Gold Cup 2009

#	Player	Disciplinary
1	T. Perkins (GK)
4	C. Marshall
3	C. Goodson
16	J. Heaps	24' 88'
2	H. Pearce
8	L. Pause	26'
5	K. Beckerman
7	R. Rogers
10	S. Holden
22	D. Arnaud
11	B. Ching
Coach: B. Bradley

#	Player	Goals	Disciplinary
1	G. Ochoa (GK)
15	J. Castro	79'
2	J. Magallón
5	F. Pinto
21	J. Valenzuela
22	E. Juárez
6	G. Torrado	56'
7	A. Medina		45'
8	I. Castro
14	M. Sabah
17	G. dos Santos	62'
Coach: J. Aguirre

#	Player	Disciplinary
20	S. Quaranta for L. Pause 63'
17	K. Cooper for D. Arnaud 63'	90'
15	S. Cronin for K. Beckerman 80'

#	Player	Goals	Disciplinary
11	C. Vela for A. Medina 46'	67'
10	G. Franco for M. Sabah 70'	90'	72'
16	C. Esquivel for J. Castro 89'

Minute		Description
90' +5		Full time and Mexico are 2009 CONCACAF Gold cup champions.
90' +3		It's all green in the stadium as Cooper gets a silly yellow for continuing to play after an offside call.
90'		G. Franco has scored a goal for Mexico! Assist by F. Pinto.
		K. Cooper gets yellow.
		Goal Mexico, Pinto finds room again on the left and feeds Franco and his effort from outside the area beats Perkins. It's 5-0 to Mexico. 4 minutes of added time.
89'		C. Esquivel enters the game and replaces J. Castro.
89'		Mexico to be the first team to win five Gold Cups.
88'		J. Heaps gets a second yellow card and is sent off.
88'		Red card to Heaps as he comes in with studs up on Vela. No complaints there from the USA as there task is made even more difficult.
84'		What on earth went on in the Mexican dressing room at half time, this team have been a breath of fresh air in this second half, 'El Tri' cruising here in the sunshine.
82'		Vela and Dos Santos, both plying their trade in Europe, have been a cut above the rest in this encounter, incredible stuff here from Mexico.
81'		A master stroke by Aguirre bringing on Vela for the second half has paid dividends, he has been sensational in this second half.
80'		S. Cronin enters the game and replaces K. Beckerman.
79'		J. Castro has scored a goal for Mexico! Assist by C. Vela.
79'		Goal Mexico, its officially a rout as Vela tears the USA defense apart with a through ball to Castro who slots home past a despairing Perkins.

Minute		Description
72'		G. Franco gets yellow.
72'		Bradley pacing up and down the touch line, he has twenty minutes left to turn this game around. Yellow to Franco for scything down Holden.
70'		G. Franco enters the game and replaces M. Sabah.
70'		Ten years of pain for Mexico could end right now today, Mexico fully deserving their 3-0 lead.
67'		C. Vela has scored a goal for Mexico! Assist by G. dos Santos.
67'		The USA up against it now, Dos Santos finds Vela and he calmly chips Perkins, 3-0. The USA do have time on their hands to make some sort of comeback.
63'		K. Cooper enters the game and replaces D. Arnaud.
		S. Quaranta enters the game and replaces L. Pause.
		Unbelievable scenes here in Rutherford, the water tight defense of the USA is bursting at the seams as wave after wave of Mexican attacks wears down the USA defense.
62'		G. dos Santos has scored a goal for Mexico! Assist by M. Sabah.
62'		Goal Mexico, and the USA are all over the place, acres of space for Vela and again he run takes him into the area and lays it off to Sabah who's shot is blocked by Perkins and Dos Santos for an easy finish on the rebound.
61'		Vela makes a run into the USA area and his effort is saved low by Perkins.
60'		The USA about to make two changes.
59'		Castro in acres of space and his shot is saved by Perkins, Sabah has an effort that Perkins once again saves, it's all Mexico as they go for the killer goal.
56'		Penalty goal scored by G. Torrado for Mexico!
56'		Penalty to Mexico, Torrado scores into top right corner. It all started with Dos Santos being pulled down in the area by Heaps and Torrado finishes his penalty with aplomb.
50'		Corner to Mexico, Dos Santos takes and Perkins clears, Vela on the follow up and his cross is cleared away from the six-yard line..
48'		Holden with a deep cross that finds Rogers and his effort is just over the bar, good start from the USA.
47'		Pearce drives one in and Arnaud can not get a clean touch, Mexico clear.
46'		C. Vela enters the game and replaces A. Medina.
46'		USA get the second half underway.
45' +4		Half Time.
45' +1		Yellow to Medina for infringement on the free kick, that's twice now he has stood in front of the free kick taker and Mr. Campbell has no option. The free kick is taken and Dos Santos once again finds Medina in open space and his shot is across goal but no one is following up for Mexico.
45'		A. Medina gets yellow.
44'		Dos Santos finds Medina in acres of room down the left but he's closed down by Marshall and ends in a goal kick.
43'		Pearce with a cross which just evades Arnaud.
41'		Final minutes of this first half and still no solid chances to speak of. A tight nervy affair to say the least.
39'		On paper it all points to the USA but anything can happen here today!
38'		The United States has not lost to Mexico in 11 matches, winning nine and has outscored El Tri 19-3 the last 10 years on American soil.
33'		Corner to USA, Holden takes and Mexico defend for a throw in.
30'		Corner to Mexico, good pressure again from Mexico here. Medina takes and Sabah heads wide.
28'		Holden has a long range effort with the outside of his boot and it goes just wide.
27'		Yellow to Pause as an offside is called and he continues and shoots into an open net, a cheap yellow there, he will be disappointed with that.
26'		L. Pause gets yellow.
24'		J. Heaps gets yellow.
24'		Yellow to Heaps for a crunching tackle from behind on Medina.
20'		First twenty minutes and no real clear chances on goal as yet.
18'		Mexico showing some nice intricate passing as they enjoy some long periods of possession.
17'		Some good pressure here from the USA.
16'		Holden takes the corner and Ochoa makes a flap at the clearance but Mexico manage to clear.
14'		Corner comes in and a scramble in the area as Goodson has the initial header and Ching can't make contact with the follow up, corner to USA.
13'		Free kick to USA, Holden with a deep cross and a corner kick has been awarded.
10'		Corner to USA, Holden takes and Ochoa takes a clean catch.
7'		Sabah finds room on the right and his cross is just behind Medina and the USA clear.
5'		It's a packed house as the sombreros and baseball caps are waving, a perfect setting.
3'		This one is not for faint hearts, no real crunching challenges just yet as the opening exchanges are pretty even.
2'		Shouts of Ole, Ole as Mexico push the ball around in these early stages. There seemed to be friendly shoulder barges in the hand shakes before the game, great stuff to kick this game off.
1'		Mexico Get the first half underway. Your referee is Courtney Campbell from Jamaica and his assistants are Ricardo Morgan from Jamaica and William Torres from El Salvador. Your fourth official is Joel Aguilar from El Salvador.
		Welcome to the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final match between USA and Mexico from Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey. History beckons for one of these teams this afternoon as both countries have won a total of four finals each. For the fourth time these two great rivals lock horns in a Gold Cup final. Mexico has the upper hand with two victories in 1993 and 1998 while the USA took the honors last time out in 2007. Game time temperatures will be around the 82 degree Fahrenheit mark with a twenty percent chance of showers.

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	United States	Mexico
Shots on goal	1	9
Shots wide	5	2
Fouls	8	10
Corner Kicks	4	2
Offsides	2	3
Possession	44%	56%

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