Derby County – Jamaica Into Semi-Final

“We’re in a good spot right now, going into Atlanta, we’re well prepared and our goal is as simple as that – to win this Gold Cup“. The 26-year-old has 26 goals in the last two and a half seasons in MLS and scored the game-winning goal to put Jamaica into the semifinals.

Striker Gyasi Zardes scored in the 14th minute Aron Johannsson chipped in over Cuban goalkeeper Diosvelis Guerra in the 32nd minute and Omar Gonzalez netted another goal in the 45th minute as the US took it’s most lopsided Gold Cup triumph ever against a Cuban side depleted by defections.

The situations and circumstance of those two goals are radically different yet that lob against Juventus is correlation of what Bruce Arena once said of Dempsey: “He tries sh**”.

“He’s hungry for goal”, Klinsmann said. Looking further down the road, usa Soccer must again contemplate life without one of its all-time great players.

Barnes, who turs 27 next month, was born in London and played for England’s Under-19 team before switching his allegiance to Jamaica. “I make my family happy and this is what really matters”. The team has made three straight Gold Cup semifinals and wants to get back to the final after losing the last one in 2013 to the US. He passsed it to Barnes, whose first touch let him down initially, but took it away from the defender to beat the keeper at his near post. It’s good timing as the team looked for someone other than Clint Dempsey to shine in attack. This is what drives you. “Whatever number he gave himself, hopefully he will achieve those numbers”. Because of the team’s involvement in the Federation Internationale de Football Association Confederations Cup weeks before, the team was more patchwork than what would normally be sent to a regional championship. “We got a couple opportunities, of which we need to be a bit more clinical because that drives fear in opponents”, assessed Coley. “This is difficult. We are definitely the underdog”. Jamaica managed to hold off the flurry of Haiti’s attempts through the remainder of the match and earned a date with the United States in the semifinal. Jamaica might not be considered one of CONCACAF’s most threatening foes over a typical 90 minutes, but this Gold Cup hasn’t been typical. They defeated a shorthanded Cuba team 6-0.

“The confidence grows over time as the tournament goes on” Dempsey said. “Hopefully, our best ball is yet to come”.

Klinsmann said much of the future will be decided by Dempsey. Your first cap and first goal is something you always remember.

Yet Dempsey’s biggest contribution is putting the ball in the net. A diving Peralta was at the center of another controversial play in the first stanza pf extra time, delivering a vicious scissor tackle on Elias Aguilar.