The second half starts with Landon Donovan replacing Kljestan. Don't ask me why he didn't start for the second game in a row. As far as I know, he didn't attend any weddings last night.
Panama makes a decent run but get called offsides.
Dempsey wins a free kick outside Panama's box.
Jesus, both Donovan and Jones go down on the field with possible injuries. Hope they're OK.
Well I guess Jones is fine, he just won a ridiculous 50-50 ball with a couple super athletic touches. More energy in that one play than his team has showed for basically the entire match so far.
U.S. is getting stagnant now, I swear if they lose to Panama again, Bradley should be fired on the spot. There's no excuse.
Good run by Lichaj but his cross was too fast for Bedoya to connect on. Finally, some life from the U.S. in the second half and a chance.
Panama with its best chance of the game but they can't connect on a cross that was right on top of Howard.
Freddy Adu is set to come in, don't know yet for who. This illustrates how desperate Bradley is, turning to a guy that hasn't played for the U.S. in years. Yikes.
Adu is in for Agudelo, haha he hasn't played for the U.S. since 2009. Disappointing game for Agudelo, he lacked creativity and his decision making was bad all night.
The U.S. seems to have gotten a spark with Adu coming on, they win a corner.
Bocanegra gets a yellow card for the slightest push you'll ever see. Ugh, don't start handing out cards like that please.
Cooper hammers a shot that Howard deflects over for a corner. Cooper is out for (Edgar?) Renteria.
There we go. Adu finds Donovan, who gives Dempsey a perfect cross that he redirects in. 1-0 U.S. in the 76th minute.
Dempsey's 22nd goal for the USMNT, ahead of Bruce Murray and two behind Joe-Max Moore.
Howard with a routine save, Cherundolo forced the shot with a tackle.
Godoy for Gomez and Torres in for Panama, Barahona out. Last changes for Panama.
Wow, Adu makes a crazy run to keep the ball in play and give it back to Bradley.
Adu wins a corner, mature play. U.S. just needs to milk the clock at this point.
Three minutes of added time and that's before Jones gets cleated up high (possibly in the face).
Ball gets flicked on by Panama in U.S. box but they shoot it wide. U.S. defense did a nice job collapsing on that offensive player.
Final: U.S. 1, Panama 0
It's all about Donovan and Adu's work off the bench. Making Bob Bradley look like a genius (which is pretty hard to do). The U.S. didn't play particularly great but they got the result and didn't have to sweat it out in extra time.
Mexico faces Honduras at 10 p.m. in the other Gold Cup semifinal. As a U.S. fan, you have to want Mexico since it's their biggest rival but Honduras is a much more beatable team. Who to root for?
The final is Saturday night at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
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