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US Men Win Gold Cup Soccer Tournament VOA Sports 3 Feb 2002 03:32 UTC 
The U.S. Men's soccer team has won the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament for the second time with a 2-0 win over Costa Rica in Pasadena, California.
Josh Wolff scored for the U.S. men in the 37th minute and Jeff Agoos added another score in the 63rd minute. For Agoos, it was his first goal in six years for the U.S. national team. The last time the Americans won the Gold Cup was in 1991.
Meanwhile in the third place game, Canada defeated World Cup co-host South Korea, 2-1. Dwayne DeRosario scored in the 34th minute to give Canada the win. Kim Do-Hoon scored both for South Korea and Canada. In the 15th minute he scored for South Korea, but in the 33rd Kim evened the game with an own goal.
Canada did not qualify for this year's World Cup, but South Korea had an automatic berth as co-host with Japan.
Some information for this report provided by AP.
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