Jamaica versus U.S.A – Gold Cup: First half review (Part 1)
Jamaica and U.S.A kicked off the first half of their Gold Cup quarterfinal tie at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Cherundolo-c34189 were tasked with keeping a clean sheet by Coach Bradley.
In the midfield region U.S.A opted to deploy a three man central midfield force of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alejandro-Bedoya-c4390 and Clint Dempsey. Up front, Jozy Altidore played as U.S.A’s solitary striker complimented by a five man midfield.
Alternatively, Jamaica took the field as underdogs but this was reflected in their 5-2-3 formation which was aimed at hitting their opponents on the counter attack. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adrián-c3701 Reid were given the responsibility of keeping it tight at the back in a three man-central defensive pairing.
The underdogs utilized the services of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luton-Shelton-c22952 made up their strike force. Jamaica started the match off as the more dominant of the two teams as they pressurized the U.S.A defence into a mistake in the 2nd minute of the encounter by forcing a corner kick out of them.
In the 4th minute, Tim Howard produced a miraculous save from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jozy-Altidore-c19634 went down with a hamstring injury.
Coach Bob Bradley decided to substitute the young striker rather than risking an aggravation of the injury as Altidore was replaced by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Juan-Agudelo-c19644. In the 13th minute, U.S.A were on the attack once again. This time the ball fell to Clint Dempsey, the Fulham midfielder unleashed a brilliant volley at Ricketts who matched the shot with an equally spectacular save as the score line remained at nil all at the RFK stadium in Washington.
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