The United States entered their semifinal game against Costa Rica needing to step up their game after a number of fairly weak performances in the tournament. Long story short, they did. The USA came out of the match with a 2-0 victory, and they looked much more like the USMNT we were hoping to see during the Gold Cup. What did we take away from last night’s match?
The Defense Looked More Organized
For the semi-final, Bruce Arena decided to go with his most trusted left back and two center backs that are very familiar with playing together in Omar Gonzalez and Matt Besler.