Massive crowds gathered to see the US upset Ghana in World Cup opener

By Javier Panzar

June 16, 2014 4:42 PM PT

From the beaches of California to the steel stacks of Pennsylvania, fans came out in droves Monday to watch Clint Dempsey, John Brooks Jr. and the rest of Team USA upset Ghana, 2-1, in the World Cup.

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Albany, N.Y.

Hermosa Beach, Calif.

Bethlehem, Penn.

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New York City

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Javier Panzar

Assistant editor Javier Panzar oversees California audience engagement for the Los Angeles Times’ California section. He previously worked as a digital editor on the News Desk. Before that, he was a reporter covering state and regional politics as well as breaking news in California. Panzar started at The Times as an intern and then a MetPro fellow in 2014. He was born and raised in Oakland. His reporting has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Seattle Times, the Orange County Register and UC Berkeley’s independent student newspaper, the Daily Californian.

Massive crowds gathered to see the US upset Ghana in World Cup opener

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