The United States needed a comeback and a strong performance from forward Chris Wondolowski to win their second game in the 2013 Gold Cup. Cuba’s Jose Ciprian Alfonso opened the scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium in the 36th minute. Landon Donovan equalized for the USA from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. US National Team coach Jurgen Klinsmann made a change at halftime, bringing on Jose Torres for Brek Shea. Joe Corona put the US up in the 55th minute, with Klinsmann using the rest of his substitutes to bring on Mix Diskerud and Chris Wondolowski a minute later. Wondolowski responded with goals in the 64th and 83rd minutes.
The United States closes out group play against Costa Rica in East Hartford, CT on Tuesday (8pm ET – Fox Soccer).
— GAME REPORT —
Match: U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Cuba
Date: July 13, 2013
Competition: CONCACAF Gold Cup – Group C
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium – Sandy, Utah
Kickoff: 1:36 p.m. MT
Attendance: 17,597
Weather: 80 degrees, scattered showers
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 1 3 4
CUB 1 0 1
CUB – Jose Ciprian Alfonso (Ariel Martinez) 36th minute
USA – Landon Donovan (penalty) 45+2
USA – Joe Corona 57
USA – Chris Wondolowski (Kyle Beckerman) 66
USA – Chris Wondolowski (Edgar Castillo) 85
Lineups:
USA: 1-Nick Rimando; 13-Tony Beltran, 5-Oguchi Onyewu (capt.), 4-Michael Orozco Fiscal, 2-Edgar Castillo; 14-Kyle Beckerman; 6-Joe Corona, 11-Stuart Holden (8-Mix Diskerud, 58) 23-Brek Shea; 10-Landon Donovan, 9-Herculez Gomez (19-Chris Wondolowski, 58)
Substitutions Not Used: 3-Corey Ashe, 7-DaMarcus Beasley, 12-Sean Johnson, 15-Michael Parkhurst, 16-Jose Torres,17-Will Bruin, 18-Jack McInerney, 20-Alejandro Bedoya, 21-Clarence Goodson, 22-Bill Hamid
Head coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
CUB: 1-Odelín Molina; 15-Renay Malblanche, 14-Alianne Urgelles Montoya, 5-Jorge Clavelo (capt.), 13-Jorge Corrales, 6-Joel Colome; 11-Ariel Martinez, 20-Alberto Gomez (18-Liban Perez,67), 8-Jaime Colome (10-Miguel Sanchez 78), 3-Yenier Marquez; 9-Jose Ciprian Alfonso (17-Alexey Zuasnabar,62)
Subs not used: 2-Michel Marquez, 4-Yasmany Lopez, 7-Armando Coroneaux, 12-Julio Ramos, 16-Angel Horta Lopez, 19-Dayron Blanco, 21-Disovelis Guerra, 22-Yoandir Puga 23-Jesús Rodriguez
Head coach: Walter Benitez
Misconduct Summary:
CUB – Yenier Marquez (caution) 45+2nd minute
CUB – Joel Colome (caution) 75
Officials:
Referee: David Gantar (CAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Joseph Fletcher (CAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Garnet Page (JAM)
Fourth Official: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)
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