Concacaf Gold Cup

FT Thursday, June 19, 2025
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Saudi Arabia WWLWL 0
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Q2 Stadium · 11,727 att. · FS1

Match Report

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USMNT beats Saudi Arabia to clinch Gold Cup knockouts spot

Defender Chris Richards scored with a flick of the ball off a second-half free kick to lift the United States to a 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia on Thursday night, sending the Americans on to the Concacaf Gold Cup quarterfinals.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
2
67.3
Possession
32.7
5
SHOTS
3
3
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
467
Accurate Passes
202
534
Passes
259
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
7
0.4
Cross %
0.1
45
Long Balls
51
28
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
10
19
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
6
19
Effective Clearances
27
19
Clearances
27

Head to Head

Lineups

KSA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Nawaf Al-AqidiG
  2. 5Abdullah MaduCD-L
  3. 4Abdulelah Al-AmriCD-R
  4. 13Nawaf BoushalLB
  5. 26Ali MajrashiRB
  6. 6Ali Al-HassanCM
  7. 16Ziyad Al-JohaniLM
  8. 12Saud AbdulhamidRM
  9. 9Feras Al-BrikanF
  10. 15Aiman YahyaLF
  11. 24Abdulrahman Al-ObudRF

USA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Matt FreeseG
  2. 13Tim ReamCD-L
  3. 3Chris RichardsCD-R
  4. 18Max ArfstenLB
  5. 16Alex FreemanRB
  6. 10Diego LunaAM
  7. 14Luca de la TorreLM
  8. 8Sebastian BerhalterRM
  9. 24Patrick AgyemangF
  10. 17Malik TillmanAM-L
  11. 6Jack McGlynnAM-R

Timeline

  1. 57' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Saleh Al Shehri replaces Aiman Yahya.
  2. 58' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Mukhtar Ali replaces Ali Al Hassan.
  3. 62' Substitution, USA. Tyler Adams replaces Luca de la Torre.
  4. 62' Substitution, USA. Damion Downs replaces Jack McGlynn.
  5. 63' Goal! Saudi Arabia 0, USA 1. Chris Richards (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 67' Diego Luna (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 75' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Marwan Al Sahafi replaces Nawaf Bu Washl.
  8. 76' Substitution, USA. Brenden Aaronson replaces Diego Luna.
  9. 85' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Abdullah Al Salem replaces Feras Al Brikan.
  10. 88' Substitution, USA. Miles Robinson replaces Patrick Agyemang.
  11. 88' Substitution, USA. Johnny Cardoso replaces Alexander Freeman.
  12. 89' Ziyad Al Johani (Saudi Arabia) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90' Sebastian Berhalter (USA) is shown the yellow card.

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