Monday, June 22, 2020

On this day in 2006, World Cup ends in the group stage

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‪πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ #USMNT‬ 1-2 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡­ Ghana
‪πŸ“ ‬Nuremberg
‪πŸ‘” ‬Arena
‪πŸ“‹ ‬World Cup GS

Needing a win and some help to advance, a penalty just before the end of the first half proved to be the difference.

43'
Clint Dempsey converts this DaMarcus Beasley cross for the lone goal scored by an American in this World Cup.

45+2'
Stephan Appiah converts from the spot to regain the lead for πŸ‡¬πŸ‡­, who would advance by finishing second in the group.

Scorers: Clint Dempsey (DaMarcus Beasley) 43′ — Haminu Draman (unassisted) 22′, Stephen Appiah (PK) 45+2’

USA: 18-Kasey Keller; 6-Steve Cherundolo (9-Eddie Johnson, 61′), 13-Jimmy Conrad, 22-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra; 10-Claudio Reyna (14-Ben Olsen, 40′), 8-Clint Dempsey, 21-Landon Donovan, 17-DaMarcus Beasley, 7-Eddie Lewis (15-Bobby Convey, 74′); 20-Brian McBride

Subs not used: 1-Tim Howard, 19-Marcus Hahnemann, 2-Chris Albright, 5-John O’Brien, 11-Brian Ching, 12-Gregg Berhalter, 16-Josh Wolff

Head Coach: Bruce Arena

GHA: 22-Richard Kingson; 15-John Pantsil, 5-John Mensah, 13-Habib Mohamed, 7-Illiasu Shilla; 8-Michael Essien, 9-Derek Boateng (20-Otto Addo, 46), 10-Stephen Appiah, 23-Haminu Draman (12-Alex Tachie-Mensah, 80); 14-Matthew Amoah (18-Eric Addo, 59), 19-Razak Pimpong,

Subs not used: 1-Sammy Adjeu, 16-George Owu, 2-Hans Sarpei, 4-Samuel Kuffour, 6-Emmanuel Pappoe, 17-Daniel Quaye

Head Coach: Ratomir Dujkovic

Referee: Markus Merk (GER)

Cards: Eddie Lewis [Y 7′] — Michael Essien [Y 5′], Illiasu Shilla [Y 32′], John Mensah [Y 81′], Stephen Appiah [Y 91+’]

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