The United States men’s soccer team’s three wins so far at the CONCACAF Gold Cup have come against teams with vastly less talent and fewer resources. Now the Americans are going to pick on someone their own size.
Costa Rica will provide a great test in Saturday’s semifinal (10 p.m., Fox Sports 1 and Univision) — and more importantly, a needed one.
Victories against Martinique, Nicaragua and El Salvador don’t say much about whether players battling for the last spots on the 2018 World Cup roster are good enough to make it.
(Though beating those teams only by small margins might say something consequential.