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USMNT 2 – Ghana 1

July 1, 2017 by US Soccer Players

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Dom Dwyer had quite the start to his USMNT career against Ghana at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. Dwyer scored in his debut for the squad. Dwyer’s goal came in the 18th minute in the warm-up friendly in advance of the 2017 Gold Cup. He was one of three players to debut for the USMNT on Saturday.

USMNT goalkeeper Brad Guzan kept the USMNT in the lead, saving a penalty in first Kellyn Acosta doubled the USMNT lead in the 52nd minute, scoring from a free kick just outside the box. Ghana pulled a goal back from their own free kick in the 60th minute. Asamoah Gyan lined up a shot from outside the arc and scored.

The USMNT opens Gold Cup play next Saturday against Panama in Nashville. That game is available on national television with Fox’s coverage starting at 4:30pm ET.

— GAME REPORT  —

Match: U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Ghana 
Date: July 1, 2017 
Competition: International Friendly 
Venue: Pratt & Whitney Stadium; East Hartford, Conn. 
Kickoff: 5 p.m. ET 
Attendance: 28,754 
Weather: 78 degrees; cloudy

Scoring Summary: 1 2 F 
USA 1 1 2
GHA 0 1 1

USA – Dom Dwyer (Jorge Villafaña) 19th minute
USA – Kellyn Acosta 52
GHA – Asamoah Gyan 60

Lineups: 
USA:­ 1-Brad Guzan (capt.);, 2-Jorge Villafaña (3-Omar Gonzalez, 88), 5-Matt Besler, 6-Kelyn Rowe (9-Gyasi Zardes, 62), 10-Joe Corona (7-Kenny Saief, 71), 13-Dax McCarty, 14-Dom Dwyer (8-Jordan Morris, 76), 19-Graham Zusi, 20-Paul Arriola (11-Alejandro Bedoya, 72), 21-Matt Hedges, 23-Kellyn Acosta
Subs not used: 12-Bill Hamid, 22-Sean Johnson, 4-Matt Miazga, 15-Eric Lichaj, 17-Cristian Roldan, 18-Juan Agudelo
Head coach: Bruce Arena

GHA: 1-Richard Ofori; 3-Asamoah Gyan (capt.), 6-Mohammed Abu (13-Isaac Sackey, 30), 7-David Accam (2-Thomas Agyepong,45), 8-Ebenezer Ofori, 11-Raphael Dwamena (20-Majeed Waris, 66), 14-Jerry Akaminko (12-Samuel Sarfo, 81), 15-Rashid Sumalia (19-Nicholas Opoku, 40), 17-Lumor Agbenyenu, 21-John Boye, 22-Frank Acheampong (9-Kwadwo Poku, 71)
Subs not used: 16-Joseph Addo, 5-Gershon Koffie, 18-Winful Cobbinah
Head coach: Kwesi Appiah

Stats Summary: USA / GHA 
Shots: 10 / 8 
Shots on Goal: 5 / 3 
Saves: 2 / 3 
Corner Kicks: 4 / 7 
Fouls: 13 / 17 
Offside: 4 / 3

Misconduct Summary:
GHA – Richard Ofori (caution) 24th minute
USA – Kellyn Acosta (caution) 31
USA – Jorge Villafaña (caution) 45+2
GHA – Issac Sackey (caution) 61

Officials: 
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: David Morgan (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Douglas Bermudez (SLV)
Fourth Official: Jaime Herrera (SLV)

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