Gold Cup 2013 Results: Scores and Highlights from Day 11

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Published: July 22, 2013

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The United States and Honduras advanced to the semifinals of the 2013 Gold Cup on Sunday, defeating El Salvador and Costa Rica, respectively.

USA, led by Landon Donovan, destroyed El Salvador, 5-1. Honduras won a grind-it-out affair against Costa Rica, 1-0.

USA and Honduras will now meet each other in the semifinals of the Gold Cup on Wednesday in Dallas.

Here's a look at how it all went down.

 

USA 5, El Salvador 1

 

The United States took an early 2-0 lead at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore and never looked back, surging ahead to a 5-1 victory over El Salvador in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Gold Cup.

Things were scrappy from the start, with a logjam near El Salvador's goal in the fourth minute. El Salvador was challenging the USA to score early on.

In the 10th minute, El Salvador appeared to be opening things up but to no avail. 

In the 12th minute, Joe Corona's floating cross just missed Chris Wondolowski as he was attempting a header. 

El Salvador earned a free kick in the 14th minute when Clarence Goodson was given a yellow card. But, despite kicking from a decent distance, Rodolfo Zelaya missed goal.

Then, in the 21st minute, Donovan (who else?) swung a perfect cross to Goodson, and Goodson knocked it home to give the USA a 1-0 lead. This was despite El Salvador playing with five men on the back line.

Fox Soccer tweeted out the highlight:



 

Minutes later, USA goalkeeper Nick Rimando made two, back-to-back beautiful saves to keep the Americans in the lead. Zelaya's cut was saved via Rimando's foot, then Rimando dove to save the ensuing attempt off the rebound. 

In the 29th minute, Corona made El Salvador pay for its near-make. Corona fit the ball into the lower corner of net to make it 2-0, USA.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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