A tournament that began with the surreal subversions of Florent Maloudaended in predictable fashion as the hosts won their sixth Gold Cup A tournament that began with Gold Cup 2017(@GoldCup) GOAL United States,@ussoccer#GoldCup2017July 27, 2017 The goal felt like a significant moment in Morris young career, and the win a general confidencebooster that continues the positive mood under the management of Bruce Arena, now unbeaten in 14 matches in his second spell in charge of the US. Morris was at fault for Jamaicas goal. I was trying to make up for it any way I could, the Seattle Sounders striker told Fox Sports. Distraught by the manner of defeat, Jamaica should still feel proud at their unexpectedly strong showing in this competition. They did not even reach the final Hexagonal round of 2018 World Cup qualifying, finishing bottom of a fourth-round group featuring Costa Rica, Panama and Haiti. They got to Santa Clara bymore than 80,000 watched Barcelona face Manchester United in a pre-season friendly on the east coast - figures that reflect reverence for European giants but also indicate the modest appeal of a tournament with limited star power that takes place in the same country every two years. Good results have allowed Arena to experiment without being depicted as a mad scientist. The US looked tepid in the group phase but Arena used the Gold Cups preposterous roster rules to bring in six fresh players for the knock-out stage, a power-up that made a crucial difference in this match when they eliminated theand tied Landon Donovans US all-time goalscoring record, was again a substitute. And the US again looked most dangerous after he came on. For the first time since taking charge last year, Arena named an unchanged line-up from the previous game, meaning Altidore and Morris in attack. Jamaicas clean sheet against Mexico owed much to the shot-stopping prowess of their goalkeeper and one of the best players of the tournament, Andre Blake, who plays his club soccer for the Philadelphia Union. @JozyAltidore No. 27 |@ItsTheJFFpic.twitter.com/7QDscOMzUE
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