The United States made two changes to its lineup for Saturday's second-round World Cup match against Ghana.
Coach Bob Bradley restored forward Robbie Findley to the starting lineup in place of Herculez Gomez and brought in midfielder Ricardo Clark for Maurice Edu.
Findley was suspended for the Wednesday's 1-0 win over Algeria, which took the Americans through to the round of 16.
Captain Carlos Bocanegra will again play in central defense after switching from left back for the final group match.
While the United States is aiming for consecutive victories at the World Cup for the first time since 1930, Ghana made just one change as it seeks to become the third African side in World Cup history to make it to the quarterfinals.
Samuel Inkoom replaces Prince Tagoe, who has a yellow card against him and would miss the next round if he picks up another.
The winner of the match at Royal Bafokeng Stadium will meet Uruguay at Johannesburg's Soccer City on Friday.
Three players in each starting 11 have already been booked in the tournament and will miss the quarterfinal if they get another yellow card.
For the United States, they are forward Jozy Altidore and defenders Jay DeMerit and Steve Cherundolo. For Ghana, it's defender Jonathan Mensah and midfielders Anthony Annan and Andre Ayew.
The Black Stars are the only one of the six African sides in this year's tournament to make it past the group stage. They beat the United States 2-1 at the 2006 World Cup to qualify for the second round ahead of the Americans.
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Lineups:
United States: Tim Howard, Steve Cherundolo, Carlos Bocanegra, Jay DeMerit, Jonathan Bornstein, Landon Donovan, Michael Bradley, Ricardo Clark, Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore, Robbie Findley.
Ghana: Richard Kingson, Hans Sarpei, Asamoah Gyan, John Pantsil, John Mensah, Anthony Annan, Samuel Inkoom, Jonathan Mensah, Andre Ayew, Kwadwo Asamoah, Kevin-Prince Boateng.
