USA 2, Honduras 0 FINAL

[Bruce]

Goals: USA: Clarence Goodson 45, Kenny Cooper 90

Yellow Cards: USA 3 (Pause, Beckerman, Arnaud) Honduras 1 (Costly)

Red Cards: None

Courtney Campbell had a good match, Costly's card came for diving in the box. Pause's card came for not giving 10 yards on a free kick.

[Exile]

That second goal looked very OFFSIDE to me.

[Zeppo]

Understrength U.S. perseveres to reach Gold Cup final

So what does it mean exactly if what can charitably be described as a U.S. "B" team reaches the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup? It might not say much for the quality in the rest of the region, but you still have to give U.S. coach Bob Bradley and his players credit for getting the job done during their 2-0 semifinal win over Honduras.

The fact is that the Americans didn't have any control over who they played against or what players their opponents chose to bring along. What they could control was their own play, and while the Catrachos -- who also brought an understrength side to the tournament -- put up plenty of resistance, the U.S. delivered a thoroughly professional performance and, in the process, had some players cement places on the American depth chart.

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[Me]

Looked close. Holden and Cooper were pretty much in line with each other. If Ching passed to Cooper's direction instead of the back heel to holden it would have been off for sure.