USMNT beat Los Ticos 4-3 on penalties to advance
Hosts will play Guatemala in Wednesday’s semi-final
Damion Downs scored in the sixth round of a penalty shootout after three saves by Matt Freese to send the US to the semi-finals of the Concacaf Gold Cup after Sunday night’s match had ended in a 2-2 draw.
The US will play Guatemala on Wednesday after they upset Canada in another shootout in the opener of the quarter-final doubleheader in Minneapolis. Mexico play Honduras in the other semi-final on Wednesday. The final is in Houston on 6 July.
“They showed today great character,” USA coach Mauricio Pochettino said of his team’s efforts.
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