United States succeeded in turn the table against Costa Rica to win 2-1. It was Costa Rica to strike first with an early goal of K. Fuller at the 2′. Then it was a goal in the 25′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, L. Moreira gave the win to United States in the 66′ minute with an own goal. Its vastly superior ball possession (64%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played on Wednesday and it started at 11:00 pm local time. The referee was Daneon Parchment who had the assistance of Damian Williams and Stephanie Dale Yee Sing. The 4th official was Kevin Morrison.

Match Statistics​

Ball possesssion

United States had a superior ball possession 64% while Costa Rica was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

United States was more aggressive with 89 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why United States won the match​.

United States shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Costa Rica shot 2 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

United States didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Costa Rica didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, United States will have 11 points like Mexico to move down in the 2nd place. On the other side, Costa Rica will stay with 6 points to stay in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the WC Qualification Concacaf, United States will host Mexico on the 13th of November with a 6-4 head to head in favor of United States (5 draws).

Costa Rica will play away agasint Canada on the 13th of November with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Costa Rica (1 draw).

United States – Formation

United States started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Gregg Berhalter decided to play with the following team: P. Arriola, Zack Steffen (7.1), Sergiño Dest (7.8), Miles Robinson (6.9), Chris Richards (6.8), Antonee Robinson (7.0), Yunus Musah (7.1), Tyler Adams (7.3), Weston McKennie (6.8), Timothy Weah (7.7), Ricardo Pepi (7.0) and Brenden Aaronson (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Gyasi Zardes (6.4), L. de la Torre, K. Acosta, Gianluca Busio (6.8), G. Bello, C. Roldán, Walker Zimmerman (6.6), Matthew Hoppe (6.8), M. Turner, DeAndre Yedlin (6.6) and M. McKenzie.

Substitutions

United States made 5 changes: S. Dest for D. Yedlin (74′), T. Weah for M. Hoppe (74′), Y. Musah for G. Busio (78′), B. Aaronson for W. Zimmerman (88′) and R. Pepi for G. Zardes (88′).

Best player: Sergiño Dest​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for United States was Sergiño Dest.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 56 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Costa Rica – Formation

Costa Rica started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Luis Fernando Suárez Guzman played with: Keylor Navas (6.2), Ricardo Blanco (6.2), Óscar Duarte (7.1), Francisco Calvo (6.9), Ronald Matarrita (7.3), Celso Borges (7.4), Yeltsin Tejeda (6.8), Keysher Fuller (7.6), Bryan Ruiz (6.1), Johan Venegas (6.4), Jonathan Moya (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: O. Galo, J. Marín, Randall Leal (6.7), Kendall Waston (6.5), Christian Bolaños (6.7), Y. Salas, J. Vargas, A. Cruz, B. Oviedo, F. Faerrón, Leonel Moreira (6.8) and Alvaro Saborio (6.6).

Costa Rica could not rely on the presence of K. Waston (injured).

Substitutions

Costa Rica made 5 changes: K. Navas for L. Moreira (46′), J. Moya for R. Leal (69′), O. Duarte for K. Waston (84′), J. Venegas for A. Saborio (84′) and K. Fuller for C. Bolanos (84′).

Best player: Keysher Fuller​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Costa Rica was Keysher Fuller.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 19 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Concacaf.​

• United States – Costa Rica – 2-1
• Canada – Panama – 4-1