JESÚS FERREIRA SCORES TOURNAMENT-LEADING SEVENTH GOAL TO FORCE SHOOTOUT; USMNT GOES TO PENALTY KICKS IN BACK-TO-BACK MATCHES FOR FIRST TIME IN TEAM HISTORYSAN DIEGO, Calif. (July 12, 2023) – The U.S. Men’s National Team fell to Panama 5-4 on penalty kicks after playing to a 1-1 draw in the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Semifinals. After playing 120 minutes only three days ago, the U.S. team went the distance again and faced back-to-back penalty shootouts for the first time in team history. The result ends the USMNT’s run at this year’s confederation championship as forward Jesús Ferreria netted his tournament-leading seventh goal in front of a crowd of 31,690 at Snapdragon Stadium.
It was the USA’s 12th Gold Cup meeting with Panama- its most-frequent opponent at the competition- and only the second time the Central American side has bested the USMNT in the tournament. Panama will face the winner of Wednesday’s other semifinal — either Jamaica or Mexico — in the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Final at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 16. READ MORE