Costa Rica spoiled Jurgen Klinsmann's second game in charge of the United States National Team and his first in his adopted home area of Southern California on Friday night, beating the US in front of 15,798 at The Home Depot Center. Portland Timbers defender Rodney Wallace scored the game's only goal in the 65th minute after subbing in four minutes earlier. After absorbing a strong first-half showing from the USA, Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas recorded the shutout.
"We knew Costa Rica was hoping to break on counters," Klinsmann said. "They had one good chance just before halftime, and then they had the chance where they scored that goal. That’s the way they play their game and we have to respect and say congratulations to them. We have to congratulate Costa Rica. We tried everything to get back into the game and score our goal and unfortunately we weren’t able to. I told the guys in the locker room that from performance point of view it was very, very positive. "
-- GAME REPORT --
Match: USA vs. Costa Rica
Date: Sept. 2, 2011
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Kickoff: 8 p.m. PT
Attendance: 15,798
Weather: Cool, clear – 63 degrees
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 0 0 0
Costa Rica 0 1 1
CRC – Rodney Wallace (Michael Barrantes) 65th minute
Lineups:
USA : 1-Tim Howard; 2-Timmy Chandler, 4-Michael Orozco Fiscal, 5-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.), 3-Edgar Castillo; 6-Maurice Edu, 10-Landon Donovan, 8-Jose Torres; 7-Robbie Rogers (16-Sacha Kljestan, 66), 9-Jozy Altidore (18-Juan Agudelo , 63), 11-Brek Shea
Subs not used: 12-Bill Hamid, 13-Clarence Goodson, 14-Jonathan Spector, 15-Jeff Larentowicz, 17-Tim Ream
Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
CRC : 1-Keylor Navas; 19-Carlos Johnson (3-Jose Salvatierra, 82), 4-Michael Umaña, 20-Jhonny Acosta, 15-Roy Miller; 17-Josue Martínez (22-Daniel Colindres, 46), 11-Michael Barrantes (5-Jose Mena, 87), 14-Randall Azofeifa (capt.), 25-Álvaro Sanchez (16-Kareem Mclean, 79); 9-Alvaro Saborio 10-Randall Brenes (12-Rodney Wallace, 61)
Subs not used: 18-Leonel Moreira, 23-Danny Carvajal; 6-Christopher Meneses, 2-Roy Smith, 24-Allen Guevara, 8-David Guzmán, 21-Winston Parks
Head coach: Ronald Gonzalez
Stats Summary: USA / CRC
Shots: 11 / 6
Shots on Goal: 4 / 5
Saves: 4 / 4
Corner Kicks: 4 / 1
Fouls: 12 / 27
Offside: 5 / 6
Misconduct Summary:
CRC – Josue Martínez (caution) 29th minute
USA – Landon Donovan (caution) 58
CRC – Roy Miller (caution) 73
USA – Brek Shea (caution) 78
USA – Sacha Kljestan (caution) 79
CRC -- Jhonny Acosta (caution) 90+1
Officials:
Referee: Jose Molina (HON)
Assistant Referee 1: Oscar Velasquez (HON)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Roda (HON)
Fourth Official: Baldomero Toledo (USA)
