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

The Americans 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.

"I really felt when we got to 1-1 there were some chances for us," United States coach Bob Bradley said. "Early in the overtime we go down again early. At that point, with everything we put into the game early, we didn't have enough after that."

At the 75th minute, unmarked Michael Bradley raced through between two defenders into the area to smash the ball at goal, which was saved by well-positioned Kingson.

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