will ensure they make their corrections against Ghana.

"We did some good things. We have to take the positives, obviously learn from some of our mistakes," Pulisic stated in an interview, as quoted by ghanasoccernet.com.
"We have another opportunity against Ghana in a few days, and we just have to go out and turn it around there."

Ghana and the United States have met four times, with both teams winning two games each, as reported by ussoccer.com.

The four-time African champions are using the friendlies as preparatory games ahead of next month's World Cup qualifiers.

Musah eager to face parents country Ghana

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that United States Men's Soccer Team midfielder, Yunus Musah is eager to face Ghana, the country of his parents in an international friendly on October 17.

The AC Milan midfielder was born to Ghanaian parents in New York and was eligible to represent the West African nation before deciding to play for the Yankees.

Musah, who holds on strongly to his Ghanaian heritage, describes the friendly as a 'special match' for him and his family.

Mexico beat Ghana in friendly

Second-half goals from Hirving Lozano and Uriel Antuna inflicted Chris Hughton his first defeat as Ghana coach after Mexico strolled to a 2-0 victory against the Black Stars in an international friendly in the United States.

Following a barren first half, the North Americans had an explosive start to the second half after Lozano broke the deadlock following a quick set-piece by Mexico.

Substitute Antuna doubled the lead with 19 minutes remaining after a mistake from Nicholas Opoku led to a quick break by El Tri.

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Lukman Abdul Mumin is a Sports Journalist based in Accra, Ghana. He has been writing for the past five years. Lukman joined Sports Brief as an Editor for the Local Desk in 2022.
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