Gold Cup 2009

#	Player	Goals	Disciplinary
18	R. González (GK)
15	H. Wallace
13	G. Segares		15'
3	F. Fernández
20	D. Marshall
16	E. Sirias
10	W. Centeno	35'
5	C. Borges
11	A. Herrón	23'
9	A. Saborío
14	A. Alonso
Coach: R. Kenton

#	Player	Goals	Disciplinary
1	G. Sutton (GK)
5	K. McKenna
8	M. de Jong	28'
4	A. Hainault		22'
11	R. Hastings
17	J. Peters
10	W. Johnson
20	P. Bernier	25'
13	A. Hutchinson
15	J. Simpson
16	S. Jackson
Coach: S. Hart

#	Player	Goals	Disciplinary
19	W. Granados for A. Alonso 38'
17	P. Herrera for H. Wallace 70'
8	Ó. Granados for W. Centeno 85'

#	Player	Goals	Disciplinary
12	I. Nakajima-Farran for J. Simpson 46'
9	A. Gerba for W. Johnson 75'
2	A. Cann for S. Jackson 81'

Minute		Description
90' +4		Full time, 2-2 and Canada will be more happier with this result than Costa Rica, who will now have to wait on other results to see if they progress to the quarter final stage.
90' +1		Free kick to Canada, the ball is passed back which sums up this second half.
90'		3 minutes of added time.
89'		Game fizzling out to a tame draw. Aspirations for a corker of a second half did not materialize.
87'		Free kick to Costa Rica, taken square and results in a throw in.
85'		Ó. Granados enters the game and replaces W. Centeno.
85'		Five minutes left here in Miami and Costa Rica really going after this one.
84'		Borges tries to get in a cross and Canada defend well for a corner. It's played short and the cross comes in and Centeno with a superb header that goes just wide.
82'		Costa Rica pushing forward here for a winner. Canada look happy with the draw at this stage.
81'		A. Cann enters the game and replaces S. Jackson.
81'		Corner to Costa Rica that goes out for a goal kick.
79'		Free kick to Costa Rica and Sirias again causing problems down the wing as McKenna almost puts through his own net.

Minute		Description
78'		Corner kick to Costa Rica. Corner comes in and whistle goes for shirt pulling.
77'		Costa Rica looking the more industrious. Corner kick to Costa Rica. Centeno takes and Borges with a header and cleared off the line by Peters.
75'		A. Gerba enters the game and replaces W. Johnson.
75'		Marshall puts in a decent cross that Saborio just about reaches with a header, but it loops over Sutton and the bar for a goal kick.
74'		Resulting corner goes out for a goal kick.
73'		Saborio floats one in and Sirias hits a shot that goes out for a corner.
72'		Free kick to Canada on Peters. Results in open play.
71'		Sirias floats a hopeful ball into the Canada area and Sutton catches unchallenged.
70'		P. Herrera enters the game and replaces H. Wallace.
70'		Free kick to Costa Rica just inside the Canada half. Results in open play.
68'		The crowd have gone awfully quiet as the pace of this game has slowed to a walking pace.
64'		A very tranquil passage of play here in Miami.
60'		Fantastic support here for Costa Rica in Miami, in addition, it’s an artificial surface, which is similar to the one at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa in San Jose.
59'		Corner to Canada, results in open play.
58'		Corner to Canada as they come right back at Costa Rica, De Jong with the corner and Costa Rica defend well.
57'		Free kick to Costa Rica, Centeno again lines up to take it but this time floats one in and Canada defend. Goal kick.
55'		Sirias crosses and Sutton can only punch for a corner kick, corner comes in and Borges has an overhead kick effort go wide, good passage of play there from Costa Rica.
50'		Jackson has an effort from distance that goes skyward, a disappointing effort there.
48'		Peters for Canada looking a little lively in this second half.
47'		Head to Head statistics is extremely tight; these two have met five times in Gold Cup action with Canada winning two and Costa Rica winning one, two matches have been drawn.
46'		I. Nakajima-Farran enters the game and replaces J. Simpson.
46'		Costa Rica get this second half underway, fasten your seat belts, this could be a cracker! and immediately a free kick to Costa Rica that results in a throw in.
45' +2		Half Time. 2-2 and a terrific first half comes to an end. Surely more goals in this one.
44'		As half time approaches both teams have gone back into their shells. 1 minute of added time.
40'		The last twenty minutes has been a complete polar opposite of the first twenty. Extraordinary developments here in Miami, great game.
38'		W. Granados enters the game and replaces A. Alonso.
36'		You couldn't make this scoreline up if you tried, this is anybody's at this stage.
35'		W. Centeno has scored a goal for Costa Rica!
35'		There's more goals in this one after a quite start. Free kick Costa Rica about 25-yards out. Centeno with a cracker of a free kick, curled past the diving Sutton and we are level 2-2, great stuff here.
32'		Free kick to Canada, results in open play. An extraordinary five minutes here in Miami, 2-1 Canada.
28'		M. de Jong has scored a goal for Canada!
28'		Free kick to Canada, Canada score and it's 2-1. De Jong with the free kick that comes back out to him and he unleashes an unstoppable shot past the despairing Gonzalez.
25'		P. Bernier has scored a goal for Canada! Assist by J. Simpson.
25'		A fantastic Volley from Bernier and the scores are level. Simpson with some fine work down the wing, he crosses for Bernier who volleys into the back of the net.
23'		A. Herrón has scored a goal for Costa Rica! Assist by E. Sirias.
23'		Herron for Costa Rica has scored with a sublime lob. Sutton falls over back peddling and Herron keeps his cool with a beautiful lob, 1-0.
22'		A. Hainault gets yellow.
21'		Hainault clashes with Sirias and sends him into the advertising boards.
17'		Alonso puts in a teasing cross into the danger zone and Sutton just manages to smother it.
15'		G. Segares gets yellow.
15'		Segares gets a yellow card for a scything tackle on Peters.
14'		Not much goal mouth action at this stage as Costa Rica get a throw in deep in the Canada half.
8'		Free kick to Costa Rica just outside the 18-yard area, cross comes in and results in a goal kick.
7'		After some nice work down the left flank Simpson crosses but it's high and Gonzalez takes with ease.
5'		The teams have met 18 times, with Costa Rica winning eight, Canada four and six matches ending in draws.
4'		Free kick to Costa Rica just inside the Canada half. Results in open play.
1'		Canada get the first half underway. Your referee is Terry Vaughn from USA and his assistants are Charles Morgante from USA and Hector Delgadillo from Mexico. Your fourth official is Benito Archundia from Mexico.
		Welcome to live commentary of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A encounter featuring Costa Rica and Canada at the FIU Stadium, Miami, Florida. Canada, after two victories, needs just a single point to guarantee top spot and a quarter final spot. Costa Rica is in third place with three points and could secure a quarter final spot with a win or draw depending on other results later tonight. We have overcast and humid conditions this evening with game time temperatures around the 81 degree Fahrenheit mark.

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	Costa Rica	Canada
Shots on goal	4	3
Shots wide	5	0
Fouls	10	15
Corner Kicks	7	2
Offsides	2	1
Possession	47%	53%

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