Costa Rica

FIFA #51

Quarterfinals

Ugh, no.

Costa Rica lost to the United States (3–4 on penalties)

2 – 2

FT-Pens · Sun, Jun 29

Match Details

U.S. Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, Minnesota) · 32,289 fans · FOX, TUDN, Universo View tournament bracket →

Highlights

USMNT beats Costa Rica in shootout to reach Gold Cup semis

Damion Downs scored in the sixth round of a shootout after three saves by Matt Freese, sending the U.S. to the semifinals of the Concacaf Gold Cup with a 3-2 shootout win over Costa Rica after a 2-2 tie on Sunday night.

Recap via ESPN

1:59 Herc: USMNT has a lot to learn despite penalty win over Costa Rica

Clips play on ESPN

Commentary

·Match ends, USA 2(4), Costa Rica 2(3).
105'Penalty Shootout ends, USA 2(4), Costa Rica 2(3).
105'Goal! USA 2(4), Costa Rica 2(3). Damion Downs (USA) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
104'Penalty saved. Andy Rojas (Costa Rica) right footed shot saved in the top left corner by Matt Freese (USA).
102'Penalty saved. John Tolkin (USA) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Keylor Navas (Costa Rica).
101'Penalty saved. Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica) left footed shot saved in the top centre of the goal by Matt Freese (USA).
99'Goal! USA 2(3), Costa Rica 2(3). Alexander Freeman (USA) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
98'Goal! USA 2(2), Costa Rica 2(3). Jefferson Brenes (Costa Rica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
97'Penalty missed. Sebastian Berhalter (USA) right footed shot is just a bit too high.
96'Goal! USA 2(2), Costa Rica 2(2). Santiago van der Putten (Costa Rica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
95'Goal! USA 2(2), Costa Rica 2(1). Malik Tillman (USA) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
94'Penalty saved. Juan Vargas (Costa Rica) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Matt Freese (USA).

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	T
CRC	1	1	0	0	3	2
USA	1	1	0	0	4	2

Match Leaders

Costa Rica

FC Francisco Calvo · 1Goals
AM Alonso Martínez · 2Total Shots
KN Keylor Navas · 2Saves
JP Juan Pablo Vargas · 40Accurate Passes

United States

DL Diego Luna · 1Goals
MT Malik Tillman · 4Total Shots
Matt Freese · 1Saves
TR Tim Ream · 66Accurate Passes

Penalty Shootout LIVE

Costa Rica · 3/6

Alonso Martínez
Juan Pablo Vargas
Santiago van der Putten
Jefferson Brenes
Francisco Calvo
Andy Rojas

United States · 4/6

Tyler Adams
Malik Tillman
Sebastian Berhalter
Alex Freeman
John Tolkin
Damion Downs

Key Events

90'Substitution, USA. Brian White replaces Patrick Agyemang.

88'Substitution, Costa Rica. Kenay Myrie replaces Carlos Mora.

88'Substitution, Costa Rica. Santiago van der Putten replaces Josimar Alcócer.

84'Substitution, USA. John Tolkin replaces Max Arfsten.

83'Substitution, USA. Jack McGlynn replaces Diego Luna.

78'Substitution, USA. Damion Downs replaces Luca de la Torre.

74'Substitution, Costa Rica. Cristopher Núñez replaces Alejandro Bran.

71'Goal! USA 2, Costa Rica 2. Alonso Martínez (Costa Rica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Carlos Mora.

68'Josimar Alcócer (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

58'Substitution, Costa Rica. Jefferson Brenes replaces Kenneth Vargas.

58'Substitution, Costa Rica. Andy Rojas replaces Brandon Aguilera.

47'Goal! USA 2, Costa Rica 1. Max Arfsten (USA) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Malik Tillman.

43'Goal! USA 1, Costa Rica 1. Diego Luna (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Max Arfsten.

38'Kenneth Vargas (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card.

38'Chris Richards (USA) is shown the yellow card.

37'Penalty missed! Still USA 0, Costa Rica 1. Malik Tillman (USA) hits the left post with a right footed shot.

35'Juan Vargas (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

12'Goal! USA 0, Costa Rica 1. Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.