Gyasi Zardes netted an 86th-minute winner to send the United States into their 13th Gold Cup final after a 1-0 semi-final triumph over Qatar in Austin on Thursday.
It could have been an entirely different story but Hassan Al Heidos missed a 61st-minute penalty for the Asian champions.
US head coach Gregg Berhalter brought on Zardes along with Nicolas Gioacchini in the second half to devastating effect, with the pair combining for the winner.
Gioacchini burst into the box and beat a man, before a side-foot pass which found Zardes to hammer home from close range.
US will play either Mexico or Canada in Sunday s final, as they chase their seventh Gold Cup title.
Incredible miss by Hassan Al-Haydos! It would have put Qatar ahead! Still 0-0!
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Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi ruled out an exit for Neymar at the end of the season, saying he was 2000 per cent sure the Brazilian would stay.
Neymar, 26, has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid at the end of the campaign despite having spent just a season at PSG.
The Brazil star made a world-record €222million switch from Barcelona to the Ligue 1 giants in August last year.
Despite reports Neymar could return to Spain, Al-Khelaifi said there was no chance of the star forward leaving.
Who said he cannot stay here? Did anyone say that? Nobody, he told reporters after PSG s 2-0 loss at home to Rennes Saturday.
He has a contract with us and he will stay at 2000 per cent.
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Everton have parted company with Sam Allardyce despite the former England manager having another year left to run on his contract at Goodison Park.
Allardyce was appointed as successor to Ronald Koeman on and 18-month deal last November, with an immediate brief of guiding Everton away from relegation danger.
That was accomplished soon enough, but a significant section of the Merseyside club s fanbase have become disgruntled with a perceived negative style of football under the 63-year-old former England boss.
Despite leading Everton to an eighth-place finish, Allardyce s widely anticipated departure was confirmed on Wednesday.
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Panama blew a lead late yet again, as Honduras fought back to earn a 1-1 draw and breathe life into their CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign in Foxborough.
Luis Tejada knocked in the opener just after the 20-minute mark, putting the 2013 runners-up in a strong position to get their first win of the 15 showpiece.
Honduras boss Jorge Luis Pinto s frustration was clear throughout, and that built to a crescendo when Honduras had a goal ruled out for offside midway through the second half.
However, Pinto would be smiling with 10 minutes to go when Andy Najar narrowly avoided embarrassment tapping in after Jaime Penedo saved his penalty attempt.
Referee Marlon Mejia had pointed to the spot after Armando Cooper clipped the back of Najar s legs inside the area, and the A…
Antoine Griezmann will fit Barcelona like a ring on a finger, according to his former coach at Real Sociedad.
Griezmann finally completed his long-awaited move from Atletico Madrid to Camp Nou on Friday having seemed set to join Barca last year before opting to stay put.
Barca triggered the €120million release clause in his contract, although Atletico are demanding a further €80m as one of modern football s longest transfer sagas rumbles on.
Griezmann will line up for Barca next term, though, bolstering the attack of the LaLiga champions, who have also been linked with a deal for Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar.
It is unclear exactly how Griezmann slots into the plans of Barca boss Ernesto Valverde, who regularly paired Lionel Messi and Luis Su…
Chelsea may have sold David Luiz to rivals Arsenal ahead of this season, but Blues boss Frank Lampard says he will always respect the Brazil defender from his time at Stamford Bridge.
Centre-back David Luiz could come up against Chelsea for the first time since he left on Sunday when Lampard s men visit Emirates Stadium for Mikel Arteta s first home game in charge of the Gunners.
Arteta s predecessor Unai Emery brought David Luiz across London back in August, the 32-year-old sold just a month after Lampard took over at Chelsea.
The emergence of Fikayo Tomori – who won his first England cap last month – and Kurt Zouma s form has meant Chelsea do not appear to have not missed David Luiz, though his old team-mate Lampard was unwilling to make such declarations a…
AFC President Mohamed bin Hammam sees a rosy future for Asian clubs, believing they will one day be able to compete with their European counterparts.
His enthusiasm stems from a major revamp of the AFC Champions League which takes effect next year.
Asia s top club competition will be expanded from 28 to 32 teams but with stricter criteria for participation in an effort to raise standards.
And in a huge boost to the tournament, prize money will be massively increased to 14 million dollars, with the eventual winners taking home 1.5 million dollars plus bonuses from earlier rounds.
We have been working on it for three years. It was in the drafting stage until now, he said on the sidelines of the Asian Football Confederation s annual awards ceremony and …
Liverpool maintained their grip on first place on the Premier League table with a stunning 5-1 win against a toothless Newcastle United here at St James Park on Sunday.
Reds captain Steven Gerrard scored twice and had had it not been for Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given, the hosts could have been on the wrong end of a double-figure disaster after being completely outclassed.
Republic of Ireland international Given made five world-class saves in 10 minutes to prevent Newcastle from total capitulation before the midway point of the first-half.
The Arsenal target began his run of jaw-dropping stops in the 10th minute as he pushed away a fierce near post strike from lone Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt.
Within a minute England midfielder Gerrard weaved his wa…
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said the club s defence has already improved from last season, though they will face their first big test against Arsenal next week.
Liverpool have registered two wins from their opening two Premier League fixtures without conceding a goal after claiming a gritty 1-0 win at home to newly promoted Bournemouth on Monday.
The club s Achilles heel has been their defence in recent years, having conceded 48 goals last season and 50 in 2013-14. Before that, the last time Liverpool shipped more than 45 goals was back in 1998-99 when they let in 49 under Roy Evans and Gerard Houllier.
But Carragher ever reliable in the heart of Liverpool s defence between 1996 and 2013 believes the back four of Joe Gomez, Dejan Lovren, Martin Skrt…
Professional Footballers Association chief Gordon Taylor appeared to compare Ched Evans case to the Hillsborough tragedy on Thursday.
The 26-year-old Evans, a convicted rapist, saw his proposed move to Oldham collapse earlier in the day.
In a BBC radio interview, Taylor was asked about Evans insistence that he is innocent.
He wouldn’t be the first person or persons to have been found guilty and maintain their innocence and then been proven right,” he said in his reply.
“If we’re talking about things in football we know what happened, what was alleged to have happened, at Hillsborough and it’s now unravelling and we’re finding it was very different to how it was portrayed at the time, indeed by the police at the time.
Fresh inquests a…