United States vs Costa Rica, 2021 International Friendly

· International Friendly

United States

8': Brenden Aaronson
42': Daryl Dike
52': Reggie Cannon
77': Giovanni Reyna (P)

FT
4 - 0

Costa Rica

United States beat Costa Rica as Daryl Dike scores first senior team goal

The U.S. continued its good run of form in a runaway win against Costa Rica in a friendly on Tuesday night at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Tyler Adams (USA).
1': Johan Venegas (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Offside, Costa Rica. Bernald Alfaro tries a through ball, but Joseph Mora is caught offside.
8': Attempt blocked. Daryl Dike (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonee Robinson.
8': Goal! USA 1, Costa Rica 0. Brenden Aaronson (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
11': Foul by Reggie Cannon (USA).
11': Joseph Mora (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
12': Offside, Costa Rica. Aarón Salazar tries a through ball, but Francisco Calvo is caught offside.
13': Foul by Brenden Aaronson (USA).
13': Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Attempt saved. Timothy Weah (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yunus Musah.
14': Corner, USA. Conceded by Leonel Moreira.
17': Corner, USA. Conceded by Giancarlo González.
18': Brenden Aaronson (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by Aarón Salazar (Costa Rica).
22': Brenden Aaronson (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Foul by Yeltsin Tejeda (Costa Rica).
24': Foul by Sebastian Lletget (USA).
24': Gerson Torres (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Foul by Tim Ream (USA).
25': Gerson Torres (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
26': Antonee Robinson (USA) wins a free kick on the left wing.
26': Foul by Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica).
28': Foul by Bernald Alfaro (Costa Rica).
28': Yunus Musah (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
29': Offside, USA. Mark McKenzie tries a through ball, but Antonee Robinson is caught offside.
34': Attempt missed. Timothy Weah (USA) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yunus Musah.
35': Attempt missed. Brenden Aaronson (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Timothy Weah with a cross.
36': Foul by Bernald Alfaro (Costa Rica).
36': Tyler Adams (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Foul by Mark McKenzie (USA).
37': Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
37': Mark McKenzie (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
39': Attempt blocked. Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
41': Daryl Dike (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41': Foul by Giancarlo González (Costa Rica).
42': Goal! USA 2, Costa Rica 0. Daryl Dike (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mark McKenzie with a through ball.
43': Foul by Sebastian Lletget (USA).
43': Yeltsin Tejeda (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
44': Foul by Joel Campbell (Costa Rica).
44': Reggie Cannon (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Corner, USA. Conceded by Francisco Calvo.
45'+1': Attempt missed. Yunus Musah (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daryl Dike following a corner.
45'+2': First Half ends, USA 2, Costa Rica 0.
45': Second Half begins USA 2, Costa Rica 0.
45': Substitution, Costa Rica. Ariel Lassiter replaces Gerson Torres.
45': Substitution, Costa Rica. Celso Borges replaces Bernald Alfaro.
45': Substitution, Costa Rica. Randall Leal replaces Aarón Salazar.
45': Substitution, USA. Walker Zimmerman replaces Mark McKenzie.
46': Foul by Celso Borges (Costa Rica).
46': Yunus Musah (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
48': Brenden Aaronson (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
48': Foul by Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica).
51': Attempt missed. Yunus Musah (USA) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson.
52': Goal! USA 3, Costa Rica 0. Reggie Cannon (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
53': Foul by Johan Venegas (Costa Rica).
53': Sebastian Lletget (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Foul by Joel Campbell (Costa Rica).
55': Timothy Weah (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Attempt missed. Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
58': Foul by Celso Borges (Costa Rica).
58': Tyler Adams (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
59': Corner, USA. Conceded by Leonel Moreira.
60': Attempt missed. Yeltsin Tejeda (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Randall Leal.
62': Foul by Randall Leal (Costa Rica).
62': Reggie Cannon (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Substitution, USA. Jackson Yueill replaces Tyler Adams.
63': Foul by Celso Borges (Costa Rica).
63': Yunus Musah (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Corner, USA. Conceded by Francisco Calvo.
64': Substitution, Costa Rica. Allan Cruz replaces Joel Campbell.
64': Substitution, Costa Rica. Jurguens Montenegro replaces Johan Venegas.
65': Attempt missed. Walker Zimmerman (USA) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson with a cross following a corner.
66': Attempt missed. Ariel Lassiter (Costa Rica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Jurguens Montenegro.
67': Attempt saved. Randall Leal (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Celso Borges.
70': Attempt saved. Jurguens Montenegro (Costa Rica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Allan Cruz.
71': Foul by Joseph Mora (Costa Rica).
71': Timothy Weah (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Brenden Aaronson (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica).
74': Substitution, USA. Giovanni Reyna replaces Timothy Weah.
75': Substitution, USA. Kellyn Acosta replaces Yunus Musah.
75': Substitution, Costa Rica. Bryan Oviedo replaces Yeltsin Tejeda.
75': Substitution, USA. Jordan Siebatcheu replaces Daryl Dike.
76': Penalty USA. Giovanni Reyna draws a foul in the penalty area.
76': Penalty conceded by Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica) after a foul in the penalty area.
76': Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77': Goal! USA 4, Costa Rica 0. Giovanni Reyna (USA) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
78': Foul by Walker Zimmerman (USA).
78': Jurguens Montenegro (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
80': Foul by Jackson Yueill (USA).
80': Randall Leal (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Substitution, USA. Sergiño Dest replaces Antonee Robinson.
82': Foul by Walker Zimmerman (USA).
82': Jurguens Montenegro (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
83': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (USA).
83': Joseph Mora (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
84': Foul by Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica).
84': Jordan Siebatcheu (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
86': Foul by Brenden Aaronson (USA).
86': Randall Leal (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
88': Foul by Sebastian Lletget (USA).
88': Randall Leal (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89': Attempt missed. Randall Leal (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
90'+3': Attempt blocked. Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90'+4': Second Half ends, USA 4, Costa Rica 0.
0': Match ends, USA 4, Costa Rica 0.

