Good evening and welcome to live text coverage of the Group G encounter between the USA and Ghana at the Estadio das Dunas in Natal where it is humid with winds.

World Cup / Group Stage

Arena das Dunas / 16.06.2014

Ghana

Completed

USA

A. Ayew(82')

C. Dempsey(1')
J. Brooks(86')

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ByThe Editorial Team

Updated 16/06/2014 at 23:57 GMT

55'

Muntari shoots from 25 yards and it arrows a yard or two off target with Howard at full stretch.

54'

THE USA crowd are in buoyant mood.

53'

Muntari tries to feed Gyan but it's case of wires completely crossed and the USA launch their own attack.

52'

Atsu jinks in from the right once again but this time his shot is poor and flies high into the night sky.

51'

Brooks suffers a shaky start as he gifts the ball to Gyan. The defender falls to the ground, allowing the Ghana striker a sight of goal but the referee blows for a free kick. Didn't look much in that. Let off for the USA.

50'

Atsu has been a real threat down that right side for Ghana. You feel that if they are going to get back into this he'll have a hand in it.

49'

PHOTO: Is Altidore set to miss the rest of the tournament?

Image credit: Eurosport

48'

HOPE FOR GHANA? Four of Ghana's nine World Cup goals have come against the USA.

47'

The pattern of play by the wonders of heat!

46'

KICK OFF! USA restart the game. Klinsmann makes a change with John Brooks on for Besler.

Some half-time stats to chew over...

45+6'

HT: USA 1-0 Ghana. Dempsey's goal after 31 seconds separates the sides, the fifth fastest goal in WC history.

45+5'

A Ghana corner right at the death.. but it's easily driven away. The USA mess up their breakaway though and Atsu feeds Andre Ayew who scuffs his shot from 10 yards with the goal at his mercy.

45+4'

Jones slips a pass into Bradley who dummies it beautifully but Johannsson isn't on the same page.

45+3'

Five minutes have been added. Two to go...

45+2'

Jones and Muntari clash. The ref is talking to them... no cards. Good refereeing? It was handbags at dawn but Muntari did lay his hands on Jones.

45+1'

A corner routine with a dummy at the edge of the area is well read by Ghana, but the Stars and Stripes keep the pressure on.

45'

It's fired towards the middiel of the goal and Adam Kwarasey punches away when he could have caught it. Another corner.

44'

One last chance for the USA to double their lead? A free kick on the left in a dangerous position will be taken by Bedoya.

43'

It looks like the USA will get to the interval with their early lead intact. Ghana haven't really created anything of real note.

42'

A fine break by the USA sees them carve Ghana open down the right. Dempsey can't get a header at the near post and eventually Johannsson bobbles a tame volley to the keeper from the edge of the box.

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