USA's Clint Dempsey (Photo : USA Soccer)
The 2015 Gold Cup is now in the semifinals stage and the United States and Jamaica booked the first two seats in the final four of this summer's tournament. Their match will be held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, July 22.
After emerging victorious in the quarterfinals against separate rivals, Team USA and the Reggae Boyz are set to contest the first spot in the final.
The defending champions crushed Cuba, 6-0, in their quarterfinal meeting last Saturday at the M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, as reported by The Guardian.
Fulham forward Clint Dempsey completed a hat-trick, the first of his international career, to lead the unstoppable US charge against the hard luck Cuban eleven.
Meanwhile, the Jamaicans turned back a gritty challenge by fellow Caribbean team Haiti, 1-0, in their quarterfinal encounter on the same stadium in Maryland, as per Fox Sports.
The lone goal was scored by Houston Dynamo attacking midfielder Giles Barnes in the opening minutes of the match, which Winfried Schäfer's men ended up shielding continuous Les Grenadiers' attacks almost the whole time.
Jamaica's defense will be tested against the feverish American offense as Jürgen Klinsmann's squad prepare themselves to enter the final and win a second consecutive Gold Cup.
The predicted result is a 3-0 romp by the United States against Jamaica. Team USA's firepower is the best in the whole tourney and there is no defense that could possibly outmatch it so far. If Schäfer could not control Dempsey, then they are in serious trouble.
United States starting lineup (4-1-4-1 formation): Guzan; Alvarado, Johnson, Gonzales, Chandler; Beckerman; Johansson, Dempsey, Zardes, Bedoya; Bradley
Jamaica starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Miller; Lawrence, Austin, Morgan, Mariappa; Taylor, Watson, McAnuff, McCleary; Mattocks, Barnes
