Completely useless US statistics and trivia

A list of completely specious causations that the United States must undoubtedly consider going into their next match:

- United States-Ghana will be broadcast on ABC on Saturday. The last time the United States won a game broadcast on ABC was a 2-1 friendly against Uruguay in the run up to the 2002 World Cup. Every US game broadcast on the network since then has either yielded a draw (Italy in 2006, England in 2010) or a loss (Netherlands, Poland, Germany, and the MLS All-Stars in 2002).

- The United States defeated Algeria 1-0 on Wednesday while wearing white uniforms, marking three consecutive victories at the World Cup while wearing white. The last World Cup win in blue or red uniforms occurred in 1994, against Colombia.

- The round of 16 match against Ghana will be the night game on Saturday. The United States has never won in prime time. The latest kick off (local time) of a game in which the United States won was 6PM (England in 1950, Portugal in 2002).

- The US' win over Algeria was played at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, with an attendance of 35,827. The United States has won only one game at a venue greater than 40,000 (Colombia with 93,689 at the Rose Bowl, 1994). The Ghana match will be played at Royal Bafokeng Stadium, capacity 42,000 (attendance at the US-England game was 38,646).

- The United States returns to Royal Bafokeng Stadium after playing England there two weeks prior. This is the third World Cup in which the United States will be repeat visitors to a venue in a single tournament. The United States has been successful once at one venue for a second time (Paraguay at Estadio Parque Central, 1930). They were defeated by Romania on their second trip to the Rose Bowl in 1994.

Feel free to add (or correct).

 

Yes, but that could be construed as a useful fact related to their play (maybe they don't play well coming down from the high of a victory).

This thread is strictly for questionable and potentially ridiculous connections between some obviously irrelevant fact and the US' performance on the field.