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Episode 54: USA 2, Costa Rica 0, and January Camp ends on a high note

Scuffed | USMNT, World Cup, Yanks Abroad, futbol in America
Scuffed | USMNT, World Cup, Yanks Abroad, futbol in America
Episode • Feb 3, 2019 • 1h 16m

The USA beat Costa Rica 2-0 on Saturday in San Jose, California, with a couple of goals in the last 10 minutes. This was a Costa Rica side that was a bit stouter than the Panamanian opponent a week ago, and another convincing Concacaf friendly win for Berhalter.

  • 0:30 Daryl Grove's GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/team-daryl-grove
  • 1:30 the lineup vs Costa Rica and what it means
  • 17:00 timeline of big chances and goals, player-by-player chats (the defense, the so-so guys, and the ones who tried hard)
  • 55:55 the stock-up performers from January Camp (Lletget, Arriola and sort of Lewis and Ramirez)
  • 1:02:00 overall takeaway, first-choice XIs, quick European check-in

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