CARSON, California (Reuters) - Rodney Wallace scored the only goal of the match in the 65th minute to lift Costa Rica to a 1-0 victory over the United States in an international friendly at the Home Depot Center on Friday.
Costa Rica took the lead when United States keeper Tim Howard pulled off a brilliant save from an unmarked Michael Barrantes shot in the area but was unable to prevent Wallace from heading in the rebound.
"Once they scored, they were sitting back and playing on the counter-attack and that made it even more difficult," U.S. coach Juergen Klinsmann told reporters. "They kind of put up a wall with 10 guys in front of the 18-yard box."
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