The United States Men’s National Team’s run at the 2023 Gold Cup came to an end on Wednesday evening when they lost to Panama via penalties in the Gold Cup semifinal. After a scoreless regulation that saw a couple of close calls from 15 seconds in the match until the final whistle blew to mark the 90 minutes, the two teams went to extra time.
Panama struck first in extra time, but Jesus Ferreira equalized in the 105th minute, and the two teams held the 1-1 scoreline through the 120 minutes. In penalties, Matt Turner was able to come up with a save to help, but it was not enough as 2 USMNT penalties were saved and that was that.