U.S., Panama in final

Fri., July 22, 2005

Associated Press

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – John O’Brien and Oguchi Onyewu scored in the final seven minutes, rallying the United States to a 2-1 victory over Honduras on Thursday night in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Mario Ivan Guerrero scored in the 30th minute for Honduras, the last regional rival to win at the United States, a World Cup qualifier at Washington at September 2001.

Honduras, eliminated last year in the semifinals of World Cup qualifying, was headed to a shocking upset but O’Brien scored the tying goal in the 86th minute after Onyewu played the ball into the penalty area. It bounced off Landon Donovan, and Honduran defender Erick Vallecilo poked the ball to O’Brien, who scored from 8 yards for his first international goal since the 2002 World Cup opener against Portugal.

Then, two minutes into injury time, Donovan sent a free kick to Onyewu, whose header from 4 yards beat goalkeeper Junior Morales for his first goal in eight games with the national team.

“Panama, ranked lower than all but one team in the Gold Cup, advanced to the tournament final by beating Colombia 3-2.

Panama, which is 83rd in the world, will play the United States in Sunday’s final.

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