2006 FIFA World Cup Germany ™

Group matches

Ghana - USA

2:1 (2:1)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
42	22 June 2006	16:00	Nuremberg / easyCredit-Stadion	41000

Match Officials

Referee Markus MERK (GER)	Assistant Referee 1 Christian SCHRAER (GER)
Fourth Official Toru KAMIKAWA (JPN)	Assistant Referee 2 Jan-Hendrik SALVER (GER)
Match Commissioner Jeffrey WEBB (CAY)	Fifth Official Yoshikazu HIROSHIMA (JPN)

Goals scored

Haminu DRAMAN (GHA) 22',
Clint DEMPSEY (USA) 43',
Stephen APPIAH (GHA) 45'+2 Penalty goal

Ghana

Line-up

[22]
Richard KINGSON (GK)
[5]
John MENSAH
[7]
Illiasu SHILLA
[8]
Michael ESSIEN
[9]
Derek BOATENG (-46')
[10]
Stephen APPIAH (C)
[13]
Habib MOHAMED
[14]
Matthew AMOAH (-59')
[15]
John PANTSIL
[19]
Razak PIMPONG
[23]
Haminu DRAMAN (-80')

Substitute(s)

[1]
Sammy ADJEI (GK)
[16]
George OWU (GK)
[2]
Hans SARPEI
[3]
Asamoah GYAN
[4]
Samuel KUFFOUR
[6]
Emmanuel PAPPOE
[11]
Sulley MUNTARI
[12]
Alex TACHIE-MENSAH (+80')
[17]
Daniel QUAYE
[18]
Eric ADDO (+59')
[20]
Otto ADDO (+46')
[21]
Ahmed ISSAH

Coach

Ratomir DUJKOVIC (SRB)

USA

Line-up

[18]
Kasey KELLER (GK)
[3]
Carlos BOCANEGRA
[6]
Steve CHERUNDOLO (-61')
[7]
Eddie LEWIS (-74')
[8]
Clint DEMPSEY
[10]
Claudio REYNA (C) (-40')
[13]
Jimmy CONRAD
[17]
DaMarcus BEASLEY
[20]
Brian McBRIDE
[21]
Landon DONOVAN
[22]
Oguchi ONYEWU

Substitute(s)

[1]
Tim HOWARD (GK)
[19]
Marcus HAHNEMANN (GK)
[2]
Chris ALBRIGHT
[4]
Pablo MASTROENI
[5]
John O BRIEN
[9]
Eddie JOHNSON (+61')
[11]
Brian CHING
[12]
Gregg BERHALTER
[14]
Ben OLSEN (+40')
[15]
Bobby CONVEY (+74')
[16]
Josh WOLFF
[23]
Eddie POPE

Coach

Bruce ARENA (USA)

Cautions

Michael ESSIEN (GHA) 5'
, Eddie LEWIS (USA) 7'
, Illiasu SHILLA (GHA) 32'
, John MENSAH (GHA) 81'
, Stephen APPIAH (GHA) 90'+1

Expulsions

Ghana (GHA)	Statistics	USA (USA)
9	Shots	7
4	Shots on goal	3
32	Fouls Committed	16
2	Corner kicks	7
0	Direct Free Kicks to Goal	0
1	Indirect Free Kicks to Goal	0
1 / 1	Penalty Kicks	0 / 0
8	Offsides	6
0	Own Goals	0
4	Cautions	1
0	Expulsions due to Second Caution	0
0	Direct Expulsions	0
48%	Possession (%)	52%
24	Actual playing time	26

Ghana (GHA)
#	Name	Pos	Min	GF	GA	SG/S	PK	Fouls		Y	2Y=R	R
#	Name	Pos	Min	GF	GA	SG/S	PK	FC	FS	Y	2Y=R	R
22	Richard KINGSON	GK	90		1				1
5	John MENSAH	D	90					2	2	1
7	Illiasu SHILLA	D	90					2		1
8	Michael ESSIEN	M	90			0/1		2	2	1
9	Derek BOATENG	M	46					3	1
10	Stephen APPIAH	M	90	1		2/2	1/1	6	1	1
13	Habib MOHAMED	D	90					1	1
14	Matthew AMOAH	F	59			1/1		1
15	John PANTSIL	D	90			0/1		2
19	Razak PIMPONG	F	90			0/1		6	2
23	Haminu DRAMAN	M	80	1		1/2		5
Substitutes
12	Alex TACHIE-MENSAH	F	10			0/1		2	1
18	Eric ADDO	M	31						1
20	Otto ADDO	M	44						3
Total				2	1	4/9	1/1	32	15	4

USA (USA)
#	Name	Pos	Min	GF	GA	SG/S	PK	Fouls		Y	2Y=R	R
#	Name	Pos	Min	GF	GA	SG/S	PK	FC	FS	Y	2Y=R	R
18	Kasey KELLER	GK	90		2
3	Carlos BOCANEGRA	D	90			0/2		1	1
6	Steve CHERUNDOLO	D	61						3
7	Eddie LEWIS	D	74					2	2	1
8	Clint DEMPSEY	M	90	1		2/2		3	6
10	Claudio REYNA	M	40						1
13	Jimmy CONRAD	D	90					1	5
17	DaMarcus BEASLEY	M	90					1	1
20	Brian McBRIDE	F	90			1/1		1	2
21	Landon DONOVAN	M	90			0/1		1	1
22	Oguchi ONYEWU	D	90			0/1		2	2
Substitutes
9	Eddie JOHNSON	F	29
14	Ben OLSEN	M	50					3	5
15	Bobby CONVEY	M	16					1	1
Total				1	2	3/7		16	30	1

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