Frenetic, end-to-end stuff as Panama push for a leveller, leaving space in behind in the process.
85'
Murillo somehow escapes a yellow card after wrestling Pulisic to the ground to prevent a counter-attack.
83'
G. Zardes enters the game and replaces J. Altidore.
Altidore receives a standing ovation as he's taken off, with Zardes taking his place up front for the United States.
76'
A. Murillo enters the game and replaces K. Galván.
Galvan, who just recently was shown yellow, is hauled off with Murillo entering the match.
Altidore lined-up the free-kick from shooting range, and fired it high and into the stand behind the goal. That's a disappointing attempt and, judging from his reaction, he knows it.
74'
K. Galván gets yellow.
Galvan takes down Cannon on the edge of the box and then kicks the ball away, drawing a card from the referee.
72'
Morris is quick, but he's unable to chase down a ball that was played down the line to him on the right, and it rolls behind for a goal-kick.
70'
T. Boyd enters the game and replaces J. Morris.
A loose ball finds it's way to the foot of Machado on the edge of the box, and the Panama forward unleashes a strike that was always rising and soars above the crossbar.
Boyd replaces Morris on the right for the United States.
68'
Y. Bárcenas enters the game and replaces G. Torres.
Panama make their second change with Barcenas replacing Torres.
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66'
J. Altidore has scored a goal for United States!
GOOALLLL!!!!! THE UNITED STATED TAKE THE LEAD! After a header was blocked on the way in, the ball floated in the air and Altidore met it with an overhead kick that he somehow put on target! Pulisic had literally nothing to do with the goal, but he sure seems to have brought some good luck onto the pitch with him having come on just a minute before the goal. Panama 0-1 United States
65'
C. Pulišić enters the game and replaces J. Lewis.
So much for resting the stars! Berhalter opts to bring on Pulisic with Lewis making the way and the fans cheer.
63'
Brown launches a hopeful shot wide left of goal with an attempt from outside the penalty area.
61'
Lewis is getting more, and more involved down the left but the final product has been poor thus far.
59'
The United States starting to apply the pressure over the past couple of minutes with plenty of play in the opposing penalty area.
58'
Browne is unable to corral a cross-field pass on the right wing, and the ball trickles out for a US throw.
56'
Altidore tries to leave the ball for Morris behind him, but the latter seemed surprised by that choice and the ball is cleared by Panama.
54'
After a ponderous build-up, Roldan opts to chip the ball to the back-post despite no one, from either side, being there. Goal-kick to Panama.
52'
Browne takes a free-kick in the opposing half, and curls his effort just a little too high for Torres and the chance goes.
50'
Cannon tries to pull a pass back to Altidore on the edge of the box, but it's cleared away before it could reach the striker.
48'
The United States look the brighter of the two sides after the break, though there's certainly plenty of match left.
46'
A. Arroyo enters the game and replaces J. Fajardo.
Despite having been their biggest threat in the first half, Fajardo is taken off for Arroyo.
The referee's whistle sounds once more, and this match is back underway!
45' +1
HALF-TIME: Panama 0-0 United States
Roldan runs under a ball in the box and tries to play the ball over to Altidore that is kicked behind for a corner.
45'
There will be one minute of added time.
44'
Escobar pulls off a cheeky nutmeg on Mihailovic before attempting a through ball to Fajardo that's cut out by the United States defence.
42'
Some cheap challenges creeping into the match as Trapp goes in with a heavy challenge that causes the Panama players to surround the referee. That could, and probably should, have been a yellow.
40'
Morris gets a chatting to from the referee after the former pushed Galvan while the two of them battled for a ball in the air.
38'
Fajardo beats Gonzalez for pace, gets into the box, and fires a shot wide right of goal. Panama really starting to threaten now, particularly through Fajardo.
37'
Rodriguez makes a run at the back-post and dives trying to connect with a header, but it had already soared past him. That was certainly enough to send Johnson scrambling along his line.
34'
Fajardo launches past the defence again, this time the flag goes up though and the move ends for Panama.
32'
Brown plays a defence-splitting pass to Fajardo who dribbled into the box and took a weak shot that was caught easily by Johnson. Despite not scoring there, Panama are starting to look a real threat on the counter.
