Matt Freese made three saves in six shootout attempts to lead the U.S. to victory over Costa Rica in the quarterfinals of the ...

The U.S. men's national soccer team defeated Costa Rica in a thrilling Concacaf Gold Cup quarterfinal that went to a penalty ...

Matt Freese saved three penalty kicks and Damion Downs scored the decisive penalty as the U.S. men’s national team beat Costa ...

Matt Freese made his biggest USMNT impact yet, making three penalty kick saves and rewarding Mauricio Pochettino's trust at ...

Matt Freese saved the U.S. men’s national soccer team from an embarrassing loss in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Minneapolis on ...

Freese made three saes in the shootout after regulation ended 2-2, with Diego Luna and Max Arfsten scoring the U.S.' goals.

Freese, 26, has started every match for the USMNT at this Gold Cup – a 5-0 defeat of Trinidad and Tobago, a 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia, and the 2-1 result vs. Haiti.

ST. LOUIS — When the Concacaf Gold Cup quarterfinal between the United States and Costa Rica on Sunday headed into a shootout, the mind games between Matt Freese and the shot takers commenced.

The USMNT looked as stagnant as ever, until Malik Tillman played a slick one-two with Patrick Agyemang. Tillman's cross came to nothing, but a Costa Rican follow-through caught his ankle. A few ...

United States goalkeeper Matthew Freese, front right, reacts toward the crowd after he saved enough Costa Rica penalty kicks for his team to prevail in a CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals soccer ...

U.S. goalkeeper Matt Freese nearly stopped the shot, but Calvo was able to get the shot through inside of the post. This is the first time that the U.S. has trailed in this year's Gold Cup tournament.