The United States men's national team are through to the Gold Cup semifinals after beating Costa Rica in a dramatic penalty shootout on Sunday. The U.S. and Los Ticos tied 2-2 in regulation, and it was a 4-3 win in the shootout as goalkeeper Matt Freese may have just put himself in pole position to be the team's starting goalkeeper at the World Cup next year with numerous crucial saves.

The USMNT looked as stagnant as ever, until Malik Tillman played a slick one-two with Patrick Agyemang. Tillman's cross came to nothing, but a Costa Rican follow-through caught his ankle. A few minutes later, referee Walter Lopez went to the monitor, and, after a VAR review, pointed to the penalty spot.