USA is a gonna after losing to Ghana

Ghana eliminated the USA from the FIFA World Cup this morning. Even though this is Ghana's first World Cup appearance, the team is still kicking butt and taking names. After losing to Italy in the first game of the first round, Ghana decisively put the Czech Republic in check (2-0) and just straight smacked down the USA (2-1). In their triumph, however, Ghana remained gracious (see the pic). [In the pic below, a Getty pic taken from Yahoo!, Essien of Ghana helps up Onyewu of the USA.]

BRAZIL OF AFRICA
Ghana will now move to the second round where they will face Brazil. At the end of the match, one of the commentators said that Ghana is known as "the Brazil of Africa." Don't know what that means go here, here and here. The label seems to be given to any African nation for any number of reasons, whether its disparate economic growth or awesome soccer play. Language is so imprecise. Don't ya think?!