Minute 50

Still don't see the penalty on Gooch - yeah, he's big & clumsy, but he was straight-up and he won the ball. We can only hope for a make-up call from Merk.

Second half underway. The US has 40 minutes to score twice - a real mountain to climb for them. And it's a real shame that Merk made that call - the US had all the momentum from their goal and were really coming into the game.

Nothing of note from half numero dos, except that one of Ghana's players may be named Pingpong.