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| Gold Cup third place match: USA v Panama – live! | Gold Cup third place match: USA v Panama – live! |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 4.08pm ET21:08 | |
| And we're off! | |
| 1 min: Panama have it. Then they give it away. Zusi and Chandler do well down the right, but Panama hack clear. | |
| 4.06pm ET21:06 | |
| The players are out. Panama in red, USA in all white. Brad Guzan is in all green, but maybe he should be wearing red – out of embarrassment!!! You know, after Wednesday. Because he was rubbish. | |
| 4.03pm ET21:03 | |
| DaMarcus Beasley tells Julie Stewart-Binks: “Hopefully we can win the third place medal.” And then guffaws heartily. Ha! He knows the score. | |
| 4.01pm ET21:01 | |
| PPL Park is not full. Tony Meola on TV can understand why. “These were the kind of games no one wants to play in.” He’s right! | |
| Updated at 4.01pm ET | |
| 3.51pm ET20:51 | |
| I think that call on Torres for the penalty was fair enough, actually. It definitely touched his hand, whether intentional or not. And didn’t Guardado do well to convert it, after 10 minutes of nonsense. | |
| 3.50pm ET20:50 | |
| That Panama-Mexico semi-final was absolutely crazy, though: have a look at some of the highlights, some of the, let’s say, dubious referieeng decisions, and some bad behaviour from the players and fans. | |
| 3.41pm ET20:41 | |
| And this is excellent, too: Michael Lewis on when USA won the first ever Gold Cup, back in 1991. Look at Dominic Kinnear’s hair! | |
| Related: When USA won the inaugural Gold Cup: 'Soccer was a lot different back then' | |
| 3.39pm ET20:39 | |
| If Man Utd versus Barcelona is more your thing, join my estimable colleague Bryan Graham for live coverage – kick off is 4pm ET also: | |
| Related: Manchester United v Barcelona: pre-season friendly – live! | |
| 3.37pm ET20:37 | |
| Panama are without Blas Perez, and they’re also missing Luis Tejada, who was sent off against Mexico on Wednesday, and then had an almighty tantrum before he left the field. Have a look at the video: | |
| It was definitely an ugly challenge, but it wasn’t an elbow. Should he have gone? | |
| 3.33pm ET20:33 | 3.33pm ET20:33 |
| US Soccer has a bad habit of only publishing the lineups of USA, as if they’re playing this match in isolation. Anyway! USA make six changes from the side that lost to Jamaica: Chandler, Ream, Gonzalez, Zusi, Corona and Wondolowski come in. And here’s what that means: | US Soccer has a bad habit of only publishing the lineups of USA, as if they’re playing this match in isolation. Anyway! USA make six changes from the side that lost to Jamaica: Chandler, Ream, Gonzalez, Zusi, Corona and Wondolowski come in. And here’s what that means: |
| #USAvPAN: Brad Guzan and Michael Bradley are the only two #USMNT players to start all six games of #GoldCup2015. | #USAvPAN: Brad Guzan and Michael Bradley are the only two #USMNT players to start all six games of #GoldCup2015. |
| 3.31pm ET20:31 | 3.31pm ET20:31 |
| Today's lineups | Today's lineups |
| They’re in: | They’re in: |
| USA: Guzan, Chandler, Ream, Brooks, Gonzalez, Johnson, Zusi, Bradley, Corona, Johannsson, Wondolowski. | USA: Guzan, Chandler, Ream, Brooks, Gonzalez, Johnson, Zusi, Bradley, Corona, Johannsson, Wondolowski. |
| Panama: Mejia, Machado, Cummings, Torres, Davis, Cooper, Camargo, Godoy, Quintero, Blackburn, Nurse. | Panama: Mejia, Machado, Cummings, Torres, Davis, Cooper, Camargo, Godoy, Quintero, Blackburn, Nurse. |
| Updated at 3.32pm ET | Updated at 3.32pm ET |
| 3.22pm ET20:22 | 3.22pm ET20:22 |
| Hello and welcome | Hello and welcome |
| Hi! USA play Panama today in Philly today – and, if we’re being, honest, no one wants to be here. A third place playoff game is akin to the wedding of an irritating older cousin: something you’re forced to endure rather than enjoy, to attend out of obligation rather than desire. If I were the USA or Panama, I’d be pissed: I’d either want to be in Sunday’s final, or just leave on my holidays, flush with feelings of disappointment, in USA’s case, and disgust, in Panama’s. | Hi! USA play Panama today in Philly today – and, if we’re being, honest, no one wants to be here. A third place playoff game is akin to the wedding of an irritating older cousin: something you’re forced to endure rather than enjoy, to attend out of obligation rather than desire. If I were the USA or Panama, I’d be pissed: I’d either want to be in Sunday’s final, or just leave on my holidays, flush with feelings of disappointment, in USA’s case, and disgust, in Panama’s. |
| But such is life, and play this game we must, so we’ll be liveblogging with professionalism and gusto, as if it this game actually meant something. Kick off’s at 4pm: join us! | But such is life, and play this game we must, so we’ll be liveblogging with professionalism and gusto, as if it this game actually meant something. Kick off’s at 4pm: join us! |
| 3.15pm ET20:15 | 3.15pm ET20:15 |
| Tim will be here shortly. In the meantime, have a look at why Landon Donovan tops the list of our 25 greatest USMNT players of all time: | Tim will be here shortly. In the meantime, have a look at why Landon Donovan tops the list of our 25 greatest USMNT players of all time: |
| It was his career, not someone else’s. | It was his career, not someone else’s. |
| In many ways, that’s the legacy of the greatest American soccer player of all time. Maybe he could have done more with his talent. Maybe he got the most out of it. Judge away. | In many ways, that’s the legacy of the greatest American soccer player of all time. Maybe he could have done more with his talent. Maybe he got the most out of it. Judge away. |
| He just wanted to be happy. | He just wanted to be happy. |
| The end result is pretty impressive. On the club level, he won six MLS Cups, two with the San Jose Earthquakes and four with the Galaxy. He retired after the 2015 season as the league’s all-time leading goal scorer with 144 goals. | The end result is pretty impressive. On the club level, he won six MLS Cups, two with the San Jose Earthquakes and four with the Galaxy. He retired after the 2015 season as the league’s all-time leading goal scorer with 144 goals. |
| Related: Landon Donovan: the best player in US history, and a man who did it his way | Related: Landon Donovan: the best player in US history, and a man who did it his way |