The United States opened their 2011 Gold Cup campaign with a 2-0 Group C win over Canada at Detroit's Ford Field in front of 28,209 fans. A 15th minute goal from Jozy Altidore opened the scoring with Landon Donovan picking up the assist. Clint Dempsey made it 2-0 USA in the 62nd minute, with Altidore assisting. Tim Howard needed to make several saves late in the game to preserve the shutout.
“The last couple of days around the hotel and on the training ground… the atmosphere was really good in the hotel, training was really upbeat," Howard said. "We got into the dressing room early and there was a toughness about us that we were ready for this game. There was no hangover. We’re in a weird situation in CONCACAF because we play a lot of top teams around the world, and we’re hunting them all the time. Then you come into CONCACAF and, for better or worse, we’re the hunted. It takes on a different mindset and I think equally you have to be hard, you have to be tough and you can’t take anything for granted. Tonight our mindset was right.”
Also in Group C on Tuesday, Panama beat a 10-man Guadeloupe 3-2 in the early game at Ford Field. Guadeloupe trailed 2-0 when Mickael Tacalfred was sent off in the 37th minute and were down 3-0 before getting on the board in the 64th minute when Brice Jovial scored. Jovial would get a second shorthanded goal in the 78th minute.
— GAME REPORT —
Match: USA vs. Canada
Date: June 7, 2011
Competition: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Venue: Ford Field – Detroit, Mich.
Kickoff: 8 p.m. ET
Attendance: 28,209
Weather: Indoors
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 1 1 2
CAN 0 0 0
Scoring:
USA – Jozy Altidore (Landon Donovan) 15th minute
USA – Clint Dempsey (Juan Agudelo) 62
Lineups:
USA: 1-Tim Howard; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 21-Clarence Goodson, 15-Tim Ream, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.); 8-Clint Dempsey, 4-Michael Bradley, 13-Jermaine Jones (7-Maurice Edu, 79), 10-Landon Donovan; 17-Jozy Altidore (16-Sacha Kljestan, 74), 9-Juan Agudelo (11-Chris Wondolowski, 65)
Subs not used: 5-Oguchi Onyewu,14-Eric Lichaj, 22-Alejandro Bedoya, 23-Marcus Hahnemann
Head Coach: Bob Bradley
CAN: 1-Lars Hirschfeld, 2-Nik Ledgerwood, 4-Kevin McKenna, 5-Andre Hainault, 7-Terry Dunfield (21-Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault, 82), 8-Will Johnson (10-Ali Gerba, 65), 11-Josh Simpson, 13-Atiba Hutchinson, 14-Dwayne De Rosario (9-Rob Friend, 81), 17-Simeon Jackson, 19-Marcel de Jong
Subs not used: 18-Milan Borjan, 3-Mike Klukowski, 16-Tosaint Ricketts, 20-Jaime Peters
Head Coach: Stephen Hart
Stats Summary: USA / CAN
Shots: 14 / 9
Shots on goal: 4 / 4
Saves: 4 / 2
Corner Kicks: 8 / 4
Fouls: 13 / 7
Offside: 2 / 4
Misconduct Summary:
USA – Michael Bradley (caution) 51st minute
CAN – Will Johnson (caution) 52
Officials:
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)
First Asst: Hermenerito Leal (GUA)
Second Asst.: Gerson Lopez (GUA)
Fourth Official: Trevor Taylor (BRB)
