When John Brooks, a defender on the U.S. men's national soccer team, scored the winning goal against Ghana late in a first-round game of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 2014 World Cup at Arena Amazonia, nearly 16
million American TV viewers were tuned in. Considering this statement, which of the following statements is incorrect?
A) The record-setting television audience for World Cup 2014 provided evidence of soccer's growing popularity in the United States.
B) The victory in Brazil was especially sweet because Ghana's Black Stars was the team that had defeated the Americans in a second-round game at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
C) Ghana had ended Team USA's hopes in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
D) The U.S. team lost to Portugal in the game that attracted nearly 25 million American TV viewers.
E) FIFA has chosen Total Apparel Group (TAG) to boost soccer's visibility and popularity among Americans.
E
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