Pulisic has hat trick in 5-1 win, US on brink of World Cup
Only a loss of six or more goals Wednesday night in the qualifying finale at Costa Rica would cause the Americans not to finish among the top three nations in North and Central America and the Caribbean and claim an automatic berth.
His 65th-minute goal was an exquisite finish. After Luca de la Torre and Antonee Robinson twice exchanged passes, Robinson crossed. With his back to the goal, a spinning Pulisic took a touch with his left leg, spun around Fidel Escobar, dummied the ball through his own legs, poked the ball with his right foot through the legs of Andrés Andrade and slotted the ball over the left leg of sliding goalkeeper of Luis Mejía.
Godoy scored Panama’s goal in the 86th with a header from 11 Éric Davis’ free kick that beat Zack Steffen. While the U.S. has never won at Costa Rica, goal difference is the first tiebreaker, and the Americans are plus-13 to the Ticos’ plus-three. The U.S. also has the second tiebreaker of total goals, 21 to 11.After reaching the World Cup for the first time in 2018, Panama was eliminated.
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