Ghana's proposed historic friendly against their World Cup foes the United States has been cancelled because of a prohibitive new FIFA law, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.
Talks were far advanced for the game to take place on 11th October in Washington, D.C to decide who is the best among the two sides after three previous clashes.
However a new FIFA law preventing countries from flying long journeys in different continents to play matches has scuppered the historic friendly.
The Black Stars were scheduled to play Uganda in early October before flying to the United States for the on 11 October.
With the two games taking place in two different continents with more than five hours of travel, FIFA has rejected Ghana's request to play the USA.
European clubs have forcefully argued that their players suffer energy burnout when they travel for such games in a short period which affects their output.
This forced FIFA to introduce the new law which is now affecting several countries particularly African sides who are seeking opponents to whips their sides into shape.
The game would have been a big coup for the GFA as it could have been the biggest friendly game since the historic game against England at Wembley five years ago which ended 1-1.
The match would have been the first between the two sides outside the World Cup as they have never met outside of the global tournament.
The game would have been played few days after coach Avram Grant's Black Stars play Uganda in their opening 2018 World Cup qualifier on 3rd October.
For the Americans the match would have come four days after the friendly against Cuba on October 7.
Ghana and the United States have clashed in all of the Black Stars three appearances at the World Cup with the West Africans winning two of the matches.
The Black Stars defeated the Yanks at the 2006 World Cup 2-1 preventing the USA from reaching the second round of the tournament as they played their last group game.
Ghana again eliminated the Americans four years later in South Africa thanks to a sweet extra-time strike by Asamoah Gyan in the round of 16 match which also ended 2-1.
The American secured some sort of a revenge at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil by the same scoreline when second-half substitute John Brooks' header sealed the winner.
The match in Washington would have decided who is the best among the two countries as fans of both sides will be eagerly seeking the bragging rights for the historic friendly.