USMNT beats Haiti to finish perfect in Group D

Patrick Agyemang scored a tiebreaking extremity successful the 75th minute, and the United States overcame Matt Freese's goalkeeping gaffe to bushed Haiti 2-1 connected Sunday nighttime and triumph its Concacaf Gold Cup radical with a 3-0 record.

Malik Tillman enactment the U.S. up successful the 10th infinitesimal with his 3rd extremity of the tourney but Freese, who has displaced Matt Turner in nett for the Americans, highlighted the the team's goalkeeping issues a twelvemonth up of the World Cup with a botched clearance that led to Louicius Don Deedson's 19th-minute goal.

After Tillman came adjacent 3 times successful the 2nd half, Agyemang scored aft taking a agelong walk from John Tolkin. Agyemang touched the shot past goalkeeper Johny Placide and slotted into an unfastened nett for his 5th planetary extremity and 2nd of the tournament.

The U.S., which opened with victories implicit Trinidad and Tobago and invited impermanent Saudi Arabia, won its radical for the 17th clip successful 18 Gold Cups. The Americans person 43 wins, 1 nonaccomplishment and 5 draws successful radical play, going 3-0 for the seventh time.

Using mostly a B squad successful the tournament, the Americans already had clinched a spot successful the quarterfinals against Mexico oregon Costa Rica adjacent weekend.

Haiti finished 3rd connected extremity quality up of Trinidad and Tobago, which was eliminated erstwhile it wasted a pb successful a 1-1 gully arsenic the Saudis.

The Gold Cup is the past competitory trial for the 16th-ranked Americans up of the World Cup. As co-hosts, the U.S., Mexico and Canada get automatic berths.

In beforehand of a sparse assemblage astatine the 80,000-seat location of the Dallas Cowboys, 1 of adjacent year's World Cup venues, Tillman scored his 3rd extremity of the tourney erstwhile helium headed the shot wrong the acold station from Brenden Aaronson's transverse successful the 10th minute.

Freese blundered erstwhile took a backmost walk from Tim Ream and tried to play the shot to Tolkin with his near foot. The shot went consecutive to Don Deedson, who took a interaction and scored wrong the acold post.

American midfielder Tyler Adams started aft being slowed by turf toe, among 4 changes by manager Mauricio Pochettino, and got a yellowish paper for a precocious sliding tackle connected Duckens Nazon astir 25 seconds in.