Patrick Agyemang’s second-half objective led the U.S. males’s nationwide crew to a 2-1 victory over Haiti on Sunday evening in Arlington, Texas, to safe the highest spot in Group D of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
The U.S. will meet the Group A second-place crew on June 29. It is going to be both Mexico or Costa Rica on June 29. They play later Sunday.
Agyemang scored his second objective of the match within the seventy fifth minute, taking a go from John Tolkin and utilizing his first contact to maneuver round goalkeeper Johny Placide.
The U.S. (3-0-0, 9 factors) entered the match having already clinched a quarterfinal spot whereas Haiti (0-2-1, one level) wanted a victory to remain alive.
For the seventh time, the U.S. gained all three group matches within the Gold Cup.
Malik Tillman continued to make his case for a spot on the 2026 World Cup roster along with his third objective of the match within the tenth minute, however a miscue by goalkeeper Matt Freese gifted a objective to Louicius Don Deedson 9 minutes later.
Tillman was on the appropriate facet of the field when he headed a cross by Brenden Aaronson to the far submit with authority.
Aaronson was among the many 4 modifications from the lineup coach Mauricio Pochettino used within the first two matches — 5-0 vs. Trinidad and Tobago, and 1-0 in opposition to Saudi Arabia.
Two strikes have been precautionary. Sebastian Berhalter and Diego Luna every have been carrying a yellow card and one other in opposition to. Haiti would have meant their suspensions for the quarterfinal, so they didn’t play.
The opposite replacements have been Tolkin, Tyler Adams and Quinn Sullivan for Jack McGlynn and Max Arfsten.
The U.S. was in management after the objective till the turnover occurred when defender Tim Ream handed again to Freese. He tried to search out Tolkin for a brief outlet however as a substitute despatched the ball on to Deedson, who curled his shot inside the appropriate submit.
Tillman twice put the ball within the internet previous the hour mark. First, he was known as for a handball and on the second he was offside, however it didn’t matter as soon as Agyemang scored.
