The largest U.S. Soccer craft, apart from a defensive error from Cuba, who yesterday made the Americans won 0-1 in a match that took much morbidity, but little football. With this victory, for the second day of Group A of the CONCACAF World Cup by knockout, United States puts foot and a half in the next phase sum for six points in two games visit.
For its part, Cuba has matches played by defeats at home, and leaves almost virtually zero their options go to the hexagonal.
Despite the great atmosphere generated local supporters confident a victory quite difficult, the first encounter between Cubans and Americans in more than half a century will go down in history not for its good level.
Under the rain that was presented in the afternoon in the Cuban capital, Cuban Americans and offered a lot of fighting, but little technical quality.
Cuba has cared from the start to close up spaces, appealed to counterattack and abused the pelotazo long and driving.
For its part, visitors are planted well and tried to seize the development offered Edu, but showed few ideas about the rival goal.
The local ceded ground as they progressed the first time, but endured through the order domain visitor until 40 minutes in a ball badly cleared by Yeni Marquez was peaks in the area and Clint Dempsey just had to accommodate the body to finish and put the 0-1.
The Cuban team not dropped their arms in the second half, as instructed by noting Linares Howard with a shot that went around the frame.
However, the U.S. threw its experience, lowered the pace of the game and took the handle of the commitment to put the scare in the body of Cubans with two distant shots and a shot to empty door that Beasley rose.
Thanks to this the victory led by Bob Bradley are leaders in group A with six units.
Now be prepared to receive Trinidad and Tobago next Wednesday in Bridgeview.
