Salvadoran referee Ivan Barton shows a red card to Team USA forward Tim Weah during the Copa América tournament Group C match between Panama and the United States on Thursday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. ATLANTA — Tim Weah is usually as cool and graceful on the soccer field as off it, but in a moment of madness Thursday, the 24-year-old winger put the U.S. national team in a terrible spot. And because of it, a berth in the Copa América quarterfinals now hangs in the balance.
Even a draw would have created high drama entering the Group C finale Monday against Uruguay in Kansas City, Mo. But because it lost, the United States is almost certainly going to need to beat the group favorites. Uruguay , 15-time champions of this event, played Bolivia late Thursday.Panama also finished with 10 men after Adalberto Carrasquilla was red-carded for a brutal foul on Christian Pulisic in the 88th minute. By then, however, Fajardo, a former D.C.
Panama lost its Copa América opener to Uruguay, 3-1, on Sunday, but a late goal provided a silver lining and a dose of belief heading into the U.S. match. As they did against Bolivia, the Americans executed a set piece to score — except this one did not count. Panama answered four minutes later. Robinson disrupted Cesar Blackman’s initial bid from the top of the box, but Blackman stayed with it and drove a slithering shot beyond Matt Turner’s reach and into the left corner.Berhalter turned to his bench for injury and tactical reasons. Turner, who had been treated for a right shoulder ailment following a first-half collision, was unable to continue and yielded to Horvath. Cardoso replaced Adams and, with the U.S.
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