After silencing critics to advance to the Copa America Centenario semi-finals, star forward Clint Dempsey said the United States have set their sights on winning the tournament on home soil.
Dempsey scored his 52nd international goal as USA overcame Ecuador 2-1 in Thursday's quarter-final in Seattle, as both teams ended the match with 10 men following red cards to Jermaine Jones and Antonio Valencia.
Host nation USA were not given much of a chance after going down 2-0 to Colombia in the tournament opener but Jurgen Klinsmann's men have won three matches in succession as a potential semi-final showdown with last year's runners-up Argentina looms.
"We're going to give it everything we can," he said afterwards. "We're trying to get to the final. We're going to try to win it.
"You don't get a lot of opportunities in a major competition to go all the way. That's what we're going to try to do."
It was a happy homecoming for Dempsey - USA's second all-time leading scorer - at CenturyLink Field.
"It's always great to do it when you're at home," Dempsey said. "It's always great to do it for the States. It's what you dream about as a kid. So I'm blessed.
"Hopefully we can keep going. We're still alive in this tournament. And we're in the semi-finals of a major competition. So we're happy."
