Dempsey scored his 52nd worldwide goal as U.S. overcame Ecuador 2-1 in Thursday’s quarter-final in Seattle, as both teams ended the match with 10 men following red cards to Jermaine Jones and Antonio Valencia. Dating back the beginning of a year ago, the Texan has now found the net in 13 of his last 18 global appearances.
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“It is a good thing to help soccer become more popular in the USA because obviously here it is not the number one sport”, said Desobeau.
It was Dempsey’s continuing heroics that proved to be the difference. The passionate Red, White, and Blue fans came in numbers showing their support at CenturyLink Field.
The United States will play the victor of the Argentina-Venezuela game. “Our players are maturing”.
Get all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage, and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans in your inbox every day. “This is what we had hoped for”.
Let’s be clear about this, though.
But he now has the opportunity to recharge the batteries following Ecuador’s defeat to the USA. In the fracas that followed Jermaine Jones was sent off for jabbing Arroyo in the face and Bobby Wood picked up a yellow card, meaning both will be absent for the semi-final. In the end, though, the home team deserved to move on.
USA captain Michael Bradley wore a rainbow armband in honor of those killed in the Orlando, Florida, nighclub shooting last weekend. Next time we see this tournament in East Rutherford, it will be the final. “I thought we played well”. We’ve had nights where we played very well, scored goals.
Wood comprehends how to discover Jones who whipped in a first-time cross, and Dempsey presented no botch with the jumping header, giving Ecuador goalkeeper Alexander Dominguez no likelihood.
“We’re going to give it everything we can”, he said afterwards.
The Manchester United man was understandably sent packing but not before a fracas broke out between both sets of players. It’s not an easy task.
A slow motion replay appears to show Arroyo push Jones’ arms as Jones raised his arms to protect himself.
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They face Peru in New Jersey on Saturday and Sanchez told a news conference: “Our physical aspect is fundamental, but a lot of games are usually won by the mental aspect”. “But we knew going into this game that some of us were on yellow cards”.
