by Rexford Nkansah of TheAfricanDream

Millions will be watching the epic Ghana-Canada friendly, will you? In 1985, Ghana met head-on with Canada in a President's Cup competition in South Korea. The outcome did not go in favor of Ghana, who lost by 2 goals scored by Dave Norman G and Dale Mitchell of the Canadian team.

Father of Kwame Ayew, one of Ghana's most prolific players in the person of Abedi Pele, was the only player who put a goal in the name of Ghana on the score sheet that day in Seoul.

I have no idea how huge the Ghanaian fan base was like in the Asian nation of South Korea back in that 1980s game, but I surely want to believe that out of the roughly 5,000 attendees reported, some Ghanaians were in the crowd cheering up team-Ghana in her very first game against Canada, despite the 2-1 loss to the Black Stars.

The Senior national men's team of Ghana in recent years have developed an astounding pedigree that has placed them miles and miles ahead of their Canadian counterparts. The flag of Ghana today dances high among that of other great football countries in the likes of Brazil and Spain.

With impressive performances, in recent FIFA World Cup finals, and in the last African championships, Ghana is today rubbing shoulders with the big teams and has one of the world's highest earning soccer players in the person of current captain Asamoah Gyan.

Although Ghana has suffered loss in the hands of Germany and the USA among other teams at World Cup Finals, that has not happened without enjoying wins, such as a 1-0 win over Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup in Germany, ironically though, Ghana will be playing Canada in the USA, one of her arch rivals and the Americans will no doubt be spying on this game.

Next Hurdle

At the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium on October 13, 2015, expect Ghana to play a thrilling game with Canada. The outcome of the upcoming game between Ghana and Canada can go in any side's favor because today, we can not belittle any team as the world of soccer has seen major upsets, I will safely say though that the odds are going to be in favor of Ghana, looking at things from a statistical point of view.

Ghana as of the first week of October 2015 stood at 25th on the FIFA/Coca-Cola rankings table which is almost twice better on the ranking list compared to the opponent side, Canada, who has a 77 Average Position since FIFA world rankings begun.

The Canadian coach; Benito Floro has however infused new blood into his team with the hope of pulling some surprises against Ghana, so it will indeed be an exciting game to observe.

Which ever way it goes, my partner Oral Ofori will be on site to bring us all the juicy highlights and details. Keep your eyes on the news here for it will be super exciting as the entire world awaits the results of this international friendly between Ghana and Canada.

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Editor's note: Rexford Nkansah is the Africa rep of TheAfricanDream LLC; an African information and communication media consultancy.