**Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Thread**

Ghana is already rationing power thanks to low water levels on the Volta River—dams along the river provide 75 percent of the country's electricity. But the nation's public utilities commission has announced that power levels will be brought back up for tonight's match against the U.S., and the Black Stars' other World Cup matches:


"All available generating units should be on-stream during the tournament, and maintenance personnel will be posted to man critical substations and installations during the match periods to ensure expeditious restoration of electricity in the unlikely event of an unplanned outage or emergency."

The match will kick off at 10 p.m. Accra time, and to make sure anyone with a TV is able to watch, the Volta Aluminum Company—the nation's largest smelter, and a huge energy consumer—has been asked to use less power today and on other match days.
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One of my favorite things about soccer is the rareness and unpredictability of goals. In football, every successful, well orchestrated drive results in a score -- and that fits its methodical, organized pace of play. Soccer, though, a team that outclasses its opponent might finish with 1 goal in the entire game -- or 6. It doesn't take long at all to score (as the US showed against Algeria in 2010), but good scoring opportunities are rare and you don't know when they'll come by again. Every single goal is potentially devastating because the other team can't just say "We'll just take care of business and respond."

 
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105th in Southwest line @ airport. Keep the updates coming Huskers.

And it's soccer, so two consecutive completed passes counts as breaking news.

 
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