The US team landed at the Indira Gandhi International airport at around 10pm last night while the Ghana side arrived here at 3pm today. Both teams straightaway proceeded to their team hotels.
The 21-member US team came from Dubai where they had a seven-day camp, preparing for the U-17 World Cup. The Ghana team, on the other hand, reached here from Abu Dhabi where they had based for training ahead of the U-17 World Cup.
Both USA and Ghana are in Group A along with hosts India and Colombia.
Ghana opened their campaign against Colombia on October 6, followed by matches against USA (October 9) and India (October 12). They will play all their group matches at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
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The US Soccer Federation had named 17 players who were part of the team that played in the qualifying tournament -- 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in April -- in which it had finished second.
Weah, son of former FIFA World Player of the Year and Liberia great George Weah, signed with Paris Saint Germain earlier this year.
In all, 12 of the 21 players on the roster come from Major League Soccer clubs.
The Americans reached the quarter-finals on four other occasions, most recently in Peru 2005. Last time in Chile in 2015, USA failed to emerge from the group stage for the first time since 2001.
Ghana, two-time champions at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1991 and 1995, are looking to end their 22-year trophy drought.
Besides the two titles, they have finished runners-up twice (1993 and 1997) while finishing third in the 1999 edition.
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