Surprise starting goalkeeper Sean Johnson kept a clean sheet and second-half substitute Brek Shea scored the goal that won Group C for the United States in the 2013 Gold Cup. Shea scored in the 82nd minute for the win at Rentschler Field, setting up a quarterfinal meeting with El Salvador on Sunday in Baltimore (4pm ET – Fox). Group C advanced three teams, with Costa Rica playing Honduras on Sunday at 7pm ET and Cuba’s four-goal win over Belize advancing them as a third-place team facing Panama in Atlanta on Saturday at 3:30pm ET. In the other quarterfinal, Mexico meets Trinidad & Tobago on Saturday in Atlanta at 6:30pm ET. Those games are available on Fox Soccer.
2013 CONCACAF GOLD CUP
QUARTERFINALS
Saturday – July 20, 2013
Atlanta, GA (Georgia Dome)
QF1: Panama vs. Cuba (3:30 p.m. ET)
QF2: Mexico vs. Trinidad & Tobago (6:30 p.m. ET)
Sunday – July 21, 2013
Baltimore, MD (M&T Bank Stadium)
QF3: United States vs. El Salvador (4:00 p.m. ET)
QF4: Honduras vs. Costa Rica (7:00 p.m. ET)
SEMIFINALS
Wednesday – July 24, 2013
Arlington, TX (Cowboys Stadium)
SF1: QF4 vs. QF3* (7:00 p.m. ET)
SF2: QF2 vs. QF1* (10:00 p.m. ET)
* CONCACAF reserves the right to change the order of matches at any time
FINAL
Sunday – July 28, 2013
Chicago, IL (Soldier Field)
SF1 vs. SF2 (4:00 p.m. ET)
— GAME REPORT —
Match: U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Costa Rica
Date: July 16, 2013
Competition: CONCACAF Gold Cup – Group C
Venue: Rentschler Field – East Hartford, Conn.
Kickoff: 8:06 p.m. ET
Attendance: 25,432
Weather: Sunny, 90 degrees
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 0 1 1
CRC 0 0 0
USA – Brek Shea (Landon Donovan) 82nd minute
Lineups:
USA: 12-Sean Johnson; 15-Michael Parkhurst, 21-Clarence Goodson, 4-Michael Orozco Fiscal, 7-DaMarcus Beasley (capt.); 11-Stuart Holden, 8-Mix Diskerud; 20-Alejandro Bedoya (6-Joe Corona, 80), 10-Landon Donovan, 16-Jose Torres (23-Brek Shea, 77); 19-Chris Wondolowski (9-Herculez Gomez, 77)
Substitutions Not Used: 1-Nick Rimando, 2-Edgar Castillo, 3-Corey Ashe, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 13-Tony Beltran, 14-Kyle Beckerman, 17-Will Bruin, 18-Jack McInerney, 22-Bill Hamid
Head coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
CRC: 18-Patrick Pemberton (capt.); 16-Carlos Johnson, 3-Giancarlo González, 4-Michael Umaña, 15-Junior Diaz;8-Kenny Cunningham, 17-Yeltsin Tejeda, 5-Celso Borges, 19-Roy Miller (14-Christopher Meneses, 68); 20-Rodney Wallace (10-Osvaldo Rodriguez, 71), 22-Jairo Arrieta (9-Alvaro Saborio, 77)
Subs not used: 1-Leonel Moreira, 2-Kendall Watson, 6-Juan Madrigal, 7-Mauricio Castillo, 11-Michael Barrantes, 12-Yendrick Ruiz,13-Ariel Rodriguez, 21-Esteban Granados, 23-Luis Torres
Head Coach: Jorge Luis Pinto
Stats Summary: USA / CRC
Shots: 7 / 5
Shots on Goal: 4 / 2
Saves: 2 / 3
Corner Kicks: 4 / 6
Fouls: 11 / 8
Offside: 5 / 3
Misconduct Summary:
CRC – Patrick Pemberton (caution) 55th minute
CRC – Kenny Cunningham (caution) 56
USA – Stuart Holden (caution) 60
CRC – Jairo Arrieta (caution) 76
USA – Michael Parkhurst (caution) 90+2
Officials:
Referee: Courtney Campbell (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Garnet Page (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Joseph Fletcher (CAN)
Fourth Official: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)
