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| USA v Costa Rica – live! | USA v Costa Rica – live! |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 12.01am BST00:01 | |
| The teams are making their way onto the pitch right now. Six minutes to kickoff. Something short of a capacity crowd in Harrison, New Jersey tonight. | |
| As feared, only few thousand fans at Red Bull Arena for #USAvCRC. Many Ticos. Even before MEX loss, this game was never going to draw well | |
| 11.48pm BST23:48 | |
| While we wait for the teams to emerge from the tunnel, here’s a look at Graham Parker’s post-mortem from USA’s Pasadena disappointment. | |
| Related: What we learned from USA 2-3 Mexico: the road to Russia 2018 is now potholed | |
| 11.32pm BST23:32 | |
| Here’s a look at today’s teams. In goal for the United States is Tim Howard, who is making his first appearance for the national team since last year’s loss to Belgium in the World Cup last 16. | |
| USA | |
| XI: Howard; Evans, Cameron, Orozco, Ream; Yedlin, Williams, Jones, Shea; Zardes, Altidore | |
| Subs: Guzan, Hamid, Alvarado, Spector, Diskerud, Bedoya, Nguyen, Wood, Wooten | |
| Costa Rica | |
| XI: Navas; Duarte, Waston, Gamboa, Oviedo; Acosta, Borges, Guzman; Venegas, Campbell, Urena | |
| Subs: Pemberton, Alvarado, Myrie, Castillo, Vega, Matarrita, Valle, Granados, Aguilar, Colindres | |
| #USMNT locker room is set. Catch #USAvCRC live at 6:30pm ET on @espn, @unimas & @univisionsports. pic.twitter.com/jscx3Zmd80 | |
| 11.11pm BST23:11 | 11.11pm BST23:11 |
| Hello and welcome to tonight’s friendly between the United States and Costa Rica at Red Bull Arena. Three days after a gutting loss to arch-rivals Mexico at the Rose Bowl, Jurgen Klinsmann’s men will look to pick up the pieces in the final match before the start of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup next month. | Hello and welcome to tonight’s friendly between the United States and Costa Rica at Red Bull Arena. Three days after a gutting loss to arch-rivals Mexico at the Rose Bowl, Jurgen Klinsmann’s men will look to pick up the pieces in the final match before the start of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup next month. |
| In keeping with in the national team’s penchant for scheduling ambiguity, tonight’s kickoff is not 6.30pm as has been widely disseminated, but in fact 6.55pm per Taylor Twellman – or roughly 45 minutes from now. Plenty more to to come between now and then including the team information. Watch this space! | In keeping with in the national team’s penchant for scheduling ambiguity, tonight’s kickoff is not 6.30pm as has been widely disseminated, but in fact 6.55pm per Taylor Twellman – or roughly 45 minutes from now. Plenty more to to come between now and then including the team information. Watch this space! |
| 8.15pm BST20:15 | 8.15pm BST20:15 |
| Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s why high school soccer is dying: | Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s why high school soccer is dying: |
| Related: The slow death of high school soccer – and why it could cost Jürgen Klinsmann | Related: The slow death of high school soccer – and why it could cost Jürgen Klinsmann |