USA vs. El Salvador: Score, Grades and Post-Match Reaction

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Published: July 21, 2013

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The United States rolled to a 5-1 win over El Salvador in the 2013 Gold Cup quarterfinals Sunday afternoon in Baltimore. It was a nice victory for the Americans, and Jurgen Klinsmann will have plenty of positives to take from this match after Team USA's ninth consecutive victory.

The United States were able to get on the board in the 21st minute after what was a great piece of strategy. The Americans executed a short corner, which allowed Landon Donovan to get free along the flank. He was bearing down on goal but then hit a great ball back to Clarence Goodson, who did well to hit it with his first touch and put the ball into net.



It was one of the rare occasions where you see a pre-planned play actually work on the pitch, noted Sports Illustrated's Brian Straus.



Men in Blazers podcast co-host Roger Bennett had plenty of praise for Donovan.



All of Team USA's progress was almost undone five minutes later.



Nick Rimando came up with a great double save in the 26th minute. First he made a great reaction save and got a foot to a shot from close range by Andres Flores. Then, Rimando quickly got into position and sprawled out to knock away a shot from Rodolfo Zelaya. It was a brilliant piece of keeping from Rimando.

The Shin Guardian wasn't sure the 34-year-old was of this world:



Brian Sciaretta of The New York Times Goal Blog accurately points out that Rimando is just the third-best keeper on the U.S. squad:



Just three minutes later, the United States got on the board again, courtesy of Joe Corona. It was a great individual effort, as he was able to get a couple of defenders on the ground after receiving a pass from Chris Wondolowski. That gave Corona time and opened up space with which he could much more easily place his shot in the bottom left corner.



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