The USMNT advanced to the 2019 Gold Cup quarterfinals by winning group D on Wednesday at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City. Jozy Altidore scored the game’s only goal with an overhead kick in the 66th minute. Sean Johnson kept the clean sheet with one save. The USMNT will play Curacao in Philadelphia on Sunday (8:30pm ET – FS1). Panama plays Jamaica in the early game.
USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter changed out his entire starting lineup for the group D finale with Panama making 9 changes. Both teams needed time for their new lineups to come together, with the USMNT having the advantage on possession in the first-half. In the second-half, it was Altidore making the difference for the United States. Berhalter used all three of his subs, bringing on Christian Pulisic, Tyler Boyd, and Gyasi Zardes.
— GAME REPORT —
Match: U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Panama
Date: June 26, 2019
Competition: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup – Group D
Venue: Children’s Mercy Park; Kansas City, Kansas
Attendance: 17,037
Kickoff: 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. local time)
Weather: 82 degrees; clear
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 0 1 1
PAN 0 0 1
USA – Jozy Altidore 66th minute
Lineups:
USA: 12-Sean Johnson; 14-Reggie Cannon, 19-Matt Miazga, 3-Omar Gonzalez (capt.), 16-Daniel Lovitz; 15-Cristian Roldan, 6-Wil Trapp, 20-Djordje Mihailovic; 11-Jordan Morris (21-Tyler Boyd, 70), 17-Jozy Altidore (9-Gyasi Zardes, 83), 18-Jonathan Lewis (10-Christian Pulisic, 65)
Substitutes not used: 1-Zack Steffen, 22-Tyler Miller, 2-Nick Lima, 4-Michael Bradley, 5-Walker Zimmerman, 7-Paul Arriola, 8-Weston McKennie, 13-Tim Ream, 23-Aaron Long
Head Coach: Gregg Berhalter
PAN: 12-Jose Calderon; 2-Francisco Palacios, 13-Adolfo Machado (capt.), 3-Harold Cummings, 6-Kevin Galvan (23-Michael Murillo, 76); 21-Omar Browne, 4-Fidel Escobar, 8-Marcos Sanchez, 7-Jose Luis Rodriguez; 17-Jose Fajardo (18-Abdiel Arroyo, 46), 9-Gabriel Torres (10-Edgar Barcenas, 68)
Substitutes not used: 1-Luis Mejia, 22-Orlando Mosquera, 5-Roman Torres, 11-Armando Cooper, 14-ValentÃn Pimental, 15-Eric Davis, 16-Rolando Blackburn, 19-Alberto Quintero, 20-Ernesto Walker
Head coach: Julio Dely Valdes
Stats Summary: USA / PAN
Shots: 7 / 7
Shots on Goal: 2 / 1
Saves: 1 / 1
Corner Kicks: 3 / 0
Fouls: 17 / 12
Offside: 0 / 2
Misconduct Summary:
PAN – Kevin Galvan (caution) 74th minute
Officials:
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-jassim (QAT)
Assistant Referee 1: Taleb Al Mari (QAT)
Assistant Referee 2: Saoud Al Maqaleh (QAT)
4th Official: Reon Radix (GRN)
Photo by John Dorton – ISIPhotos.com
