Final, 1-1: It’s all over at Sporting Park. USA-Panama ends deadlocked at 1-1.
Bradley rescued Team USA with a fine second-half goal, but the draw was about as much as the hosts deserved against the determined and aggressive Panamanians.
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Team USA already had clinched first place in the group. The result means Haiti advances to the quarterfinal as second-place finishers and Panama must wait until other groups complete their programs to see if it advances as one of the best third-place finishers.
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Postgame analysis of USA-Panama >>
90th minute +3, 1-1: Cooper shoots powerfully, but it’s right at Guzan.
90th minute +2, 1-1: Perez shoots on the half volley from 25 yards out, but it bounces straight to Guzan.
90th minute, 1-1: There will be a minimum of three minutes of added time in the second half.
86th minute, 1-1: Arroyo replaces Quintero in Panama’s final substitution.
83rd minute, 1-1: Team USA currently is playing with 10 men, as Beckerman receives treatment on what appears to be a bloody nose.
83rd minute, 1-1: Bradley lofts a free kick into Panama’s penalty area. Brooks jumps and glances a header off target.
77th minute, 1-1: Beckerman misses the target with a left-footed shot from 35 yards out.
75th minute, 1-1: Guzan makes a stunning save, as Panama threatens on the counter-attack.
Camargo shot to the near post on the half-volley, but Guzan reacted quickly and turned it out for a corner kick.
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73rd minute, 1-1: Camargo tries a long-range shot, but it’s too close to Guzan.
71st minute, 1-1: Both coaches make substitutions.
Johansson replaces Bedoya for the United States.
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Roberto Nurse enters in place of Tejada for Panama.
68th minute, 1-1: The balance of the result remains on a knife-edge, as the teams battle for the go-ahead goal.
Team USA is used to beating Central American opposition, but Panama is trying to reverse the tide of history.
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63rd minute, 1-1: Perez shoots from distance, but it doesn’t trouble Guzan, who scoops it up with no problem.
62nd minute, 1-1: Panama makes its first substitution, replacing Pimentel, a right back, with midfielder Miguel Camargo.
55th minute, 1-1: Bradley evens things up.
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Bedoya had plenty of time and space inside Panama’s penalty area to drive a cross to the far post. Bradley arrives first with a perfectly timed run, as he has done so often throughout his career, and volleys it home with a sliding shot.
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52nd minute, 1-0 Panama: Zardes fires a shot off the crossbar, but the referee’s assistant ruled him offside.
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48th minute, 1-0 Panama: Alvarado is cautioned for an off-the-ball foul on Perez.
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46th minute, 1-0 Panama: The second half is underway.
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The U.S. made two substitutions during the interval. Clint Dempsey and DeAndre Yedlin enter. Wondolowski and Morales exit.
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Halftime, 1-0 Panama: That’s the end of the first half. Panama leads by one.
The United States finds itself in unfamiliar territory, but only has itself and Panama to blame.
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Team USA started slowly and never really sped past second gear. Panama is delivering a performance worthy of team that wants to continue in this tournament and it deserves the lead it currently enjoys.
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Panama was more aggressive than the U.S. and appears to have had a mental edge in the first half. Perez converted one of his team’s two shots on goal. Panama might have scored earlier were it not for Guzan or the referee’s assistant.
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Keep an eye on the referee in the second half. The teams have shared 20 fouls and three yellow cards so far. There could be more to come if the teams combat each other the same way in the second half.
45th minute, 1-0 Panama: There will be a minimum of two minutes of stoppage time in the first half.
45th minute, 1-0 Panama: The referee cautions Godoy for elbowing Zardes in the face.
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44th minute, 1-0 Panama: The referee cautions Chandler for a foul on Quintero, who has been causing him problems in the first half.
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41st minute, 1-0 Panama: Team USA wants a penalty kick after Bedoya surges into Panama’s third then loses his balance on the edge of the penalty area under a challenge from Cummings.
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34th minute, 1-0 Panama: It always was coming, and now it’s here. Panama scores first.
Tejada turned Alvarado inside team USA’s penalty area and slid a pass across the goal-mouth to Perez, who tapped it past Guzan.
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The Panama strike pair beat the American central defenders too easily.
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29th minute, 0-0: The United States officially is off to another slow start, having failed to break down Panama’s defense more than once (Bedoya’s chance) in the run of play despite having a wealth of possession.
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22nd minute, 0-0: There’s chaos in the United States’ penalty area, but Panama fails to score. Guzan continues doing his job.
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18th minute, 0-0: Bradley shoots from distance. Penedo dives to his left and bats it away.
16th minute, 0-0: The referee cautions Brooks for a foul on Perez.
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Not only must Brooks walk the tight-rope for the rest of his game, but he also must deal with the disappointment of missing Saturday’s quarterfinal.
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16th minute, 0-0: Bedoya beats the offside trap, cuts inside and shoots on goal from close range, but Peneda stops his effort with a kick-save.
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10th minute, 0-0: Panama thinks it has scored the opener after Luis Tejada redirects a free kick past Guzan, but the referee’s assistant rules the striker offside. It’s both a warning and a wake-up call for the slow-starting Americans.
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Ninth minute, 0-0: The teams are fighting toe-to-toe, robbing the game of any meaningful action early on.
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Third minute, 0-0: The teams are trying to establish their respective games in the midfield by controlling possession and looking for gaps in the opposition’s defense. There are none, and proceedings are bogged down in the center of the field.
Kickoff, 0-0: USA-Panama is underway at Sporting Park.
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Pregame: Klinsmann makes another series of changes to his lineup, rotating what appears to be his first-choice defensive line back into the starting 11.
Beckerman also returns to the starting lineup as a holding midfielder.
Bedoya also is set to see his first action of the tournament. He has been working his way back to fitness after suffering a knee injury late in the 2014-15 season with his club Nantes FC.
Zardes and Wondolowski start as forwards. Klinsmann has preferred Altidore and Johannson up to this point.
Team USA fans are hoping Klinsmann’s changes reignite a plodding American attack.
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Panama needs a win to advance in to the knockout rounds and hopes to make lighting strike against Team USA once again.
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9:30 p.m.: Here’s the United States’ lineup:
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9 p.m. ET: Only one form of perfection matters for the United States men’s national soccer team.
Team USA faces Panama on Friday night at Sporting Park in Kansas City in its third, and last, group-stage game of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The U.S. already has clinched the top spot in Group A but wants to finish the opening phase of the regional championship tournament by taking all nine available points.
U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is benefiting from the winning culture he has developed within the re-tooled team in 2015. Team USA has won six straight games, including victories over Honduras and Haiti to open the Gold Cup.
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The U.S. already has clinched a spot in the quarterfinal, but Klinsmann refuses to allow his group to relent.
Panama can reach the quarterfinals with a win over the United States. Panama’s task against the CONCACAF titans is daunting enough, and the United States has inflicted misery on them in both 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying and in the final of the 2013 Gold Cup.
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USA-Panama kicks off at 9:30 p.m. Join us right here for all the action from Sporting Park.
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