Newly crowned Gold Cup champions Mexico will battle the United States in Pasadena, California on October 9 for a place in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Jamaica's "Reggae Boyz" delivered defending champion United States a humbling 2-1 defeat Wednesday, becoming the first Caribbean squad to reach the Gold Cup final by shocking the heavily favored hosts.
Defending champions the United States, sparked by six goals in four matches from Clint Dempsey, enter Wednesday's Gold Cup semi-finals confident but cautious against a defensively determined Jamaica.
Giles Barnes scored the only goal in the seventh minute and Jamaica edged Haiti 1-0 Saturday, advancing the "Reggae Boyz" to a Gold Cup semi-final against holders United States.
Clint Dempsey's first international hat trick sparked defending champion United States over Cuba 6-0 Saturday, advancing the Americans to the semi-finals of the Gold Cup football tournament.
Michael Bradley scored a second half equaliser as holders the United States came from behind to grab a 1-1 draw with Panama to maintain their unbeaten start to the Gold Cup here Monday.
Clint Dempsey bagged his third goal of the tournament as the United States booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Gold Cup here Friday with a 1-0 win over Haiti.
Jurgen Klinsmann paid tribute to US striker Clint Dempsey after his two-goal blast fired the Americans to an opening Gold Cup victory over Honduras. Dempsey had been relieved of the US captaincy before the tournament by Klinsmann after he was suspended for tearing up a referee’s notebook during a US club match. Klinsmann instead handed the captain’s armband to Michael Bradley, explaining he wanted Dempsey to focus solely on scoring goals as the US attempt to retain their Gold Cup crown. The veteran Seattle striker repaid Klinsmann’s support with both goals in a 2-1 win on Tuesday that fired the Americans to the top of Group A. Klinsmann said Dempsey’s performance had vindicated the captaincy decision. “We made that decision and he was absolutely on board with it,” Klinsmann said. “I was a striker myself, and when you go through those moments where he made a mistake and did something wrong, all you want to do is move on,” the […]
Jurgen Klinsmann paid tribute to US striker Clint Dempsey after his two-goal blast fired the Americans to an opening Gold Cup victory over Honduras.
Thousands of cheering fans turned a section of downtown Los Angeles into a sea of red, white and blue Tuesday in celebrating the US victory in the Women’s World Cup. Waving flags and chanting “U-S-A, U-S-A,” spectators began arriving at 5 a.m. outside Staples Center arena to get a prime position at the front of the stage to cheer their beloved football heroes after their record third World Cup title and first in 16 years. “Every day we call ourselves champions and it never gets old,” Carli Lloyd, voted the Golden Ball as player of the tournament, told the crowd. Lloyd scored three times as the United States roared to a four-goal lead in the first 16 minutes en route to a 5-2 demolition of Japan in Sunday’s final in Vancouver. “I know 1999 was a huge turning point for women’s soccer,” Lloyd said. “We have just crushed history. There is no greater time to win the World Cup.” Two […]
