The USA didn’t make it easy, but they pulled it off. The U.S. national team gave up a goal after just 60 seconds, but it managed to turn the result around for a big 2-1 World Cup qualifying victory over Costa Rica in Columbus.
After Keysher Fuller bounced a cross into the back of the net in Costa Rica’s first attack inside the first minute, the USA equalized with a stunning goal by Sergino Dest and then scored the game-winner on a shot by Tim Weah that went off the post and the Costa Rican ‘keeper.
Against the youngest World Cup qualifying starting lineup ever fielded by the U.S. national team, a decidedly older Costa Rican side struggled to keep up. That was most evident at 1-1 when Costa Rica’s 36-year-old captain Bryan Ruiz intercepted a U.S. pass and was breaking in one-on-one against the goalkeeper. But 24-year-old defender Miles Robinson recovered to make up for his mistake and poked the ball away.
The U.S. national team closes out the October window with 11 points from six matches and is guaranteed to occupy one of the top three places in the standings, which will give an automatic berth to the teams that finish there in March.
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