2006 FIFA World Cup Germany ™
Group matches
Ghana - USA
2:1 (2:1)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 42 | 22 June 2006 | Nuremberg / easyCredit-Stadion | 16:00 | 41000 |
- Haminu DRAMAN (GHA) 22',
- Clint DEMPSEY (USA) 43',
- Stephen APPIAH (GHA) 45'+2 Penalty goal
Goals scored
Ghana
- Richard KINGSON (GK)
- John MENSAH
- Illiasu SHILLA
- Michael ESSIEN
- Derek BOATENG (-46')
- Stephen APPIAH (C)
- Habib MOHAMED
- Matthew AMOAH (-59')
- John PANTSIL
- Razak PIMPONG
- Haminu DRAMAN (-80')
Line-up
- Sammy ADJEI (GK)
- George OWU (GK)
- Hans SARPEI
- Asamoah GYAN
- Samuel KUFFOUR
- Emmanuel PAPPOE
- Sulley MUNTARI
- Alex TACHIE-MENSAH (+80')
- Daniel QUAYE
- Eric ADDO (+59')
- Otto ADDO (+46')
- Ahmed ISSAH
Substitute(s)
Coach
Ratomir DUJKOVIC (SRB)USA
- Kasey KELLER (GK)
- Carlos BOCANEGRA
- Steve CHERUNDOLO (-61')
- Eddie LEWIS (-74')
- Clint DEMPSEY
- Claudio REYNA (C) (-40')
- Jimmy CONRAD
- DaMarcus BEASLEY
- Brian McBRIDE
- Landon DONOVAN
- Oguchi ONYEWU
Line-up
- Tim HOWARD (GK)
- Marcus HAHNEMANN (GK)
- Chris ALBRIGHT
- Pablo MASTROENI
- John O BRIEN
- Eddie JOHNSON (+61')
- Brian CHING
- Gregg BERHALTER
- Ben OLSEN (+40')
- Bobby CONVEY (+74')
- Josh WOLFF
- Eddie POPE
Substitute(s)
Coach
Bruce ARENA (USA)- Michael ESSIEN (GHA) 5'
- , Eddie LEWIS (USA) 7'
- , Illiasu SHILLA (GHA) 32'
- , John MENSAH (GHA) 81'
- , Stephen APPIAH (GHA) 90'+1
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Markus MERK (GER) | Assistant Referee 1 Christian SCHRAER (GER) |
Fourth Official Toru KAMIKAWA (JPN) | Assistant Referee 2 Jan-Hendrik SALVER (GER) |
Fifth Official Yoshikazu HIROSHIMA (JPN) |
| Ghana (GHA) | Statistics | USA (USA) |
| 9 | Shots | 7 |
| 4 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 2 | Goals | 1 |
| 32 | Fouls Committed | 16 |
| 15 | Fouls Suffered | 30 |
| 2 | Corner kicks | 7 |
| 1 | Free kicks | 0 |
| 1 / 1 | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) | 0 / 0 |
| 8 | Offsides | 6 |
| 0 | Own goals | 0 |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Second yellow card and red card | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 24 | Actual playing time | 26 |
| 49% | Possession (%) | 51% |
| # | Name | Pos | MinP | GF | GA | SOG/S | PK (PG/PS) | Fouls | Y | 2YC | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 22 | Richard KINGSON | GK | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | John MENSAH | DF | 90 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | Illiasu SHILLA | DF | 90 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | Michael ESSIEN | MF | 90 | 0/1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | Derek BOATENG | MF | 46 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 10 | Stephen APPIAH | MF | 90 | 1 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 13 | Habib MOHAMED | DF | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 14 | Matthew AMOAH | FW | 59 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||||
| 15 | John PANTSIL | DF | 90 | 0/1 | 2 | |||||||
| 19 | Razak PIMPONG | FW | 90 | 0/1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| 23 | Haminu DRAMAN | MF | 80 | 1 | 1/2 | 5 | ||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Alex TACHIE-MENSAH | FW | 10 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 18 | Eric ADDO | MF | 31 | 1 | ||||||||
| 20 | Otto ADDO | MF | 44 | 3 | ||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 4/9 | 1/1 | 32 | 15 | 4 | |||||
| # | Name | Pos | MinP | GF | GA | SOG/S | PK (PG/PS) | Fouls | Y | 2YC | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 18 | Kasey KELLER | GK | 90 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | Carlos BOCANEGRA | DF | 90 | 0/2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 6 | Steve CHERUNDOLO | DF | 61 | 3 | ||||||||
| 7 | Eddie LEWIS | DF | 74 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Clint DEMPSEY | MF | 90 | 1 | 2/2 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 10 | Claudio REYNA | MF | 40 | 1 | ||||||||
| 13 | Jimmy CONRAD | DF | 90 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 17 | DaMarcus BEASLEY | MF | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 20 | Brian McBRIDE | FW | 90 | 1/1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 21 | Landon DONOVAN | MF | 90 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 22 | Oguchi ONYEWU | DF | 90 | 0/1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Eddie JOHNSON | FW | 29 | |||||||||
| 14 | Ben OLSEN | MF | 50 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| 15 | Bobby CONVEY | MF | 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: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |