🇺🇸 United States 2–1 Ghana 🇬🇭
2014 World Cup · Group. tournament · tables
🇺🇸 United States value €58M · value #26 · Elo #13
Clint Dempsey €7M Michael Bradley €6M Jozy Altidore €6M 2–1 United States win
🇬🇭 Ghana value €96M · value #22 · Elo #28
Kwadwo Asamoah €20M Kevin-Prince Boateng €15M André Ayew €12M Goals
United States ▲ Ghana ▼ 0' 15' 30' 45' 60' 75' 90' Clint Dempsey 1' 1 Dempsey John Brooks 86' 86 Brooks André Ayew 82' 82 Ayew
Starting line-ups
List Pitch
🇺🇸 United States
Tim Howard · GK 1 Howard Geoff Cameron · CB 20 Cameron Fabian Johnson · RB 23 Johnson Matt Besler · CB 5 Besler DaMarcus Beasley · LB 7 Beasley Alejandro Bedoya · CM 11 Bedoya Jermaine Jones · CM 13 Jones Kyle Beckerman · DM 15 Beckerman Michael Bradley · AM 4 Bradley Jozy Altidore · CF 17 Altidore Clint Dempsey · CF 8 Dempsey 🇬🇭 Ghana
Adam Kwarasey · GK 12 Kwarasey Jonathan Mensah · CB 19 Mensah Kwadwo Asamoah · LB 20 Asamoah John Boye · CB 21 Boye Daniel Opare · RB 4 Opare André Ayew · AM 10 Ayew Sulley Muntari · CM 11 Muntari Jordan Ayew · RF 13 Ayew Mohammed Rabiu · CM 17 Rabiu Christian Atsu · LF 7 Atsu Asamoah Gyan · CF 3 Gyan Players sit in vertical bands (GK · defence · midfield · attack) by their listed position — no
left/right placement is inferred. Order within a band is squad-sheet order, not a formation.
Pre-match model (Elo→Poisson, 90-min W/D/L)
🇺🇸 United States 58.8% draw 23.8% 17.4% Ghana 🇬🇭
Model P(result)
58.8%
P of the observed 90-min outcome
Upset rank
#321
of 487 · −log₂ P
Upset index
0.77
−log₂ P(observed)
United States's run W 🇬🇭 2–1 Ghana, Group D 🇵🇹 2–2 Portugal, Group L 🇩🇪 0–1 Germany, Group L 🇧🇪 1–2 Belgium, Round of 16 Ghana's run L 🇺🇸 1–2 United States, Group D 🇩🇪 2–2 Germany, Group L 🇵🇹 1–2 Portugal, Group
Head-to-head at the World Cup