The United States might have taken an early lead against Mexico in the Gold Cup final, but they're still getting pretty thoroughly outplayed by their opponents in Pasadena, with El Tri threatening on every attack and the United States looking shoddy on defence. It is, of course, Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez who looks more likely to put the ball in the back of Tim Howard's net, and the Manchester United striker came within inches of doing just that when he laid in a lovely click from a long ball following a Mexico throw on their right.
Gold Cup Final 2011 Score, USA Vs. Mexico: Chicharito Hits Post
Howard was well beaten and the ball bounced agonisingly off the base of his post and bobbled away. Hernandez chased afterwards, hoping to generate another chance, but although he did manage to pick it up his enthusiasm was rather tempered by the offside flag being raise. A goal wouldn’t have counted anyway. It’s yet another dangerous attack from Mexico, though, who’ve already had several legitimate goalscoring chances spurned. Stil 1-0 USA Pasadena.
For more on how the two teams got to this point, check out our USA vs. Panama stream and our Mexico vs. Honduras stream. For more updates leading up to USA vs. Mexico, bookmark this StoryStream. For all of our previous Gold Cup coverage, check out the Gold Cup 2011 section. For more on Mexican football, including the Mexican national team, the Mexico vs. USA game, and the Mexican Primera, check out SB Nation’s Mexican football blog FMF State Of Mind.
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