About 5 million Tweets were sent during the game saw the U.S. gain a measure of revenge against Ghana and markedly improved the U.S. chances of advancing ot the next round given Portugal’s heavy defeat to the Germans earlier today.

And here’s how it played out in Hermosa Beach, which is where I watched the game along with a crowd of well over a thousand:

(Photo by Staff Photographer Scott Varley)

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