Costa Rica 2-0 USA: FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers – As It Happened | football

28 Canada (goal difference +16)
(+9) 28 Mexico
25 USA (+11)
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25 Costa Rica (+5)
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21 Panama
11 Jamaica (-10)
10 El Salvador (-10)
4 Honduras (-a lot)

After all this fuss and hustle Tata MartinoImportant, Mexico finished with 28 points.

And the four points United States of America From Mexico they look very good at the moment, especially after the team relegated points to El Salvador, Jamaica and Panama.

The so-called golden generation has passed one of the biggest treadmills in the sport. Experience will only help them.

So they are now moving on to the bigger challenge – negotiating a collective bargaining agreement that guarantees equal pay for women.

Then the World Cup, assuming that immune, social and political issues do not violate the party.

Good night, good morning, and enjoy the rest of your club’s seasons.

David Archibald writes: Bad News: There is no bad news. Costa Rica You will easily beat New Zealand. I suppose you were confident that Italy would defeat North Macedonia as well? One time game. Don’t forget that New Zealand hasn’t lost a game in the toilet since 1982. (Look, I can make stupid comments too: -0)

Berklee College of Music Football. Still undefeated.

FWIW, I was in attendance when the New Zealand women earned their first World Cup point after a two-goal late comeback against Mexico.

The coach of this New Zealand team? John Herdman. He is now coaching the best men’s team in CONCACAF, even if the equalizer in Panama was ruled out by VAR.

Give some credit to Costa Rica, which had already predicted that they would easily defeat New Zealand and qualify for the World Cup again, but these are two back-to-back matches in which it was the magic of the homeland, not the players, that made them win. They are no better than Canada, which they defeated six days ago, and no better than the United States tonight.

The formation of the narrative already is that United States of America Barely qualified. This is basically true. But this team has improved over the course, outperforming three of the top four contenders (two on the road) in their last three matches.

Berhalter needs to come up with some better ideas about set pieces, and the goalkeeping job is wide open. It’s better to learn it now than later.

Oh – and the American men qualified for the World Cup.

Cameron Parkhurst’s emails responded to: Pulisic – “From what I’ve noticed, most of the free kicks and corner kicks weren’t done well tonight. Corners were generally hit for too long.”

They did at least open Miles Robinson in a few long corner kicks early on, but Costa Rica I realized eventually, and the rest of the free kicks and corners didn’t do anything.

88 minutes: I think we can agree on United States of America They are on the cusp of qualifying for the World Cup unless the referee decides to add about 30 minutes of added time.

86 minutes: De la Torre goes free and puts effort into taming it.

Costa Rica Racing the other way, Martinez gets enough space for a decent shot. Stephen saves.

Canada is now linked with Panama.

84 minutes: And that’s it for Pulisic. Jordan Morris inside.

Good performance from the Chelsea player apart from the set pieces.

81 minutes: “The United States is looking for a consolation target,” our commentators say. Let’s do it. Costa Rica Getting four goals in less than 30 minutes was possible, but getting two out of 10 US is impossible?

The goal for the next few minutes is not a “consolation”. It’s back.

But the pace has slowed. Both teams may be resigned to their fate.

78 min: Keylor Navas is off.

He straightened his leg as he puts his foot on the ball in the former American attack. Esteban Alvarado is the alternative.

This will improve the odds United States of America Get a well-deserved result here.

77 minutes: Fair point about dead legs here…

However, the United States of America The most active aspect of the last 20 minutes was as much as it represented the entire game.

Meanwhile, Keylor Navas has to get the coaches’ attention.

75 minutes: Every minute ticking away reduces the chances of any drama in terms of qualifying, but the takeaway here might be Zach Stephens losing the goalkeeping job:

71 minutes: or not. The United States of America Maintaining possession, Reina plays Pulisic in the space on the left, passes again to the top of the penalty area, and Musa hits a shot that clears a corner kick.

The corner kick was missed, of course. The United States conceded two goals from set-pieces and showed little sign of scoring on their own. Blame a decade of youth coaching in the US in which working on set pieces was seen as bad for development.

70 minutes: somewhere along the way, Yeltsin Tegeda Waston replacement. Ah, Boris Yeltsin. The simplest of times.

The next free kick to be squandered.

69 minutes: Faul called Ferreira to … stand in Navas’ road. It looks harsh.

68 minutes: Speaking of Pulisic, the United States of America Earns eighth and ninth corner kicks.

Douglas Lopez Makes his debut Costa Ricareplacing Brandon Aguilera.

Corners do nothing.

Brad Wilson writes: “Being United States of America A fan who doesn’t care about Chelsea, on the contrary, I hope Pulisic plays so that his manager sees it advisable to make a substitution, if any. Poor giant clubs groan from international football…my heart breaks.”

Normally I would agree, and I think there is a lot of international football. But this is a crowded international window, and Pulisic has a goal on his legs. Forget Chelsea – American fans also don’t want to see him get hurt.

66 minutes: Adrian Martinez replaces Mora.

CBS commentators exaggerate the possibility Costa Rica Dare to dream now. I’m one of the biggest pessimists in the world, and I don’t expect that to happen.

63 minutes: Finally, a yellow card for a foul on Pulisic who is still there. Mora is the unlucky party.

Former MLS defender Kendall Waston has retired from play Costa Rica.

Well, finally, those United States of America Submarines…

Jiu Rena For Weah (pity – I’d love to see them together)

Jesus Ferrara baby

Shack Mor For Yedlin, it was a bit of a surprise because Yedlin must have been refreshed after he missed the last game.

61 minutes: United States of America Submarines…

many of. Our feeds are painfully slow with news like this, but I’ll update it.

Dirty, filthy, filthy. Stevens handles a fixed piece poorly. He tackles the follow-up, but the ball rebounded clearly, and a cross fell to the feet of two Costa Rican attackers that one of the defenders kept in the other corner. Yes.

Shock in Panama… The hosts are leading 1-0 over Canada. Sure, the game doesn’t mean much to the group winners, but…

57 minutes: Navas blocks the shot of Pepe.

These are six shots on goal for the United States of America to two goals Costa Rica. It is safe to say that Navas was the most impressive goalkeeper on the field.

55 minutes: The United States reasserted control of the match, having ceded a major goal against the course of play.

The team and the Costa Rican fans surely know they won’t qualify tonight, but they beat United States of America It is always a source of pride hence the long celebration…

Corner kick, man breaking through the penalty area, header, goal.

Getting five more is still unlikely, but the chances of the United States breaking their streak of defeats Costa Rica Just got hit.

48 minutes: Chances to United States of America. The free kick gets to Miles Robinson, whose header blocks a good jump from Navas. Weah can’t get enough of his shot to take it out, but the danger remains unclear until Zimmerman puts his shot over the bar.

46 minutes: Luca de la Torrewho made a good impression against Panama, took his place Tyler Adamswho got rid of an early injury but probably doesn’t need to take any more chances now.

Costa Rica Errors … Pulisic. You guessed it. This is why there is constant transgression in laws.

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