U.S. midfielder Ricardo Clark lost the possession on the halfway line and Kevin-Prince Boateng took the loose ball and stormed down the middle, jinking from two defenders to get to the edge of the box, where he struck a low left-foot shot into the bottom corner.

The fully-stretched Tim Howard could have blocked it if his right hand were half meter longer.

The American could have leveled on 34 minutes when Robbie Findley was beautifully played in down by Clint Dempsey, but Findley didn't get enough strike on the ball from 15 meters and Kingson blocked it with his left leg.

The Ghana replied with an even bigger threat as Kwadwo Asamoah, who raced down to shake off two defenders, forced a superb save from Howard.

One minute into the second half, the Americans squandered a wonderful chance as Jozy Altidore hesitated in the area and had to pass to Benny Felihaber, who hit the ball into the arms of an onrushing Kingson.

Another chance came about 10 minutes later when Landon Donovan curled in a perfect cross from the left and it beat two Ghana defenders, with the ball narrowly evading Clint Dempsey at the post.

U.S. equalized at the 63rd minute on Donovan's spot kick, which was awarded after Clint Dempsey was brought down by Jonathan Mensah in the penalty area after breaking through Ghana's defense.

Donovan smashed the penalty shot on the inside of the post to deflect into the net.

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