There was a trophy to play for at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA on Wednesday. Jaamica faced an early issue when their goalkeeper and captain Andre Blake suffered a hand injury. Blake had to sub out in the 22nd minute with backup Dwayne Miller replacing him. Jamaica almost made it out of the half with the game scoreless. Jozy Altidore put the USMNT up in the 45th minute from a free kick.
Jamaica wasn’t done, getting the equalizer from Je-Vaughn Watson in the 50th minute. Clint Dempsey subbed on for the USMNT in the 55th minute, heading the ball into the post in the 75th. With time running out, Jordan Morris scored the game winning goal in the 88th minute.
“It’s unbelievable,” Morris said. “Every time I step on the field it’s such an honor to represent my country. This game was amazing. Credit to Jamaica. They made it very tough for us. I was nervous, it was my guy who scored on the goal. So I was trying to make up for it any way that I could. Obviously I had to take responsibility for that, but luckily I could put one into the back of the net.”
USMNT midfielder Michael Bradley won the Golden Ball and the USMNT won the Fair Play award.
— GAME REPORT —
Match: U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Jamaica
Date: July 26, 2017
Competition: 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup; Final
Venue: Levi’s Stadium; Santa Clara, California
Kickoff: 9:30 p.m. ET
Attendance: 63,032
Weather: 72 degrees; sunny
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 1 1 2
JAM 0 1 1
USA – Jozy Altidore 45th minute
JAM – Je-Vaughn Watson (Kemar Lawrence) 50
USA – Jordan Morris (Clint Dempsey) 88
Lineups:
USA: 24-Tim Howard; 19-Graham Zusi, 3-Omar González, 5-Matt Besler, 2-Jorge Villafaña; 20-Paul Arriola (9-Gyasi Zardes, 76), 23-Kellyn Acosta (28-Clint Dempsey, 55), 26-Michael Bradley (capt.), 25-Darlington Nagbe (13-Dax McCarty, 90+2); 8-Jordan Morris, 27-Jozy Altidore
Subs not used : 12-Bill Hamid, 4-Matt Miazga, 7-Chris Pontius, 10-Joe Corona, 15-Eric Lichaj, 16-Justin Morrow, 18-Juan Agudelo, 21-Matt Hedges, 29-Jesse González
Head coach: Bruce Arena
JAM : 1-Andre Blake (13-Dwayne Miller, 23); 2-Kemar Lawrence, 21-Jermaine Taylor, 4-Ladale Richie (17-Kevon Lambert, 87), 3-Damion Lowe, 5-Alvas Powell; 8-Oniel Fischer, 15-Je-Vaughn Watson, 18-Owayne Gordon; 22-Romario Williams, 10-Darren Mattocks (11-Cory Burke, 90)
Subs not used: 23-Damion Hyatt, 6-Segio Campbell, 7-Shaun Francis, 2-Rosario Harriott, 12-Michael Binns, 9-Ewan Grandison, 19-Ricardo Morris, 16-Jermaine Johnson, 14-Shamar Nicholson
Head Coach: Theodore Whitmore
Stats Summary: USA / JAM
Shots: 13 / 6
Shots on Goal: 8 / 3
Saves: 2 / 6
Corner Kicks: 6 / 3
Fouls: 13 / 20
Offside: 1 / 5
Misconduct Summary:
JAM – Darren Mattocks (caution) 31st minute
USA – Kellyn Acosta (caution) 37
JAM – Ladale Richie (caution) 57
USA – Graham Zusi (caution) 76
USA – Tim Howard (caution) 90+2
Officials:
Referee: Walter López (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Gerson López (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Hermenerito Leal (GUA)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Montero (CRC)
