Anything less than a victory against Costa Rica tonight, and the United States could face first-round elimination from the Copa America Centenario, a tournament U.S. Soccer hoped would showcase American players and this country as a potential host for the 2026 World Cup.
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If the US team can get four points between Tuesday’s today’s match and Saturday’s game against Paraguay in Philadelphia, they are it is in good shape to advance.
PARAGUAY BEAT COLOMBIA: A Paraguay win against Los Cafeteros would seriously shake up Group A. They’d be in first-place with four points, the U.S. and Colombia would be tied on three and Costa Rica would bring up the rear with one.
Next up for the U.S.is a matchup with Costa Rica, who tied Paraguay 0-0 in their opening match of the tournament.
U.S veteran Clint Dempsey said that the game is a “must win”.
The U.S.’s next match is Saturday against Paraguay at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It played without key defender Kendall Waston after he got a red card in the previous game. I’m not sure how Costa Rica bounces back after being beat down against the usa, as Oscar Ramirez and others looked shellshocked. I’ll predict 2-1, with the edge and the win to the U.S.
“Goals change games, and the guys up front took care of that”, said Guzan, who only had to make one save in his 16th worldwide shutout. “How we can maybe do a little bit better job on our set pieces, so we look forward to the game”.
Much has been made of how Jurgen Klinsmann spoke about the team’s performance against Colombia.
The Yanks may have been confident versus Colombia and that led to their downfall. He told reporters he was “absolutely okay” with how his team played, and even said, “There was no difference besides the two goals”. Brooks was nothing spectacular against Colombia, but he wasn’t bad enough to lose a starting spot.
You are reading news and information on LongIsland.com, Long Island’s Most Popular Website, Since 1996. Later, helped create the chance that resulted in Jermaine Jones’ goal. “We wanted to keep a clean sheet and it was a good 4-0 result for the goal differential”.
The US recorded their first Copa America win since upsetting Argentina on July 14, 1995, breaking a seven-game winless streak in the tournament, including six straight losses.
Paraguay tested Colombia’s defense throughout an entertaining game, but La Albirroja don’t have a player with the skills of Rodriguez – or the goaltending reflexes of James’ brother-in-law, Ospina. Clint Dempsey stepped up and calmly slotted home past Patrick Pemberton to give the USA a 1-0 lead. After playing in front of a crowd that appeared to have more Colombia fans than US fans, Bradley was asked if Chicago would have a more pro-U.S. crowd.
“The U.S. leaves La Sele in a coma: the aura of Brazil is snuffed out”, was the headline at Telenoticias this morning.
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Zardes played better than I would have expected against Colombia, and I think we’ll see him out there again on Tuesday.
