THERE IT IS! The USA has been bounced, and Jamaica is onto the Gold Cup final!
90' +3
Joel Grant enters the game and replaces G. McCleary.
Jamaica has done brilliantly to kill this game off so far.
90' +2
Time is running out. The USA is in all-out attack mode and there's a call on Gordon, a free kick to Jamaica.
90' +1
Three minutes added on, and the USA breaks forward with Zardes but his cross is over and out for a goal kick.
90'
Alvarado gives up a corner. More time go Jamaica to kill.
88'
D. Yedlin gets yellow.
Yedlin picks up a yellow tracking back. Almost had to there, but it's killing time.
87'
Gordon, since coming on, has been great in the air but it hasn't amounted to much.
86'
Another goal kick for Jamaica. Tick tock, tick tock, time is running out.
85'
C. Humphrey enters the game and replaces G. Barnes.
84'
Zardes holds on and tries to slip in Johnson but the ball is not a good one. Goal kick for Jamaica.
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82'
Jamaica on the counter! Mix back to defend 1v1 does enough. This is wide open at times when Jamaica comes out of the back, but the USA hasn't been able to take advantage.
81'
Gordon flicks on to Dempsey, who forces a save and wins a corner, number 11 on the night.
80'
Yedlin's first touch of the game he takes on a defender, but has it taken off him.
79'
Just over 10 remaining. The USA still searching for a way through. Nervous times for both sides here.
78'
D. Yedlin enters the game and replaces A. Bedoya.
77'
Bradley has a shot blocked out for a corner, taken quickly and it's over everybody. The USA moving back around, and Bedoya's cross in finds Gordon who puts it on frame but not with enough pace.
75'
Dempsey and Johnson with some clever play to try and open up the defense. The late run from Bradley was tackled away.
74'
Dempsey picks the ball up and works for a shot, blocked out for a corner.
73'
A. Gordon enters the game and replaces A. Jóhannsson.
72'
Time isn't a big issue yet, but with just under 20 minutes of normal time left, it looks like the USA is about to bring on a fresh forward.
70'
Bedoya trying to force the issue down the right wins a throw, and from the long throw Brooks gets a header on target. Spilled again by Thompson, but he's able to collect it.
67'
M. Diskerud enters the game and replaces K. Beckerman.
Zardes! Mariapa with a great tackle to keep that from being a real chance. More good play from the USA to set it up, and now Mix will come on to try and spark something new.
64'
John Brooks lets a ball roll through him and out of play. He's had some bad moments in this one. Troubling at times with sloppy play.
62'
This match has come back to the pack some. Jamaica has stopped the onslaught and started to get back into it some.
59'
Dempsey with chance off the long throw bangs it off a defender to win a corner. The USA came out of the lockeroom and upped the pace here a good bit.
57'
S. Dawkins enters the game and replaces D. Mattocks.
BRADLEY! It was a stinger and Thompson pushed it off the post from his chest!
56'
To Jamaica's credit, a couple of corners here and the USA isn't covering well on the counter.
54'
Bradley swings in a corner and it goes out, but Johannsson nearly turned it back in for Brooks before it was over the line. Now it's the USA pushing the pace and Jamaica that needs to stop the bleeding.
51'
WOW! Johnson with a good free kick forced a rebound, and Johannsson pounced but headed over the bar! That could have been 2-2 very easily.
50'
Now Johannsson wins a free kick with some silky skill right at the top of the box. This is dangerous again, and Jamaica, after going in ahead, is in danger of being level.
48'
M. Bradley has scored a goal for United States!
THERE'S ONE! The USA gets on the board. Johannsson's shot is spilled, Dempsey pounces but is saved only for Bradley to tap home the rebound.
47'
Johannsson has been called for two fouls early.
46'
Here we go! A hill to climb for the USA. 45 minutes for Jamaica to earn a first ever Gold Cup final place.
45' +1
G. McCleary gets yellow.
45'
Johnson trying to push forward is fouled and Jamaica picks up a booking.
44'
Dempsey with a chance but Thompson comes out and makes the save! That was a real chance to get back into it.
41'
After a really nice start the USA got sloppy and Jamaica punished it. The hand ball from Guzan was... that's not something you see often, he was trying to throw it out and carried it over the line of the area. Strange play, but it gave Jamaica a chance that was so well taken by Barnes.
39'
Now Zardes gives up a free kick right on the edge of the area, but it's wide this time. Still, the Jamaicans look hungry for more right now.
37'
AUSTIN! No, he's hit it high. The USA needs to stop the bleeding here.
36'
G. Barnes has scored a goal for Jamaica!
This is dangerous! Barnes!!!! Oh MY! He's struck it perfectly, and Jamaica is 2-0 up!
34'
Beckerman picked up a booking for a late challenge after the goal. Now the USA has some work to do to defend another set play from a Brad Guzan hand ball.
33'
K. Beckerman gets yellow.
31'
D. Mattocks has scored a goal for Jamaica! Assist by K. Lawrence.
JAMAICA GOES IN FRONT! Mattocks with the header from a long throw and he loops it over Guzan! We've got a shocker brewing here. Out of nothing the home side is behind.
