International Friendly

United States vs Costa Rica, 2021 International Friendly

· International Friendly
United States
  • 8': Brenden Aaronson
  • 42': Daryl Dike
  • 52': Reggie Cannon
  • 77': Giovanni Reyna (P)
FT
4 - 0
Costa Rica

    United States beat Costa Rica as Daryl Dike scores first senior team goal

    The U.S. continued its good run of form in a runaway win against Costa Rica in a friendly on Tuesday night at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Tyler Adams (USA).
    • 1': Johan Venegas (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Offside, Costa Rica. Bernald Alfaro tries a through ball, but Joseph Mora is caught offside.
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Daryl Dike (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonee Robinson.
    • 8': Goal! USA 1, Costa Rica 0. Brenden Aaronson (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
    • 11': Foul by Reggie Cannon (USA).
    • 11': Joseph Mora (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 12': Offside, Costa Rica. Aarón Salazar tries a through ball, but Francisco Calvo is caught offside.
    • 13': Foul by Brenden Aaronson (USA).
    • 13': Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Attempt saved. Timothy Weah (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yunus Musah.
    • 14': Corner, USA. Conceded by Leonel Moreira.
    • 17': Corner, USA. Conceded by Giancarlo González.
    • 18': Brenden Aaronson (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Foul by Aarón Salazar (Costa Rica).
    • 22': Brenden Aaronson (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Foul by Yeltsin Tejeda (Costa Rica).
    • 24': Foul by Sebastian Lletget (USA).
    • 24': Gerson Torres (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Foul by Tim Ream (USA).
    • 25': Gerson Torres (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 26': Antonee Robinson (USA) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 26': Foul by Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica).
    • 28': Foul by Bernald Alfaro (Costa Rica).
    • 28': Yunus Musah (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 29': Offside, USA. Mark McKenzie tries a through ball, but Antonee Robinson is caught offside.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Timothy Weah (USA) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yunus Musah.
    • 35': Attempt missed. Brenden Aaronson (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Timothy Weah with a cross.
    • 36': Foul by Bernald Alfaro (Costa Rica).
    • 36': Tyler Adams (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Mark McKenzie (USA).
    • 37': Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 37': Mark McKenzie (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 41': Daryl Dike (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 41': Foul by Giancarlo González (Costa Rica).
    • 42': Goal! USA 2, Costa Rica 0. Daryl Dike (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mark McKenzie with a through ball.
    • 43': Foul by Sebastian Lletget (USA).
    • 43': Yeltsin Tejeda (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Foul by Joel Campbell (Costa Rica).
    • 44': Reggie Cannon (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Corner, USA. Conceded by Francisco Calvo.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Yunus Musah (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daryl Dike following a corner.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, USA 2, Costa Rica 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins USA 2, Costa Rica 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Costa Rica. Ariel Lassiter replaces Gerson Torres.
    • 45': Substitution, Costa Rica. Celso Borges replaces Bernald Alfaro.
    • 45': Substitution, Costa Rica. Randall Leal replaces Aarón Salazar.
    • 45': Substitution, USA. Walker Zimmerman replaces Mark McKenzie.
    • 46': Foul by Celso Borges (Costa Rica).
    • 46': Yunus Musah (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Brenden Aaronson (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Foul by Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica).
    • 51': Attempt missed. Yunus Musah (USA) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson.
    • 52': Goal! USA 3, Costa Rica 0. Reggie Cannon (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
    • 53': Foul by Johan Venegas (Costa Rica).
    • 53': Sebastian Lletget (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Joel Campbell (Costa Rica).
    • 55': Timothy Weah (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 58': Foul by Celso Borges (Costa Rica).
    • 58': Tyler Adams (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 59': Corner, USA. Conceded by Leonel Moreira.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Yeltsin Tejeda (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Randall Leal.
    • 62': Foul by Randall Leal (Costa Rica).
    • 62': Reggie Cannon (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Substitution, USA. Jackson Yueill replaces Tyler Adams.
    • 63': Foul by Celso Borges (Costa Rica).
    • 63': Yunus Musah (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Corner, USA. Conceded by Francisco Calvo.
    • 64': Substitution, Costa Rica. Allan Cruz replaces Joel Campbell.
    • 64': Substitution, Costa Rica. Jurguens Montenegro replaces Johan Venegas.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Walker Zimmerman (USA) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson with a cross following a corner.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Ariel Lassiter (Costa Rica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Jurguens Montenegro.
    • 67': Attempt saved. Randall Leal (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Celso Borges.
    • 70': Attempt saved. Jurguens Montenegro (Costa Rica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Allan Cruz.
    • 71': Foul by Joseph Mora (Costa Rica).
    • 71': Timothy Weah (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Brenden Aaronson (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Foul by Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica).
    • 74': Substitution, USA. Giovanni Reyna replaces Timothy Weah.
    • 75': Substitution, USA. Kellyn Acosta replaces Yunus Musah.
    • 75': Substitution, Costa Rica. Bryan Oviedo replaces Yeltsin Tejeda.
    • 75': Substitution, USA. Jordan Siebatcheu replaces Daryl Dike.
    • 76': Penalty USA. Giovanni Reyna draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 76': Penalty conceded by Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 76': Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 77': Goal! USA 4, Costa Rica 0. Giovanni Reyna (USA) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 78': Foul by Walker Zimmerman (USA).
    • 78': Jurguens Montenegro (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 80': Foul by Jackson Yueill (USA).
    • 80': Randall Leal (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Substitution, USA. Sergiño Dest replaces Antonee Robinson.
    • 82': Foul by Walker Zimmerman (USA).
    • 82': Jurguens Montenegro (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 83': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (USA).
    • 83': Joseph Mora (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 84': Foul by Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica).
    • 84': Jordan Siebatcheu (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 86': Foul by Brenden Aaronson (USA).
    • 86': Randall Leal (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 88': Foul by Sebastian Lletget (USA).
    • 88': Randall Leal (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Randall Leal (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, USA 4, Costa Rica 0.
    • 0': Match ends, USA 4, Costa Rica 0.

