FRISCO: United States soccer star Clint Dempsey came up with two massive goals in a 2-1 victory in Gold Cup opener against Honduras.
Dempsey relieved the pressure of a difficult opening period by nodding home a rebound after 25 minutes to place the Americans in front. He doubled the lead shortly after the hour with a prototypical back-post header from an enticing cross by Michael Bradley. Carlos Discua rounded off a neat Honduran move after 69 minutes to thrust the outcome in doubt once more.
Estados Unidos sufre, pero gana http://t.co/za1dQ6m18t a Honduras con doblete de #Dempsey #goles #CopaOro #GoldCup pic.twitter.com/SmLcjysPoJ
— Hoy Deportes (@hoydeportes_USA) July 8, 2015
Honduras pressed hard in the closing minutes, but couldn’t find a second goal to scrape a point, and the U.S. held on for a big, if nervy, result.
United States: Guzan; Johnson, Brooks, Alvarado, Chandler (Evans 63′), Zardes, Beckerman, Bradley, Yedlin, Dempsey, Altidore (Wondolowski 59′)
Goals: Dempsey (25′, 64′)
Honduras: Escober; Beckeles, M. Figueroa, Palacios, H. Figueroa, Crisanto, Najar (Quioto 63′), Acosta, Mejia, Martinez (Discua 69′), Lozano
Goals: Discua (69′)
