The U.S. national team sleepwalked through much of Saturday's Gold Cup third-place match, leaving Jurgen Klinsmann grasping at straws.
CHESTER, PA -- The U.S. national team had a chance to go out of the 2015 Gold Cup on a positive note, and try to ease the pain of last Wednesday's stunning semifinal loss to Jamaica, but it became clear very early on that the Americans had not recovered from that defeat, as evidenced by the team sleepwalking through the first two-thirds of Saturday's Gold Cup third-place match.
Panama thoroughly outplayed the Americans for much of the match, with Brad Guzan and his defense forced into save after save, and only a second-half surge sparked by the introduction of Clint Dempsey and DeAndre Yedlin salvaged something from the day.