US, Panama reach semis
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China Daily, June 21, 2011
Panama booked their CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal berth in dramatic style on Sunday, beating El Salvador 5-3 on penalties after Luis Tejada equalized in the 90th minute.
Panama lined up another match against its Group C rival the United States, which had second-half goals from Jermaine Jones and Clint Dempsey in a 2-0 victory over Jamaica in the quarter-finals of the regional championship for North and Central America and the Caribbean.
In the second match of the day's doubleheader at RFK Stadium, Tejada's 90th-minute strike answered the penalty converted by Rodolfo Zelaya in the 78th for El Salvador.
Tejada converted in the penalty shootout, making the clinching shot after Nelson Barahona, Luis Renteria, Anibal Godoy and Amilcar Henriquez converted.
Panama goalkeeper Jaime Penedo stopped the first penalty he faced in the decider, from El Salvador's Dennis Alas.
