The USMNT responded to squad rotation with a 1-0 shutout of Panama to win group D at the 2019 Gold Cup. Jozy Altidore's goal made the difference in the 1-0 result. Now, the USMNT focuses on surprise team Curacao in Sunday's quarterfinal in Philadelphia (8pm ET - FS1). It's not the kind of test the USMNT expected to start the knockout rounds, but playing an underdog is its own challenge.

MLSsoccer's Matthew Doyle on what the USMNT showed with a different lineup against Panama. ESPN's Jeff Carlisle with USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter talking about the belief in the squad. Pro Soccer Talk's Daniel Karell's takeaways from the USMNT win. American Soccer Now's Brian Sciaretta runs the numbers for the USMNT.

Week 17 got a Wednesday start with six MLS games on the Wednesday night schedule. New England drew Philadelphia 1-1 at home. Brandon Bye put the Revs up in the 31st with Kacper Przybylko equalizing in the 84th minute. Both teams finished with four shots on goal.

"You know, you like to believe that you can close the game out and walk off with three points, but give Philadelphia credit," Revolution coach Bruce Arena said. "They pushed hard in the second half. I thought they got through the midfield too easy and put our back line under pressure too often. We had a couple opportunities, perhaps, to get a second goal and maybe put the game away, and failed to do that. So, you become a little bit of a better team, you get a clean sheet tonight and perhaps three points. But a fair result. I’m not arguing about that."

DC United shutout Orlando City 1-0 at Audi Field. Wayne Rooney scored from beyond the halfway line in the 10th minute with goalkeeper Bill Hamid making three saves to keep the clean sheet.

Toronto got an early goal and a comeback in a 3-2 win over Atlanta at BMO Field. Tsubasa Endoh scored in the opening minute for the Reds. Atlanta's Gonzalo Martinez converted a 17th minute penalty with Julian Gressel putting United up in the 22nd. Alejandro Pozuelo equalized for Toronto in the 27th, winning the game by converting a penalty four minutes into stoppage time. Atlanta got a late penalty of their own, but couldn't convert.

"Sometimes you make penalties, sometimes you don’t," Atlanta goalkeeper Brad Guzan said. "It is what it is. I’m more frustrated and disappointed in the way we played for ninety minutes because it certainly wasn’t good enough. We knew it was going to be a tough game. You come to toronto and you know they are going to be organized. Always a good team performance and today was no different. When you gift them a goal a minute into the game you really got your work cut out."

Montreal beat Portland 2-1 at home. Orji Okwonkwo put the Impact up in the 28th with Tomas Conechny equalizing in the 53rd. Okwonko scored again in the 66th minute.

"We suffered a little due to the fact that we haven’t played in a game-type scenario in three weeks, which is a very long time," Montreal coach Remi Garde said. "The field is a lot larger than in training. I knew a few of us would suffer. But you need to learn how to suffer on a football field, and today we wanted to suffer together, for one another, and we made it through."

FC Dallas and Vancouver drew 2-2 in Frisco. Dallas took a 2-0 lead with goals from Jesus Ferreira in the 55th and Ryan Hollingshead in the 59th. Yordy Reyna pulled a goal back for the Whitecaps in the 81st with Lucas Venuto equalizing four minutes into stoppage time.

San Jose shutout Houston 2-0 at Avaya Stadium. Valeri Qazaishvili scored in the 22nd and 78th minutes with Daniel Vega making one save to keep the clean sheet.

"We prepare the same way for every game," Vega said. "We trust in our play and our players. We knew that they were down a few players, two or three very important players, but I think it's more important how we played. If we keep playing this way, the way we played today, it's difficult to beat us."

SI.com's Brian Straus looks at MLS expansion efforts in Charlotte. The Guardian's Jonathan Wilson explains the underdog issue at the Copa America.

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