29'
Fabian Johnson with a nice dip in side and a curling shot that forces Thompson to save and give up another corner... this time Dempsey gets on the end of it but heads it wide.
28'
Dangerous little touch from Thompson in the Jamaican goal and Johannsson closed him down quickly, actually winning the ball put only into the side netting.
27'
Brooks with a sloppy pass and it leads to a chance for Barnes, but like Zardes before him he didn't stay down on the ball and sent it well high from eight yards.
25'
Bedoya cuts out a pass and breaks forward. It ends with Zardes winning another corner.
24'
Now Zardes with a chance but he couldn't stay over the ball.
23'
Jamaica under some real pressure here. This time it's Johannsson trying to cut it across the face of goal, but again it's dealt with.
22'
Austin heads it over the bar for another corner.
21'
Good break forward from the USA, with Johnson the last on it down the left and his cross is enough to win a corner.
19'
A good fast start to this match. The USA has edged it to this point, but Jamaica would be happy as well with the way things are going. Now on the front foot for a minute or so, moving the ball around comfortably for the first time as the USA drops off some.
17'
Second corner of the night here for Jamaica. It goes all the way through the box and Jamaica is caught offside as it comes back in.
16'
Brooks gives it away out of the back, trying to pick out Bedoya, but the USA is quickly back on until Dempsey's touch lets him down.
14'
Jamaica has taken up a deeper set now, letting the USA push the ball forward but keeping numbers behind the ball at all times. Dempsey tries a hit 25 and sends it high.
12'
Now Watson takes Dempsey to the ground. Near midfield and it's served in but Jamaica gets it clear.
11'
Watson with a shot for Jamaica, through a crowd and pulled wide. The reggae boyz are showing some signs of life in the attack.
9'
Bradley tries to pick out Dempsey at the back stick, but it's just over hit and Jamica has a goal kick.
7'
Beckerman clips Austin just outside the U.S. box. It'll be service rather than shot, but still very dangerous from the left of the USA defense.
6'
Hand ball called on Bedoya in the midfield. Jamaica tries to start it quickly but it's pulled back, giving the U.S. plenty of time to get behind the ball. The threat here for the USA is the pace of this Jamaican team, the same kind of pace that Haiti used to give Klinsmann all kinds of trouble.
5'
Johannsson tries his luck down the left but the cross was poor.
3'
Evans having to fight to keep it and ends up giving up a throw. Good pressure from Jamaica early on, but the USA has had more of the ball in the first couple of minutes, and that shouldn't be a shock.
2'
Early corner for the USA, in the all-white kit tonight with Jamaica in green tops with yellow. The corner is cleared and the USA wins it back to start the attack again.
1'
We're off and running.
Welcome in to Goal's LIVE call of the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal between the USA and Jamaica. Let's get this going right away with some team news.
First up for the defending champion United States side: Aron Johannsson leads the line with Clint Dempsey in behind him, Zardes and Bedoya on either flank. Michael Bradley and Kyle Beckerman will be holding in front of a back for of Brad Evans, John Brooks, Ventura Alvarado and Fabian Johnson. Brad Guzan is in goal.
Ryan Thompson is in goal for Jamaica, with Adrian Mariappa, Wes Morgan, Michael Hector and Kemar Lawrence across the back line. Garath McCleary, Rodolph Austin, Jobi McAnuff and Je-Vaughn Watson make up the midfield. Giles Barnes, Darren Mattocks make up the strike force for Winfried Schafer's side.
For the USA tonight, no real shockers in the lineup. Brad Evans at right back is maybe a push to be more stable at the back, and I'd doubt you'll see him pushing forward as much as maybe a Tim Chandler, but with Zardes in front of him that's probably a good tactic. Fabian Johnson and Bedoya on the left, as it looks like it will be right now will be different, with Johnson likely handed the freedom to get forward and Bedoya asked to do his normal job tacking runners and providing cover.
Jamaica will provide a real test tonight. Barnes and Mattocks offer the type of pace that has given the USA trouble, and the midfield has plenty of class to disrupt the USA's flow. It'll be largely up to Dempsey and Bradley to drive play for the U.S. and keep the ball when nothing is on, but there's nothing new about that.
Teams are out on the pitch, songs are being sung, and we're almost ready for a semifinal showdown between the top team in CONCACAF and an upstart that presents all sorts of danger.
Jamaica in dreamland at halftime with a 2-0 lead over the USA. This is a bit of a shocker at the moment from the US, not just to be behind, but the way the goals were given up. Give Jamaica credit, the chances were both well taken.
That counts as a major upset for Jamaica. One of the biggest wins in the history of the Jamaican side.
Two chances well taken by Jamaica, and the USA, after the early goal in the second half, couldn't find one to level.
This is the first time the USA has been bounced from the Gold Cup by any CONCACAF team other than Mexico. First time for Jamaica to make it to the final. Lots of firsts tonight. Might end up being the first time Jurgen Klinsmann is under real pressure as the USA boss.
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