    Statistics

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    18 Fouls 13
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 1
    0 Corner Kicks 5
    1 Saves 2
    35.2 Possession 64.8
    8 SHOTS 11
    2 ON GOAL 5
    0.3 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    263 Accurate Passes 512
    306 Passes 572
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 2
    14 Crosses 12
    0.1 Cross % 0.2
    39 Long Balls 38
    24 Accurate Long Balls 23
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
    2 Blocked Shots 1
    12 Effective Tackles 15
    16 Tackles 22
    0.8 Tackle % 0.7
    16 Interceptions 5
    6 Effective Clearances 7
    6 Clearances 7

    Game Information

    Competition: International Friendly

    Venue: America First Field
    Location: Sandy, Utah, USA
    Attendance: 19,007

    Line-Ups

    USA United States (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    12 Ethan Horvath (GK)
    13 Tim Ream
    15 Mark McKenzie Yellow Card
    5 Antonee Robinson
    20 Reggie Cannon
    4 Tyler Adams
    17 Sebastian Lletget
    18 Yunus Musah
    24 Daryl Dike
    11 Brenden Aaronson
    21 Timothy Weah
    United States Substitutes:
    DeAndre Yedlin, Giovanni Reyna, Jordan Pefok, Kellyn Acosta, David Ochoa, Sergiño Dest, Weston McKennie, Josh Sargent, Christian Pulisic, Jackson Yueill, Walker Zimmerman.

    CRC Costa Rica (5-3-2)

    No. Name
    23 Leonel Moreira (GK)
    19 Giancarlo González
    15 Francisco Calvo
    3 Aarón Salazar
    22 Joseph Mora
    4 Keysher Fuller Yellow Card
    17 Yeltsin Tejeda
    14 Bernald Alfaro
    20 Gerson Torres
    7 Johan Venegas
    12 Joel Campbell
    Costa Rica Substitutes:
    Jurguens Montenegro, Patrick Sequeira, Bryan Oviedo, Randall Leal, Allan Cruz, Ariel Lassiter, Celso Borges.

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