United States of America 2 - Panama 0

Seattle and its raucous crowd welcomed Panama to a true home-field advantage for the United States of America.  United States were without concussed Jermaine Jones and suspended Graham Zusi.  Panama were without the injured Blas Perez.  Jozy Altidore was taken down in the box by Panama defender Roman Torres, but the correct call for a penalty was not made.  However, the United States did not waste any time sulking and were back at it two minutes later.  Michael Bradley dribbled up the pitch and pushed out wide left for Fabian Johnson, whose one-time pass through the box found an open Jozy Altidore at the back post for the finish.  The Americans took the 1-0 lead into the locker room, but a later surge by Panama made many wonder if the home side would suffer from lack of confidence after the restart.

A quick ball forward from Geoff Cameron after winning a loose ball sprung Eddie Johnson beyond the offside trap of the Canaleros.  Johnson shot around the goalkeeper from thirteen yards to put the Yanks up 2-0.  With ten minutes left in the match, Damarcus Beasley hit the post off a nice lay off from Altidore, saving Panama from further ignominy.  United States goalkeeper Tim Howard came off his line smartly in stoppage time to block a Rolando Blackburn shot and preserve the shutout.  United States win 2-0 and go top of the table in CONCACAF.

USA 10 pts +3
Costa Rica 8 pts +2
Mexico 8 pts +1
Honduras 7 pts 0
Panama 6 pts 0
Jamaica 2 pts -6

Goals
United States of America
Jozy Altidore 36
Eddie Johnson 53

Match Reports:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130612/usa-panama-player-ratings-world-cup-qualifier/?sct=sc_wr_a2
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130612/usa-win-panama-world-cup-qualifier.ap/

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbusEx91mXk