As expected, the United States pushed the offense in their CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B opener against Grenada on Saturday night in Seattle. With the US going with a new-look lineup, Robbie Rogers found Freddy Adu in the 8th minute to put the US up. It was Rogers again in the 32nd, finding Stuart Holden. Rogers made it 3-0 in the 60th with a goal of his own. With his substitute waiting on the sidelines, Charlie Davies made the most of his last moment on the field, scoring in the 68th. Troy Perkins picked up the shutout for the USA.
“I think we accomplished what we wanted to today," Rogers said. "We wanted to come out with some energy and make a stamp on the game. There are things we can get better at, and we all know that. We’re just looking forward to the next game.”
The United States moves onto RFK Stadium in Washington, DC to face early game winners Honduras on Wednesday (9pm - FSC).
Match: United States vs. Grenada
Date: July 4, 2009
Competition: CONCACAF Gold Cup – Group Stage
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle
Kickoff: 6 p.m. PT
Attendance: 15,387
Weather: Warm, 75 degrees
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 2 2 4
GRN 0 0 0
USA – Freddy Adu (Robbie Rogers) 7th minute
USA – Stuart Holden (Robbie Rogers) 31
USA – Robbie Rogers (Logan Pause) 60
USA – Charlie Davies (Heath Pearce) 68
Lineups:
USA: 1-Troy Perkins; 6-Steve Cherundolo (capt.) (21-Brad Evans, 63), 4-Chad Marshall, 3-Clarence Goodson (14-Michael Parkhurst, 71), 2-Heath Pearce; 10-Stuart Holden, 8-Logan Pause, 5-Kyle Beckerman, 7-Robbie Rogers; 9-Charlie Davies (22-Davy Arnaud, 70), 19-Freddy Adu
Subs not used: 16-Jay Heaps, 17-Kenny Cooper, 18-Luis Robles, 20-Santino Quaranta
Head Coach: Bob Bradley
GRN: 30-Desmond Noel; 4-Cassim Langainge, 5-Jason James, 6-Marc Marshall, 11-Anthony Modeste (capt.); 23-Patrick Modeste, 7-Byron Bubb, 9-Ricky Charles, 25-Shane Rennie; 10-Kithson Bain (12-Denron Daniel, 56), 14-Marcus Julien (20-Jake Rennie, 56)
Subs Not Used: 1-Andre Baptiste, 13-Dwayne Leo, 15-Rimmel Daniel, 16-Kwasi Paul, 19-Michael Mark
Head Coach: Tommy Taylor
Stats Summary: USA / GRN
Shots: 25/ 3
Shots on Goal: 10 / 1
Saves: 1 / 6
Corner Kicks: 9 / 1
Fouls: 8 / 8
Offside: 0 / 3
Misconduct Summary:
GRN – Jason James (caution) 40th minute
USA – Brad Evans (caution) 63
USA – Freddy Adu (caution) 80
Officials:
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1: Hermenerito Leal (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Williamson (PAN)
Fourth Official: Courtney Campbell (JAM)
