In a match of limited opportunities, Clint Dempsey made his one chance count, scoring from close range after a fantastic set-up from Landon Donovan and Freddy Adu in the 77th minute. Dempsey's goal would be all the U.S. needed to defeat Panama 1-0 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas and advance to the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final on Saturday.

A slow start once again came back to haunt the US as they lost to Panama 2-1 in the Gold Cup last night. Just as in the World Cup last summer, the U.S. fell behind in the first half, made a big recovery in the second half, but were not quite able to get back on levels terms. Bob Bradley has to fix this problem now.

TAMPA, Fla. A 2-0 halftime deficit proved too much for the United States Men's National Team to overcome on Saturday night as they were upset 2-1 by Panama in their second match of CONCACAF Gold Cup group play. The loss was the U.S.'s first ever to Panama and first ever in the CONCACAF Gold Cup group stages.

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1 Jaime Penedo 09/26/81 GK3 Harold Cummings 03/01/92 DF4 Aranus Haywood 04/03/85 MD5 Roman Torres 03/20/86 DF6 Gabriel Gomez 05/29/84 MD7 Blas Perez 03/13/81 AT8 Gabriel Torres 10/31/88 MD9 Renan Addles 11/07/89 AT10 Nelson Barahona 11/22/87 MD11 Amando Cooper 11/26/87 MD12 Luis Mejia 03/16/91 GK13 Adolfo Machado 02/14/85 DF14 Eduardo Dasent 10/12/88 DF15 Eric Davis 03/31/91 DF16 Luis Renteria 09/13/88 AT17 Luis Henriquez 11/23/81 DF18 Luis Tejada 03/28/82 AT19 Alberto Quintero 12/18/87 AT20 Anibal Godoy 02/10/90 MD21 Amilcar Henriquez 08/02/83 MD22 Eybir Bonaga 05/19/86 MD23 Felipe Baloy 02/24/81 DF24 Kevin Melgar 11/19/92 GKManager Julio Dely Valdes
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