On this day in 2017, Dempsey and Altidore score to advance to the final

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-0 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

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‪👔 ‬Arena

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Two second-half goals pulled the US to the final.

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Clint Dempsey played Jozy Altidore in on goal and the striker beat Patrick Pemberton to nab the eventual winner.

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Dempsey sealed the win in the final 10 minutes with this free-kick goal.

Scorers: Jozy Altidore (Clint Dempsey) 72′, Clint Dempsey 82′

USA:­ 24-Tim Howard; 19-Graham Zusi, 3-Omar González, 5-Matt Besler, 2-Jorge Villafaña; 20-Paul Arriola (28-Clint Dempsey, 66′), 23-Kelly Acosta (13-Dax McCarty, 85′), 26-Michael Bradley (Capt.), 25-Darlington Nagbe; 8-Jordan Morris, 27-Jozy Altidore (9-Gyasi Zardes, 83′)

Subs not used: 12-Bill Hamid, 4-Matt Miazga, 7-Chris Pontius, 10-Joe Corona, 15-Eric Lichaj, 16-Justin Morrow, 18-Juan Agudelo, 21-Matt Hedges, 29-Jesse González

Head coach: Bruce Arena

CRC: 18-Patrick Pemberton; 6-José Salvatierra (14-Randall Azofeifa, 78′), 3-Giancarlo González, 2-Johnny Acosta, 24-Kendall Waston, 15-Francisco Calvo; 10-Bryan Ruiz (Capt.), 20-David Guzmán (25-José Leitón, 80′), 17-Yeltsin Tejeda (5-Kenner Gutiérrez, 74′), 7-David Ramírez; 21-Marco Ureña

Subs not used: 23-Dany Carvajal, 1- Leonel Moreira, 16-Christian Gamboa, 26-Jhamir Ordain, 8-Bryan Oviedo, 4-Michael Umaña, 22-Juan Pablo Vargas, 12-Joel Campbell, 27-Jimmy Marín, 19-Ulises Segura, 14-Rodney Wallace, 9-Ariel Rodríguez, 11-Johan Venegas

Head Coach: Oscar Ramírez

Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)

Cards: Omar González [Y 61′], Jozy Altidore [Y 72′] — Giancarlo González [Y 67′]

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On this day in 1993, Kooiman's golden goal

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 1-0 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

‪📍 ‬Dallas

‪👔 ‬Milutinović

‪📋 ‬Gold Cup SF

Cle Kooiman, who made just 12 caps between 1993-1994, volleyed home the winner that sent the US into the first Gold Cup Final.

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Roy Wegerle's cross deflects right into the path of Kooiman.

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Scorer: Cle Kooiman 103′

USA: Tony Meola, Fernando Clavijo (Cobi Jones 65′), Desmond Armstrong, Cle Kooiman, Alexi Lalas, Thomas Dooley, John Harkes, Chris Henderson, Tab Ramos, Roy Wegerle, Eric Wynalda

CRC: Erick Lonnis, Javier Delgado, Luis Marín, Maximilian Peynado, Erick Mata, Reynaldo Parks, Giancarlo Morera, Juan Cayasso, Carlos Castro, Michael Myers, Rónald Gómez (Roy Myers 58′)

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On this day in 2005, Onyewu's late winner

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-1 🇭🇳 Honduras

‪📍 ‬East Rutherford

‪👔 ‬Arena

‪📋 ‬Gold Cup SF

Trailing since the half-hour mark, the US needed two goals in the final five minutes plus extra-time to pull out this semifinal.

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John O'Brien pounces on the loose ball in the box to tie the match.

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Oguchi Onyewu picks a big time to notch his first international goal. Landon Donovan tosses in the free-kick and defender gets his face to the ball for the winner.

Scorer: John O’Brien (unassisted) 86′, Oguchi Onyewu (Landon Donovan) 92+’ — Ivan Guerrero (Tyson Nunez) 30′

USA: 18-Kasey Keller (Capt.); 4-Oguchi Onyewu, 23-Eddie Pope (2-Frankie Hejduk, 15′), 12-Jimmy Conrad; 14-Chris Armas, 25-Pablo Mastroeni (8-Clint Dempsey, 58′), 5-John O’Brien, 10-Landon Donovan; 19-Steve Ralston, 16-Josh Wolff (13-Pat Noonan, 63′), 7-DaMarcus Beasley

Subs not used: 1-Marcus Hahnemann, 3-Greg Vanney, 9-Santino Quaranta, 22-Tony Sanneh

HON: 1-Victor Coello (22-Junior Morales, 51+’), 4-Samuel Caballeros, 21-Erick Vallecilo, 3-Maynor Figueroa, 2-Asthor Enriquez (24-Luis Guifarro, 89′); 14-Oscar Garcia, 13-Mario Berrios, 19-Danilo Turcios (8-Wilson Palacios, 75′), 23-Ivan Guerrero; 10-Wilmer Velazquez (capt.), 11-Milton Nuñez.

Subs not used: 6-Junior Izaguirre, 9-Jose Ramirez, 18-Carlos Moran, 20-Hendry Thomas

Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

Cards: Pablo Mastroeni [Y 34′] — Danilo Turcios [Y 49′], Mario Berrios [Y 58′], Oscar Garcia [Y 72′]

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On this day in 2013, US down El Salvador in quarterfinal

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 5-1 🇸🇻 El Salvador

‪📍 ‬Baltimore

‪👔 ‬Klinsmann

‪📋 ‬Gold Cup QF

Five different players notched goals as the US brushed past 🇸🇻 in this quarterfinal.

