The USMNT beat Jamaica 3-1 in their Gold Cup semifinal in Nashville with Christian Pulisic scoring twice to advance the USA to Sunday's final.
Jamaica 1 – USMNT 3
The USMNT advanced to the 2019 Gold Cup final to play Mexico on Sunday in Chicago (9pm ET – FS1). The USA beat Jamaica 3-1 in a game interrupted by a lengthy weather delay in the first-half. Weston McKennie opened the scoring for the USMNT with a 9th minute goal. Lightning caused officials to suspend the game in the 15th minute with the teams not returning to the field for 90 minutes. Christian Pulisic made it 2-0 USMNT in the 52nd minute. Shamar Nicholson scored for Jamaica in the 69th, the first goal the USA has given up at this Gold Cup. Pulisic score again in the 87th minute.
“I think we started off good… right up until the thunderstorm when we had to go inside,” McKennie said. “I think when we came back out it looked like a different game. Definitely messed up with the momentum that we had going there. We talked about it in the locker room. We wanted to come out and finish the game out and get another goal because we knew it was going to be crucial against them.”
— GAME REPORT —
Match: U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Jamaica
Date: July 3, 2019
Competition: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup; Semifinals
Venue: Nissan Stadium; Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 28,473
Kickoff: 9:30 p.m. ET
Weather: 75 degrees; cloudy
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 1 2 3
JAM 0 1 1
USA – Weston McKennie (Jozy Altidore) 9th minute
USA – Christian Pulisic 52
JAM – Shamar Nicholson (Leon Bailey) 69
USA – Christian Pulisic 87
Lineups:
USA: 1-Zack Steffen; 14-Reggie Cannon, 19-Matt Miazga, 23-Aaron Long, 13-Tim Ream (capt.); 4-Michael Bradley; 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic; 11-Jordan Morris (15-Cristian Roldan, 70), 17-Jozy Altidore (9-Gyasi Zardes, 56), 7-Paul Arriola (16-Daniel Lovitz, 88)
Substitutes not used: 1 2-Sean Johnson, 22-Tyler Miller, 2-Nick Lima, 3-Omar Gonzalez, 5-Walker Zimmerman, 6-Wil Trapp, 18-Jonathan Lewis, 20-Djordjie Mihailovic, 21-Tyler Boyd
Head Coach: Gregg Berhalter
JAM: 1-Andre Blake (capt.); 5-Elvis Powell, 14-Shaun Francis, 3-Michael Hector, 20-Kemar Lawrence; 22-Devon Williams, 7-Leon Bailey, 15-Je-Vaughn Watson; 10-Darren Mattocks (18-Brian Brown, 74), 16-Peter Vassell (4-Andrew Lewis, 83), 12-Junior Flemmings (11-Shamar Nicholson, 65)
Substitutes not used: 23-Amal Knight, 13-Dwayne Miller, 17-Damion Lowe, 2-Jamoi Topey, 21-Kevon Lambert, 19-Tyreek Magee, 9-Ricardo Morris, 8-Maalique Foster, 6-Dever Orgill
Head coach: Theodore Whitmore
Stats Summary: USA / JAM
Shots: 16 / 16
Shots on Goal: 9 / 4
Saves: 3 / 6
Corner Kicks: 2 / 1
Fouls: 14 / 18
Offside: 0 / 0
Misconduct Summary:
USA – Weston McKennie (caution) 31st minute
JAM – Je-Vaughn Watson (caution) 39
USA – Jozy Altidore (caution) 43
JAM – Junior Flemmings (caution) 43
JAM – Peter Vassell (caution) 49
Officials:
Referee: Ivan Barton (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Francisco Zumba (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: David Moran Santos (SLV)
4th Official: Said Martinez (HON)
