USMNT loses to Costa Rica, U-23s advance to playoff
The USMNT lost 1-0 to Costa Rica in an international friendly on Tuesday at Red Bull Arena. Joel Campbell scored the game’s only goal in the 70th minute. Costa Rica put five shots on goal from 15 taken to the USMNT’s three shots on goal from four taken. Keylor Navas kept the clean sheet for Costa Rica.
USMNT coach Jurgen Klinsmann used all six of his substitutes, using all of his available field players. That included giving Andrew Wooten his debut with the USMNT.
The USMNT returns to action on November 13, opening 2018 World Cup qualifying against St Vincent and the Grenadines at Busch Stadium in St Louis (6:30pm ET – ESPN). They play their second qualifier on November 17 at Trinidad & Tobago.
At U-23 level, the USMNT beat Canada 2-0 in the 3rd-place game. Marc Pelosi and Jerome Kiesewetter scored at Rio Tinto Stadium, with the USMNT playing Colombia in March for a spot in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Canada played a man down from the 44th minute. Pelosi opened the scoring in the 69th with Kiesewetter doubling the lead from the penalty spot in the 84th minute.
— GAME REPORT —
Match: U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Costa Rica
Date: Oct. 13, 2015
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: Red Bull Arena; Harrison, New Jersey
Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. ET
Attendance: 9,214
Weather: 68 degrees; Partly cloudy
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 0 0 0
CRC 0 1 1
CRC – Campbell (Myrie) 70th minute
Lineups:
USA: 12-Tim Howard; 3-Brad Evans, 20-Geoff Cameron (14-Ventura Alvarado, 46), 16- Michael Orozco, 6-Tim Ream (21-Jonathan Spector 63); 2-DeAndre Yedlin, 13-Jermaine Jones (8-Mix Diskerud 46), 10-Danny Williams, 7-Brek Shea (15-Lee Nguyen 72); 9- Gyasi Zardes (19-Andrew Wooten 72), 17- Jozy Altidore (capt.) (18-Bobby Wood 46)
Subs Not Used: 1-Brad Guzan, 22-Bill Hamid
Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
CRC: 1-Keylor Navas (capt.); 2-Johnny Acosta, 25-Kendall Waston, 14-Bryan Oviedo (22-Ronald Matarrita 54), 6-Oscar Duarte (Francisco Calvo 87), 16-Christian Gamboa (8-Dave Myrie 67); 11-Johan Venegas (26-Daniel Colindres 76), 5-Celso Borges (13-Oscar Granados 91), 20-David Guzmán; 21-Marcos Ureña, 12-Joel Campbell
Subs Not Used: 7-Elias Aguilar, 17-Luis Miguel Valle, 18-Patrick Pemberton, 19-Deyver Vega, 23-Esteban Alvarado, 24-Mauricio Castillo
Head coach: Oscar Ramirez
Stats Summary: USA / CRC
Shots: 5 / 14
Shots on Goal: 3 / 6
Saves: 4 / 3
Corner Kicks: 1 / 3
Fouls: 15 / 19
Offside: 2 / 5
Misconduct Summary:
CRC – Johnny Acosta (caution) 17th minute
USA – Jermaine Jones (caution) 37
USA – DeAndre Yedlin (caution) 56
USA – Brad Evans (caution) 66
USA – Danny Williams (caution) 72
USA – Michael Orozco (caution) 79
CRC – Kendall Waston (caution) 87
USA – Bobby Wood (caution) 87
Officials:
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Rene Ochoa (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Augusto (GUA)
Fourth Official: Jonathan Polanco (GUA)