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Clarence Goodson pops up to finish this Landon Donovan cross.

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Joe Corona doubles the lead eight minutes later with this shot at the top of the box after Chris Wondolowski found him with a pass.

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Eddie Johnson reclaims the two-goal cushion when skied to head home this Donovan cross.

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Landon Donovan gave us this great celebration after notching the insurance goal from a Johnson flick.

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Mix Diskerud ends the scoring with this finish after Donovan provided his third assist.

Scorers: Clarence Goodson (Landon Donovan) 21′, Joe Corona (Chris Wondolowski) 29′, Eddie Johnson (Landon Donovan) 60′, Landon Donovan (Eddie Johnson) 78′, Mix Diskerud (Landon Donovan) 84′ — Rodolfo Zelaya (PK) 39′

USA: 1-Nick Rimando; 15-Michael Parkhurst, 25-Matt Besler (4-Michael Orozco Fiscal, 75′), 21-Clarence Goodson, 7-DaMarcus Beasley (Capt.); 14-Kyle Beckerman, 8-Mix Diskerud; 6-Joe Corona, 16-Jose Torres (23-Brek Shea, 66′), 10-Landon Donovan; 19-Chris Wondolowski (26-Eddie Johnson, 60′)

Subs not used: 2-Edgar Castillo, 11-Stuart Holden, 12-Sean Johnson, 13-Tony Beltran, 17-Will Bruin, 20-Alejandro Bedoya, 22-Bill Hamid, 27-Alan Gordon

Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann

SLV: 1-Dagoberto Portillo; 2-Moises Garcia, 3-Victor Turcios, 23-Jose Henriquez, 16-Marcelo Posadas; 12-Andres Flores, 6-Richard Menjivar, 7-Darwin Ceren, 8-William Romero (9-Rafael Burgos, 46′); 17-Mark Blanco (10-Kevin Santamaria, 46′), 11-Rodolfo Zelaya (19-Gerson Mayen, 73′)

Subs not used: 4-Steven Purdy, 5-Jose Granadino, 13-Alexander Larin, 14-Dustin Corea, 15-Darwin Bonilla, 18-Benji Villalobos, 20-Josue Flores, 21-Nestor Renderos, 22-Derby Carrillo

Head Coach: Alberto Agustin Castillo

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (SUR)

Cards: Clarence Goodson [Y 15′] — Darwin Ceren [Y 68′]

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Player Profile: Claudio Reyna

Born on July 20, 1973, in Livingston, NJ, the midfielder signed with Bayern Leverkusen in 🇩🇪 in 1994. He moved to Rangers in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿before playing at Sunderland and Manchester City in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, retiring 2008 at New York Red Bulls.

He made 112 USMNT caps between 1994-2006, scoring eight goals. His final goal was scored in a 4-0 win over 🇿🇦 on June 3, 2000.

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Player Profile: Darlington Nagbe

Born on July 19, 1990, in Monrovia, 🇱🇷, the midfielder was drafted by Portland Timbers in 2011.m He has spent his whole career in the MLS, currently at Colombus Crew.

He has made 25 USMNT caps, netting one goal. That goal was the late winner in a 1-0 victory over 🇪🇨 on May 25, 2016.

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On this day in 2003, Donovan scores four

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 5-0 🇨🇺 Cuba

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‪👔 ‬Arena

‪📋 ‬Gold Cup QF

Landon Donovan etched his name into the US Soccer record books, becoming one of four players to score four goals in a game — the most recent was Joe-Max Moore a decade ago.

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Donovan starts it with a tap-in, supplied by Brian McBride.

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His second goal came just four minutes later. Donovan appeared at the back post to find the side net on this Eddie Lewis cross.

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Steve Ralston gets in on the act with a goal of his own. Just before halftime, he nodded home another Lewis cross.

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Lewis records his third assist on a cross as he supplies this cross for Donovan's glancing header and the hat-trick.

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Donovan caps the day with a shrug after finishing off this Greg Vanney squared pass.

Scorers: Landon Donovan (Brian McBride) 22′ (Eddie Lewis) 26′ (Eddie Lewis) 55′ (Greg Vanney) 76′, Steve Ralston (Eddie Lewis) 42′

USA: 18-Kasey Keller; 2-Frankie Hejduk, 12-Danny Califf, 4-Cory Gibbs, 3-Greg Vanney; 19-Steve Ralston, 25-Pablo Mastroeni (13-Richard Mulrooney, 46’), 10-Claudio Reyna (capt.) (8-Earnie Stewart, 46), 7-Eddie Lewis; 21-Landon Donovan, 20-Brian McBride (11-Clint Mathis, 46’)

Subs not used: 24-Adin Brown, 4-Carlos Bocanegra, 15-Bobby Convey, 17-DaMarcus Beasley

CUB: 1-Odelin Molina (capt.); 16-Reizander Perez, 5-Alexander Cruzata, 4-Silvio Minoso, 3-Jeniel Marquez; 2-Nayuri Rivero (18-Alain Cervantes, 46’), 17-Pedro Adriani Faife, 7-Jorge Ramirez, 10-Lester More (6-Livan Perez, 46’); 9-Lazaro Dacourt (15-Lazaro Ruiz, 69’) 13-Maikel Castaneda

Subs not used: 12-Alexis Reve, 8-Eduardo Morales, 11-Rene Infante, 14-Jaime Colome

Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

Cards: Danny Califf [Y 49′] — Reizander Fernandez [R 43′], Pedro Adriani Faife [Y 75′]

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