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Goals and Highlights
95'
It's over! U.S. beats Costa Rica to qualify for the semifinals
88'
Rodriguez's header, but it goes just wide of Brady's hands.
83'
Alvarado sweeps, but ends up knocking Aaronson down.
77'
A powerful shot, but Brady ends up keeping the ball.
68'
Palo! A shot from Costa Rica, but the ball ends up crashing against the crossbar.
67'
Aguilera tries to generate danger, but does not reach the opponent's goal.
60'
Costa Rica looks to cut the lead, but the United States avoids the onslaught.
53'
He missed it! Aguilera ends up flying the ball with a cannon shot and misses the chance to shorten the score.
52'
Penalty kick in favor of Costa Rica! The Costa Rican player goes down inside the area and the penalty is awarded.
48'
Goal, goal, goal for the United States! Aaronson appeared again to send the ball into the back of the net.
46'
The match resumes in San Pedro Sula.
45'
Costa Rica changes. Perez and Rodriguez are replaced by Aleman and Escoe.
45'
Halftime in Honduras, the United States narrowly defeats Honduras.
43'
Costa Rica tries, but fails to generate danger.
35'
It's a very tight match, lots of fouls from both teams.
29'
Goalkeeper! Sullivan's shot, but Mora is attentive and avoids the second.
24'
The game is back and forth, most of the time it is played in the midfield.
18'
A long-range shot, but Mora was attentive to keep out the second.
12'
The United States dominates the match against a Costa Rica side that is looking for the goal.
4'
Goal, goal, goal for the United States! Aaronson receives the ball inside the box, settles in and sends in a left-footed shot to open the scoring.
0'
Actions begin in the San Pedro Sula building.
Costa Rica: LineUp
B. Mora; D. Sequeira, R. Peña, S. van der Putten, K. Ríos; A. Soto; B. Aguilera, T. Arias, J. Alcocer; J. Alemán, E. Escoe.
USA: LineUp
C. Brady; M. Cuevas, B. Craig, J. Neal, M. Halliday; A. Alvaraddo Jr., R. Pokstas, D. Luna; Q. Sullivan, P. Aaronson, C. Clark.
To the court
Both teams are already warming up prior to the start of this match, in order to get ready for kick-off.
They arrived at
Both the United States and Costa Rica are already at the San Pedro Sula stadium and will be looking to give their all in this match that will determine who will advance to the next phase.
Statements United States
Paxten Aaronson spoke ahead of this match, "It's my first real international tournament on a national team where you can win something at the end, and of course Olympic and World Cup qualification, so there are big things at stake and I embrace the competition. I'm looking forward to the rest of the tournament."
Watch out for this player
Costa Rica will have to pay close attention to Quinn Sullivan, the player arrives after scoring his brace in the last game, and will also look to generate danger in the Tico area.
What a fact!
Costa Rica has been victorious twice in this tournament, the first was in 1988 and the second in 2009, and this is its 21st participation.
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Costa Rica has qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup nine times, four of which have been in the last seven tournaments.
Last meeting
The last time these teams met was in 2018, in that match the score ended in four goals to zero in favor of the United States.
Historic duels
The U.S. has five wins over Costa Rica in previous meetings, while Los Ticos have four wins and three ties in the CONCACAF U-20 Preliminary World Cup.
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What time is the match USA vs Costa Rica in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF U-20 World Cup?
This is the kickoff time for the United States vs Costa Rica match on June 28, 2022 in several countries:
Honduras: 5:00 pm
Costa Rica: 5:00 pm
Mexico: 6:00 pm
Panama: 6:00 pm
United States: 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET.
Argentina: 3:00 pm
Costa Rica Statements
Vladimir Quesada spoke prior to this match: "The team is growing. We understand that in this match we had options to generate more goals, and the opponent could have also scored at least one more."
"These are very short and strong tournaments, we are already going for four matches in just seven days. In addition, the pitches have been difficult for everyone. But we are happy with the pass to the quarterfinals, that's what we had been thinking about".
"It was important to be able to score a lot of goals ahead of the next match, which is the most important of this tournament".
Costa Rica's final lineup
B. Mora; K. Rios, S. van der Putten, B. Calderon, D. Sequeria; J. McCook, T. Arias, A. Salmeron, A. Soto; E. Escoe, C. Perez.
Last U.S. lineup
C. Brady; M. Halliday, M. Ferkranus, J. Neal, N. Allen; Q. Sullivan, J. McGlynn, D. Edelman, D. Luna, C. Cowell; T. Wolff.
How is Costa Rica coming in?
Costa Rica comes into this match after defeating Trinidad and Tobago four goals to one in the round of 16, with one win, one loss and one draw in the group stage.
How does the United States fare?
The United States comes into the match with two wins and a draw in the group stage, and also qualified for this stage after defeating Nicaragua five goals to one.
The match will be played at the Morazán Stadium.
The United States vs Costa Rica game will be played at the Morazán Stadium located in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The stadium has capacity for 18,000 people.
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