Fighting to the end, this was the opening game of pre-Olympic of Concacaf heading for the Games Tokyo 2021 where the United States won by at least 1-0 Costa Rica.
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The North American team won a valuable victory against the Central Americans in a duel played at the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, the same frame that at 18:30 will host the match between Mexico Yes Dominican Republica, who are your rivals in group A.
Gringos were strong in the first half, where they showed superiority and dominated the rival. At 35 minutes, after a low cross that crossed the entire area of Costa Rica, the only Brazilian naturalized American, Jesus Ferreira, had a 1-0 lead at US, who went to rest with that result.
Subsequently, in the complement was Costa Rica who took on the role of the protagonist, the same thing that the American archer snatched from him David ochoa making two key caps that prevented equality at 48 ‘. So is the goalkeeper bridge Kevin Call 65 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a tricolor substitution.
Costa Rica he stayed in the rival field throughout the second half and, although he fought until the final whistle, he did not generate too many opportunities to bring him closer to snatching the victory of the North Americans. On the other hand, despite his triumph, US he left doubts about his superiority.
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In this way, all the stars and stripes started with their right foot on their way to get their first classification towards Olympic Games since Beijing 2008 and temporarily takes over Group A.
The Central Americans condition their classification in the next stage. On Sunday they will face the host Mexico in a duel that can guide his future in the competition.
Appointments:
–US
20. David Ochoa; 4. Justen Glad, 5. Mauricio Pineda, 6. Jackson Yueill; 7. Jonathan Lewis, 8. Djorde Mihailovic, 13. Sam Vines, 17. Aaron Herrera; 9. Jesús Ferreira, 14. Benji Michel.
–Costa Rica
13. Kevin Chamarro; 4. Ian Smith, 2. Aaron Salazar, 3. Yurguin Roman, 5. Jefferson Brenes; 15. Alonso Martínez, 8. Bernald Alfaro, 10. Randall Leal; 14. Manfred Ugalde, 11. Luis Díaz, 19. Fernán Faerrón.
Referee:
Saíd Martínez from Honduras