29'
Mihailovic sends his free-kick right into the arms of Calderon with Altidore the nearest team-mate.
27'
A long ball is played over the top to Fajardo, who had beaten the offside trap, and it's hit just a little too hard which allows Johnson to get there first.
26'
Nobody closes down Lovitz on the left and he whips in a cross... that makes it quite clear why none of the defenders were worried. Goal-kick to Panama.
24'
Sanchez fouls Altidore to prevent a run from the latter, and the United States will have a free-kick in Panama's half.
22'
PENALTY SHOUT! Fajardo goes down in the penalty area and screams to the referee, who casually points to the linesman who has his flag raised. Offside.
20'
Rodriguez does not look in a good way as he is currently limping around the pitch. One to keep an eye on.
18'
Cannon overhits a pass intended for Morris down the right and it rolls away for a Panama goal-kick.
15'
Morris has a cross blocked right back to him on the right wing, lines another one up, and this one is deflected behind for a corner.
11'
Panama try to play a quick free-kick in the final third, but the referee makes them take it again... and it's less than successful on the second attempt.
9'
Lewis hacks down Brown, gifting Panama a free-kick.
7'
Sanchez fouls Morris, and the United States will have a free-kick.
2'
Mihailovic plays an excellent diagonal ball into Morris on the right wing, though the ensuing cross in was blocked out for a US throw.
1'
Referee Abdulrahman Al Jassim blows his whistle, and this match is underway!
Hello, and welcome to our live coverage of this Gold Cup match between Panama and the United States!
Now, let’s take a look at the team news!
Panama (5-4-1): Jose Calderon; Fidel Escobar, Francisco Palacios, Harold Cummings, Adolfo Machado, Kevin Galvan; Jose Fajardo, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Ernesto Walker, Gabriel Torres; Omar Browne.
Panama substitutes: Luis Mejia, Michael Murillo, Orlando Mosquera, Armando Cooper, Rolando Blackburn, Eric Davis, Alberto Quintero, Valentin Pimentel, Roman Torres, Abdiel Arroyo, Marcos Sanchez, Edgar Barcenas.
United States (4-1-4-1): Sean Johnson; Reggie Cannon, Omar Gonzalez, Matt Miazga, Daniel Lovitz; Wil Trapp; Jordan Morris, Cristian Roldan, Djordje Mihailovic, Jonathan Lewis; Jozy Altidore.
United States substitutes: Zack Steffen, Tim Ream, Tyler Miller, Gyasi Zardes, Michael Bradley, Aaron Long, Paul Arriola, Walker Zimmerman, Tyler Boyd, Christian Pulisic, Zack Steffen, Nick Lima, Weston McKennie.
The United States make a full 11 changes after their 6-0 thumping of Trinidad and Tobago. Johsnon, Cannon, Gonzalez, Miazga, Lovitz, Trapp, Roldan, Mihailovic, Morris, Lewis, and Altidore all come into the starting XI, while Steffen, Lima, Zimmerman, Long, Ream, Bradley, McKennie, Pulisic, Boyd, Arriola, Zardes all drop to the bench. Like Panama, the assumption is that the US are already resting their stars for the next round. The most interesting change from coach Greg Berhalter though, is the swap of Zardes for Altidore. The former has already scored three goals at this tournament and, while Altidore is generally preferred when fit, he will need to put in a good performance today if he wants to start the next match as well.
The teams are out on the pitch as the national anthems play throughout Children's Mercy Park. Not long to go until kick-off now!
It will be interesting to see how these sides approach the second half. Panama are already through to the next round, but need a win if they want to win the group and avoid Jamaica. With that in mind, the addition of another forward, or a creative midfielder would likely help them threaten a bit more frequently in the attack. As for the United States, a draw is enough for them to hold onto the Group D crown, so they may be a bit more conservative with their changes in the final 45 minutes.
That will do it for our live coverage of this Gold Cup match between Panama and the United States! We hope you enjoyed following along, and will join us again soon!
Both of these sides knew they would advance heading into the day, and now we know their seedings. With today's win, the United States progress as Group D winners and will face Curacao in the quarter-finals, while Panama, from their second-place slot, will come up against Jamaica on Sunday.
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