Costa
Rica 1 - 1 Mexico
El Tri win on penalties
| Scoring Summary | |
| Costa Rica | Mexico |
| Froylan Ledezma (90) | Miguel Sabah (pen miss 57) |
| Guillermo Franco (88) | |
| Match Stats | ||
| Costa Rica | Mexico | |
| Shots (on Goal) | 12(7) | 11(6) |
| Fouls | 11 | 6 |
| Corner Kicks | 8 | 5 |
| Offsides | 2 | 0 |
| Time of Possession | 0% | 0% |
| Yellow Cards | 5 | 2 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Saves | 5 | 6 |
| Match Information |
| Stadium: Soldier Field, Chicago, United States
Attendance: Match Time: 22:00 ET Official(s): Roberto Moreno (Referee) |
| Teams | |
| Costa Rica | Mexico |
| 1 K Navas | 1 Francisco Guillermo Ochoa |
| 3 Freddy Fernández | 5 Fausto Pinto |
| 15 Harold Wallace Mcdonald | 8 Israel Castro |
| 2 Dario Delgado | 21 Juan Valenzuela |
| 20 Dennis Marshall | 2 Johnny Magallón |
| 5 Celso Borges Mota | 22 Efraín Juárez |
| 14 Armando Alonso Rodriguez | 6 Gerardo Torrado |
| 6 Cristian Oviedo | 13 pablo barrera |
| 7 Pablo Brenes | 7 Alberto Medina |
| 11 Andy Herron | 14 Miguel Sabah |
| 9 Alvaro Saborío | 17 Giovani Dos Santos |
| Substitutes | |
| 17 Pablo Herrera Barrantes | José Castro 15 |
| 19 Warren Granados | Guillermo Franco 10 |
| 21 Froylan Ledezma | Carlos Vela 11 |
| Substitutions | |
| Pablo
Herrera Barrantes for Pablo
Brenes (58) |
José
Castro for pablo
barrera (53) |
| Froylan
Ledezma for Armando
Alonso Rodriguez (67) |
Guillermo
Franco for Miguel
Sabah (70) |
| Warren
Granados for Andy
Herron (90) |
Carlos
Vela for Fausto
Pinto (80) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Andy
Herron (22) |
Gerardo
Torrado (19) |
| Dario
Delgado (26) |
Juan
Valenzuela (48) |
| Dennis
Marshall (69) |
|
| Freddy
Fernández (82) |
|
| Cristian
Oviedo (94) |
|
| · Club Rosters: Costa Rica | Mexico | |
Updated: July 23, 2009, 3:00 AM ET
Mexico beat Costa Rica on penalties in a tense semi-final on Thursday to reach the CONCACAF Gold Cup final where they will play the United States, 2-0 victors over Honduras. Costa Rica's Froylan Ledezma went from hero to villain, equalising in injury time at 1-1 but then missing the penalty in the shootout that cost his team a place in the final. Costa Rica had plenty of chances to get the lead against Mexico, Armando Alonso hit the post in the 12th minute, but Mexico should have been ahead at the break when Giovani Dos Santos headed wide from in front of goal. Mexico were awarded a penalty in the 58th minute when Costa Rica defender Freddy Fernandez was ruled to have handled the ball but Miguel Sabah's soft penalty was easily saved by Keilor Navas. The Mexicans looked to have grabbed a fortunate victory when they went ahead in the 88th minute, Guillermo Franco scrambling the ball home, but the celebrations from the large Mexican crowd at Soldier Field proved premature. In the second minute of injury time Ledezma raced on to a flick on from Alvaro Saborio, ran past the hesitating Mexican defence and rocketed home a fine shot. Again Costa Rica had the better opportunities in extra-time but with no breakthrough the game was decided by spot kicks -- Ledezma being the only man failing to score. The forward's well struck penalty was superbly saved by Mexico keeper Guillermo Ochoa and Carlos Vela kept his cool to give the Mexicans a chance at revenge for their loss to the United States in the final two years ago. Sunday's final will be held at Giants Stadium in New York.