In harsh winter conditions at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado, the United States National Team beat Costa Rica in CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying. With snow falling throughout the game and sticking to the playing surface, Clint Dempsey scored the game’s only goal in the 16th minute. The game had to be stopped briefly in the 55th minute to clear the lines.
The United States travels to Estadio Azteca to face Mexico on Tuesday (10:30pm ET – ESPN). Mexico gave up a two-goal lead in San Pedro Sula on Friday to draw 2-2 with Honduras. Also in CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying, Jamaica drew 1-1 with Panama in Kingston.
Date: March 22, 2013
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier; Final Round
Venue: Dick’s Sporting Goods Park; Commerce City, Colo.
Kickoff: 8 p.m. MT
Attendance: 19,374 (sellout)
Weather: 29 degrees, snowy
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 1 0 1
CRC 0 0 0
USA – Clint Dempsey 16th minute
Lineups:
USA : 1-Brad Guzan; 20-Geoff Cameron, 21-Clarence Goodson, 7-DaMarcus Beasley; 13-Jermaine Jones (6-Maurice Edu, 83), 4-Michael Bradley; 19-Graham Zusi (18-Eddie Johnson, 75), 8-Clint Dempsey, 9-Herculez Gomez (5-Kyle Beckerman, 90+4); 17-Jozy Altidore
Subs not used: 22-Sean Johnson, 12-Nick Rimando, 2-Tony Beltran, 14-Matt Besler, 3- Omar Gonzalez, 15- Justin Morrow, 10-Joe Corona, 16-Sacha Kljestan, 11-Brek Shea, 23-Terrence Boyd
Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
CRC : 1-Keylor Navas, 2-Christian Gamboa (6-Juan Diego Madrigal, 81), 3-Giancarlo Gonzalez, 4-Michael Umaña, 7-Cristian Bolaños (12-Joel Campbell, 62), 8-Bryan Oviedo (16-Diego Calvo, 73), 9-Alvaro Saborio, 10-Bryan Ruiz (capt.), 11-Michael Barrantes, 13-Ariel Rodriguez, 19-Roy Miller
Subs not used: 18-Patrick Pemberton, 5-Celso Borges, 14-Christopher Meneses, 15-Osvaldo Rodriguez, 17-Yeltsin Tejeda, 20-Kendall Waston, 21-Keylor Soto, 22-Jairo Arrieta
Head coach: Jorge Luis Pinto
Stats Summary: USA / CRC
Shots: 6 / 8
Shots on Goal: 1 / 5
Saves: 5 / 0
Corner Kicks: 2 / 4
Fouls: 16 / 15
Offsides: 1 / 5
Misconduct Summary:
CRC – Roy Miller (caution) 49th minute
CRC – Giancarlo Gonzalez (caution) 90
Officials:
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: William Torres (SLV)
