USA beat Ecuador in battle of Seattle to reach Copa América semi-final

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

Jürgen Klinsmann called for courage and his players gloriously delivered.

A stellar display from Clint Dempsey in his own Seattle backyard helped Klinsmann earn his first major tournament knock-out triumph: the 2-1 victory over Ecuador on Thursday night sends the US to within one game of the Copa América Centenario final.

Minute-by-minute report: USA meet Ecuador in a Copa América quarter-final from CenturyLink Field. Follow all the action with Bryan Armen
They will play either Argentina or Venezuela in Houston on Tuesday and, on this evidence, will give either a serious run for their money.

Dempsey’s 52nd international strike – his third goal of the tournament – early in the first-half settled home nerves before the evergreen 33-year-old crossed for Gyasi Zardes to roll in the killer second on 65 minutes.



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/16/usa-ecuador-copa-america-2016-game-report-soccer

[3catwoman3]

1. That was a long 4 minutes...

...of stoppage time! I must have looked at the clock every 5 seconds.

[angrychair]

3. 4 minutes

It dragged on like 4 hours....they were really on razor's edge there. They were getting inside way to easy.
I hope our bench is deep enough to covers the starters we've lost.

[Moostache]

2. After it went 10-on-10, Ecuador was the far more dangerous side.

Made me more nervous than any USMNT match since Donovan's stoppage time goal against Algeria in the 2010 World Cup...great win for the USA.

[Odin2005]

5. YAY!!!