Broadcast info
Who's playing: 90 minutes - or perhaps more - are all that stand between Germany and Spain as the two sides battle for the coveted EURO U-21 title. Will it be La Rojita or the young Mannchaft?
What time: Saturday, July 1st at 13:45 PST/16:45 EST/20:45 GMT/21:45 BST/22:45 CET
What stadium: This game will be played at the Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field. Also known as "The Rent", this venue is located in East Hartford, Connecticut and can seat up to 40.642 fans as maximum capacity.
Which channel:
- In the USA: ESPN, fuboTV, WatchESPN, Univision Deportes USA, Univision NOW, UniMás
- In Ghana: GTV Sports+, GTV
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Match Facts & Stats
- Interestingly enough, Ghana and the USMNT have only met competitively - this will be the first ever friendly clash
- All of their prior meetings have been at World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014)
- Ghana lead the head-to-head series by two wins to one
- The USMNT won their last meeting, 2-1 at the 2014 World Cup
- All the results have finished as 2-1
- USA are ranked 23rd whilst Ghana are ranked 49th
Team news
Here's the squads for the USA vs. Ghana:
USA:
Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Atlanta United), Sean Johnson (New York City FC), Bill Hamid (D.C. United)
Defenders: Matt Besler (Sporting KC), Omar Gonzalez (Pachuca), Matt Hedges (FC Dallas), Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest), Matt Miazga (Chelsea), Justin Morrow (Toronto FC), Jorge Villafaña (Santos Laguna), Graham Zusi (Sporting KC)
Midfielders: Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas), Paul Arriola (Club Tijuana), Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Dax McCarty (Chicago Fire), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders), Kelyn Rowe (New England Revolution), Kenny Saief (Gent), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)
Forwards: Juan Agudelo (New England Revolution), Dom Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders)
Ghana:
Goalkeepers: Addo Joseph (Aduana Stars), Richard Ofori (Wa All Stars)
Defenders: Lumor Agbenyenu (Munich 1860), Harrison Afful (Columbus Crew SC), Jerry Akaminko (Eskiserhispor), John Boye (Sivasspor), Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew SC), Nicholas Opoku (Berekum Chelsea), Samuel Sarfo (Liberty), Rashid Sumalia (Al Gharafa)
Midfielders: Mohammed Abu (Columbus Crew SC), Frank Acheampong (Anderlecht), Thomas Agyepong (NAC Breda), Winful Cobbinah (Hearts of Oak), Ofori Ebenezer (Stuttgart), Gershon Koffie (New England Revolution), Kwadwo Poku (Miami FC), Isaac Sackey (Alanyaspor)
Forwards: David Accam (Chicago Fire), Raphael Dwamena (FC Zurich), Asamoah Gyan (Al Alhi), Majeed Abdul Waris (Lorient FC)
Preview - Two familiar opponents face off
In short, this will pit two increasingly familiar foes against each other. Whilst this will be the first friendly between the Stars and Stripes and the Black Stars, Ghana certainly will have some aspect of revenge on their minds as they lost the last encounter against the United States. That came after winning two back-to-back World Cup meetings in 2006 and 2010 by an identitical score-line of 2-1.
For the USA, this will represent another opportunity to for Bruce Arena to continue fine-tuning his squad ahead of the upcoming Gold Cup. A look at the team will show that there are some big names missing, namely Seattle Sounders' Clint Dempsey and rising Borussia Dortmund starlet Christian Pulisic. That being said, there are plenty of others hoping to stake a claim for themselves with the World Cup just around the corner, and should the USA - as expected - qualify, these players will be doing their utmost best to force themselves into Arena's plans.
Ghana, meanwhile, come into this game having experienced a mixed start to 2017. The Black Stars have won four, lost four, and drawn one of their games (including friendlies) and ended up on the wrong end of a 1-0 scoreline against Mexico in their most recent tie. Ghana's WC chances are hanging by a thread, but there are several USA-based players in the squad who will be familiar with many of their opponents across the pitch. One of these, David Accam, has been quite excellent for Chicago Fire, with ten goals and six assists so far, and Kwesi Appiah will hope to see him replicate this same kind of form as Ghana aim to assert themselves against a familiar opponent on Saturday.
Match details, result and original broadcast info
USA 2 - 1 Ghana
July 1, 2017 4:45pmPratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field (East Hartford, Connecticut)This match has ended. Below are the original Live broadcast details for this match.
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