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HOUSTON -- Things are lining up brilliantly for a U.S. soccer team still looking to put things right after some unappealing results. In the Twitter universe, you'd hashtag this one #WeekOfRedemption.
The United States has reached the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals thanks to its best performance since South Africa 2010, a comfortable 2-0 quarterfinal win Sunday over Jamaica.
Now the Americans will have no shortage of motivation when they meet Panama inside Reliant Stadium in Wednesday's first semifinal. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET (Fox Soccer and Univision). Mexico faces Honduras to cap the doubleheader; winners meet Saturday in the Rose Bowl with a coveted berth in the 2013 Confederations Cup at stake.
For now, a U.S. team with growing confidence has a chance to make amends for its most shocking loss ever in a meaningful competition. It was just more than a week ago in Tampa when so many U.S. issues -- the slow starts, the lack of quality strikers and the predictable tactics, most notably -- were laid bare in a dreary 2-1 loss to Panama in group play. It was the first U.S. loss ever in Gold Cup group play, and the first loss to Panama period.
A subsequent 1-0 win over tiny Guadeloupe only muffled the cavalcade of fan and media excoriation, although it did position Bob Bradley's side for a run at vindication.
That came in part against Jamaica, which had looked like a team on the rise but suffered from U.S. adjustments and the fresh legs of two strategic replacements. Bradley got the personnel and tactics right, while midfielder Jermaine Jones and others found their confidence at just the right moment.
Panama can still cause problems Wednesday, of course. But they certainly have the U.S. players' attention, so there will be no sneaking up on the hosts this time.
"So, we will face USA once again, but I think this time is going to be very different from the match we played in the previous stage; it will be very complicated," Panama coach Julio Dely Valdes said.
Complicated, indeed. One complication is the 30 extra minutes of soccer for the men of La Marea Roja, who needed extra time, penalty kicks and lady luck to overcome El Salvador in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. Panama extended the quarterfinal into extra time thanks to a controversial goal.
As Panama trailed by one in the dying moments, pressing desperately, striker Luis Tejada maneuvered through a crowded goal mouth chaos to pounce on a free ball inside the six. Salvadoran goalkeeper Miguel Montes found himself inside the goal but appeared to reach out and prevent Tejada's hopeful header from crossing the line. Officials saw it differently and awarded the goal. Neither team scored in the extra period, but Panama boldly converted all five tiebreaker penalty kicks to advance. (Where are those UEFA Champions League-type goal judges when you need them?
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Panama will surely have a few fans under the Reliant Stadium roof, but the numbers are unlikely to match what El Salvador could have put inside Houston's NFL stadium. (As it is, many of the 70000-plus inside the sold out grounds will likely be wearing
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