Statistics

CRC		USA
18	Fouls	13
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
0	Corner Kicks	5
1	Saves	2
35.2	Possession	64.8
8	SHOTS	11
2	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
263	Accurate Passes	512
306	Passes	572
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	2
14	Crosses	12
0.1	Cross %	0.2
39	Long Balls	38
24	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.6	Long Balls %	0.6
2	Blocked Shots	1
12	Effective Tackles	15
16	Tackles	22
0.8	Tackle %	0.7
16	Interceptions	5
6	Effective Clearances	7
6	Clearances	7

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: America First Field
Location: Sandy, Utah, USA
Attendance: 19,007

Line-Ups

United States (4-3-3)

No.	Name
12	Ethan Horvath (GK)
13	Tim Ream
15	Mark McKenzie
5	Antonee Robinson
20	Reggie Cannon
4	Tyler Adams
17	Sebastian Lletget
18	Yunus Musah
24	Daryl Dike
11	Brenden Aaronson
21	Timothy Weah

United States Substitutes:

DeAndre Yedlin, Giovanni Reyna, Jordan Pefok, Kellyn Acosta, David Ochoa, Sergiño Dest, Weston McKennie, Josh Sargent, Christian Pulisic, Jackson Yueill, Walker Zimmerman.

Costa Rica (5-3-2)

No.	Name
23	Leonel Moreira (GK)
19	Giancarlo González
15	Francisco Calvo
3	Aarón Salazar
22	Joseph Mora
4	Keysher Fuller
17	Yeltsin Tejeda
14	Bernald Alfaro
20	Gerson Torres
7	Johan Venegas
12	Joel Campbell

Costa Rica Substitutes:

Jurguens Montenegro, Patrick Sequeira, Bryan Oviedo, Randall Leal, Allan Cruz, Ariel Lassiter, Celso Borges.

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