USA DAWN: NEWS AND UPDATES

The U.S. men's national team met Costa Rica at Chicago's Soldier Field knowing it could not lose, or else its Copa America Centenario would have been over after two matches. It avoided that doomsday scenario with room to spare.  Following a 2-0 loss to Colombia, the U.S. rebounded against its CONCACAF foe, winning 4-0 on first-half goals from Clint Dempsey, Jermaine Jones and Bobby Wood and a late tally from substitute Graham Zusi. Given U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati's most recent comments about the USA's results of late, made just hours before the opening kick, Jurgen Klinsmann may have needed the result, which puts the Americans in position to advance to the knockout stage when playing Paraguay in its group finale on Saturday. Klinsmann turned to the exact same starting lineup that played against Colombia on Friday night. Brad Guzan was in goal; DeAndre Yedlin, Geoff Cameron, John Brooks and Fabian Johnson were in front of him; Alejandro Bedoya, ...