Mexico beats Costa Rica, advances to Concacaf Gold Cup semifinal

ARLINGTON, Texas — Orbelin Pineda scored on a penalty kick within the 52nd minute, Erick Sanchez added a objective within the 87th and Mexico beat Costa Rica 2-0 Saturday night time to succeed in the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals.

Mexico will play Guatemala or Jamaica on Wednesday at Las Vegas for a berth within the last on July 16 at Inglewood, California.

Pineda bought his second objective of the event and ninth in 58 worldwide appearances, sending his kick to the left of goalkeeper Kevin Chamorro, who reacted the opposite means. Mexico was awarded the penalty by Honduran referee Said Martinez when Kendall Waston charged into the again of Henry Martin.

Sanchez entered within the 84th minute and scored his second worldwide objective, from Roberto Alvarado’s cutback cross.

In the primary sport, Panama routed invited visitor Qatar 4-0 and superior to a semifinal in opposition to the United States or Canada on Wednesday at San Diego. Ismael Diaz scored a hat trick in a span of simply over 9 minutes of the second half.

Edgar Barcenas put Panama forward within the nineteenth, and Diaz added targets within the 56th, 63rd and sixty fifth minutes.

The U.S. performs Canada on Sunday at Cincinnati within the second sport of a doubleheader opening with Guatemala-Jamaica.