Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore Lead Team USA To 2-0 Victory Over Costa Rica, Advance To Gold Cup Final
By US Soccer // July 23, 2017
GOLD CUP FINAL: USA vs. Mexico/Jamaica on Wednesday
ABOVE VIDEO: Highlights from USA’s 2-0 win over Costa Rica Saturday night.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS (USMNT) – The U.S. Men’s National Team utilized two second-half goals in the span of 10 minutes from Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey to defeat Costa Rica 2-0 in the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Semifinal in front of 45,516 fans at AT&T Stadium.
Dempsey’s 82nd minute strike was the 57th of his international career, tying him with Landon Donovan for the most all-time by a U.S. MNT player.
With the win, the U.S. MNT moves on to its record 10th Gold Cup Final on Wednesday, July 26 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. (9:30 p.m. ET; FS1, Univision and Univision Deportes Network), where it will meet the winner of Sunday’s second semifinal between Mexico and Jamaica.
Coming on the heels of a fury of second-half chances, the breakthrough came six minutes after Dempsey entered, unlocking the Costa Rica defense with a beautiful pass for Altidore who then tucked his effort past Costa Rica ‘keeper Patrick Pemberton in the 72nd minute.
His left stroke just went viral.@JozyAltidore gives the #USMNT its lead in the #GoldCup2017 Semifinal!https://t.co/qfAGdHECbu
— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) July 23, 2017
Dempsey got in on the scoring 10 minutes later, when he curled a low free kick from 25 yards out around the Costa Rica wall and just inside the right post to record his historic 57th all-time goal.
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Don’t mess with Texas!@clint_dempsey nets his historic 57th international goal as the #USMNT defeats #CRC, 2-0.https://t.co/6Q0JQ3c2rn
— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) July 23, 2017
