June 21, 2002 - Michael Ballack scored in the 39th minute and then Germany held on for a 1-0 victory over a feisty United States side and advanced to the World Cup semifinals.Germany: 1 Oliver Kahn; 15 Sebastian Kehl, 2 Thomas Linke, 21 Christoph Metzelder, 6 Christian Ziege; 13 Michael Ballack, 22 Torsten Frings, 8 Dietmar Hamann, 19 Bernd Schneider (16 Jens Jeremies -- 60 mins); 11 Miroslav Klose (20 Oliver Bierhoff -- 88 mins), 7 Oliver Neuville (17 Marco Bode -- 79 mins).United States: 1 Brad Friedel; 3 Greg Berhalter, 2 Frankie Hejduk (13 Cobi Jones -- 65 mins), 4 Pablo Mastroeni (8 Earnie Stewart -- 80 mins), 23 Eddie Pope, 22 Tony Sanneh; 21 Landon Donovan, 7 Eddie Lewis, 5 John O'Brien, 10 Claudio Reyna; 20 Brian McBride (11 Clint Mathis -- 58 mins).