MILAN – Yesterday evening at Natal, USA joined Germnay at the top of the table after beating Ghana 2-1. The opening goal from Dempsey was cancelled out by Ayew on 82 minutes but USA restored their lead a few minutes later. Sulley Muntari played the entire match, and was booked as well as coming close to scoring. Milan teammate Michael Essien came on as a substitute on 71 minutes.