Colorado Rapids midfielder Jermaine Jones likes scoring goals.
He’s got three in seven games since joining the Rapids — that hot streak continued Tuesday as the U.S. international scorched a low finish past Costa Rican goalie Patrick Pemberton to put the Americans up 2-0 in the 37th minute of the Copa America Centenario group stage match. Seattle Sounders striker Clint Dempsey, who opened the scoring on a 9th-minute penalty kick, set up the Jones’ strike.
Jones is the first Rapids player to score a goal for the U.S. senior national team since Conor Casey scored a brace against Honduras in a World Cup qualifier in San Pedro Sula on Oct.