FRISCO, Tex. — Clint Dempsey scored twice on headers, once in each half, and the United States opened the defense of its Concacaf Gold Cup title with a 2-1 victory over Honduras on Tuesday night.
Dempsey’s goals, coming in the 25th and 64th minutes, both were created by crosses from Michael Bradley, who took over the captain’s armband from Dempsey last week and was making his 100th international appearance.
Dempsey’s big night came in the same area of East Texas where he trained as a youth, and kept the Americans perfect without even a draw in 13 Gold Cup openers.