It was an uneventful game, until Crew coach Robert Warzycha pulled striker Steven Lenhart from the bench and into the game in the second half. On the 58^th minute, Lenhart scored the first goal giving the Crew team the lead.

On the 79^th minute, Robbie Rogers closed the deal with the second goal.

There were a few chances taken during the first half, but on the 45^th minute, Clarence Goodson took the lead with a header.

Then on the 89^th minute, Kenny Cooper sealed the victory.

El Tri opened the scoring in minute 23, after Judelin Aveska touched the ball with his hand inside the area and Israel Castro kicked the penalty but goalkeeper Jean Zephirin stopped it. Miguel Sabah found the rebound and took the lead for Mexico.

Mexico knew they could not speculate and had to chase the victory from the very beginning, something El Tri understood immediately.

With this result, Mexico reached the semifinals of the Gold Cup 2009, facing Costa Rica this week at Soldier Field in Chicago.

Panama was in the lead with a goal from Blas Perez in the first half, but Beckerman tied the score in the 49^th minute of the game.

Then on the 105^th minute, Kenny Cooper scored his penalty kick on the 105^th minute giving the US the victory.

Now the Americans remain in position to win their third straight CONCACAF Gold Cup.

 After a penalty goal from Walter Martinez in the 36^th minute of the game, Honduras maintained the 1-0 advantage and advanced to the semifinals of the Gold Cup 2009.

Panama scored four goals to beat Nicaragua 4-0. Goals from Blas Perez (minute 34), Gabriel Gomez (minute 55), and two from Luis Tejada (minutes 75, 87) made it impossible for the Nicaraguan team to catch their breath.

Panama’s strategy allowed them to secure the win with just a couple of goal chances. Nicaragua’s long shot by Armando Reyes was the only real attempt at goal keeper Penedo.

Nicaragua fell apart when the third goal by Luis Tejada came in on the 75^th minute of the game; then completely closed the deal with another on the 87^th minute.

Honduras had an easy time with Grenada.in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals. Honduras had a 2-0 lead at halftime, with goals from Martinez on the second minute and Espinoza.

Martinez sent a corner kick to the opposite side of the net in the 56th minute, and Melvin Valladares got his head on the ball and directed it downward on one bounce past goalkeeper Andray Baptiste.

The final goal came in the 67th minute on a penalty kick by Carlos Costly.

The US led with the first goal of the game.

Then, Haiti had taken the lead with goals in the first four minutes of the second half by Sirin Vaniel and Mones Chery.

Until, Stuart Holden shot a 25-footer past goalkeeper Jean Dominique Zephirin into the upper right corner in the first minute of second-half injury time, giving the United States a 2-2 tie.

 The United States had just two minutes left to avoid its first loss ever in CONCACAF Gold Cup group play.

Omar Cummings’ goal has eliminated El Salvador from the final CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A.

Cummings received the pass from Luton Shelton’s and converted on a shot past goalkeeper Miguel Montes in the 69th minute.

El Salvador had three opportunities at tying the match. In the 84th minute, goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts deflected Rodolfo Zelaya’s point-blank header inside the 6-yard box.

And it looks like Canada has obtain their place in the quarter-finals of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Canada, who won their opening games against Jamaica and El Salvador, secure a top spot in Group A.

Costa Rica took the lead in the 22nd minute when Andy Herron cut inside from the right wing to fire home, but Canada quickly turned the game on its head as Patrice Bernier equalised almost immediately.

Marcel de Jong’s long-range effort then put Canada ahead before Walter Centeno’s free-kick earned Costa Rica a share of the spoils.

This is Haiti’s first Gold Cup win since 2002.  Fabrice Noel’s goal gave the Haiti team a 1 to 0 score at half time. Then on the 78^th minute, James Marcelin added the second, giving Haiti a 2-0 victory over Grenada in CONCACAF Gold Cup group play.

Noel’s goal came off a free kick by Brunel Fucien into a crowd in the middle of the penalty area. Noel deflected it into the net.

Marcelin took a pass from Raymond Ednerson, beat a defender at the top left-hand corner of the penalty area, and then converted his one-on-one chance against goalkeeper Desmond Noel.

Coach Carlos De los Cobos will enter the tournament with El Salvador players ready to perform at the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Their main players to face this competition are keeper Miguel Montes, defender Alfredo Pacheco and strikers Cristian Castillo and Rodolfo Zelaya.

For Costa Rica, coach Rodrigo Kenton will give players who missed the Qualifiers a chance at the tournament, along with his key players like defenders Freddy Fernandez and Harold Wallace, midfielders Walter Centeno and Celso Borges, and striker Alvaro Saborio.