FIFA World Cup Qualifying - Concacaf

FT Friday, September 1, 2017
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Match Report

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Costa Rica deals U.S. hammer blow in World Cup quest

Marco Urena scored twice as Costa Rica beat the United States 2-0 to hand the Americans a major setback in their CONCACAF qualifying campaign.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
0
38.6
Possession
61.4
9
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
243
Accurate Passes
439
347
Passes
544
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
8
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.4
89
Long Balls
57
36
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
17
Effective Tackles
11
22
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
14
31
Clearances
14

Head to Head

CRC leads series 3-2

Lineups

USA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Tim HowardG
  2. 14Tim ReamCD-L
  3. 20Geoff CameronCD-R
  4. 2Jorge VillafañaLB
  5. 19Graham ZusiRB
  6. 4Michael BradleyCM-L
  7. 6Darlington NagbeCM-R
  8. 23Fabian JohnsonLM
  9. 10Christian PulisicRM
  10. 17Jozy AltidoreCF-L
  11. 9Bobby WoodCF-R

CRC · 5-4-1

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 2Johnny AcostaCD
  3. 15Francisco CalvoCD-L
  4. 19Kendall WastonCD-R
  5. 8Bryan OviedoLB
  6. 16Cristian GamboaRB
  7. 5Celso BorgesCM-L
  8. 20David GuzmánCM-R
  9. 10Bryan RuizLM
  10. 7Christian BolañosRM
  11. 21Marco UreñaF

Timeline

  1. 13' David Guzmán (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Goal! USA 0, Costa Rica 1. Marco Ureña (Costa Rica) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bryan Ruiz.
  3. 65' Substitution, USA. Clint Dempsey replaces Jorge Flores Villafaña.
  4. 67' Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 71' Substitution, Costa Rica. Michael Umaña replaces Christian Bolaños.
  6. 71' Substitution, Costa Rica. José Salvatierra replaces Cristian Gamboa.
  7. 78' Substitution, Costa Rica. Johan Venegas replaces Bryan Oviedo.
  8. 80' Jozy Altidore (USA) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 82' Goal! USA 0, Costa Rica 2. Marco Ureña (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Guzmán with a through ball.
  10. 84' Substitution, USA. Jordan Morris replaces Graham Zusi.
  11. 87' Substitution, USA. Paul Arriola replaces Christian Pulisic.
  12. 90'+1' Clint Dempsey (USA) is shown the yellow card.

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