FIFA World Youth Championship Malaysia 1997

First stage

Ghana - USA

1:0 (1:0)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
29	22 June 1997	17:30	Alor Setar / Darulaman	8000

Match Officials

Referee Saad MANE (KUW)	Assistant Referee 1 Prachya PERMPANICH (THA)
	Assistant Referee 2 Mark WARREN (ENG)

Goals scored

Peter OFORI QUAYE (GHA) 32'

Ghana

Line-up

[1]
Osei Oscar ASAMOAH (GK)
[2]
Joseph ANSAH (C)
[3]
Fuseini ADAMS
[5]
Christian GYAN
[6]
Baba SULE
[7]
Dini KAMARA
[8]
Stephen APPIAH
[9]
Peter OFORI QUAYE (-72')
[10]
Bashiru GAMBO
[15]
Odartey LAWSON
[18]
Richard ACKON (-67')

Substitute(s)

[4]
Kofi AMPONSAH
[11]
Mohamed MOUKTAR
[12]
Abdulai AL HASSAN (+72')
[13]
Abdul Karim AHMED
[14]
Joe SAM
[16]
Michael ABU
[17]
Awudu ISSAKA (+67')

Coach

Francis OTI-AKENTENG (GHA)

USA

Line-up

[1]
Andy KIRK (GK)
[2]
Chad MC CARTY
[3]
Brian DUNSETH
[4]
Matthew CHULIS (C)
[8]
John O BRIEN
[9]
Sasha VICTORINE
[10]
Jorge FLORES (-82')
[12]
Ramiro CORRALES (-4')
[13]
Esmundo RODRIGUEZ
[14]
Joey DiGIAMARINO
[16]
Josh WOLFF (-65')

Substitute(s)

[5]
Tommy POLTL
[6]
Carlos PARRA (+4')
[7]
Myles STODDARD
[11]
Ben OLSEN (+82')
[15]
Brian WEST (+65')
[17]
Shawn PETROSKI
[18]
Matt NAPOLEAN

Coach

Jay HOFFMAN (USA)

Cautions

Baba SULE (GHA) 35'
, Brian DUNSETH (USA) 45'
, Odartey LAWSON (GHA) 47'
, Jorge FLORES (USA) 50'

Expulsions

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Yellow cards	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
D:	Defender	M:	Midfielder	Min:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK:	Penalty Kicks
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Direct Expulsions
F:	Forward	SG/S:	Shots on Goal/Shots	Y: 2Y=R:	Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution