Ok so its FIFA qualifiers again and Costa Rica will receive team USA on Wednesday. But before I start talking about this, let me congratulate Liberia Mia on their first Championship, they beat Herediano with a 3-0 aggregate… it was about time for a ¨small¨ team to win a title.
Next Wedensay will be the [...]

Liberia Mia and Club Sport Herediano played today the first leg of the finals. The game took place in Liberia, Guanacaste and ended with a tie (0-0). Heredia had lots of opportunities to score but Andy Herron (Heredia´s striker) was not very tight today. The game was pretty even, in the first half Liberia [...]

On march 15th Costa Rica´s U-20 squad became the new CONCACAF Champions by defeating team USA in the finals 3-0. Now the U-20 World Cup in Egypt awaits the Ticos!! Congratulations guys!!!
The qualifiers were held in Trinidad and Tobago. Costa Rica defeated Mexico at the opening match 1-0. Then tied with the home team 1-1, [...]

Nowadays many local teams are planning to change their natural grass for an artificial turf. There are many pros and cons on this subject. As you might know, living in the tropic is very nice, but you get heavy rain in the winter, so the grass gets really mushy and slippery. And when you have [...]

After coming up second in the last UNCAF’s tourament (which was pathetic by the way…), Costa Rica is now completely focused on the next game against Honduras. This is the first game in the final stage road to the World Cup. But before I start talking about this important subject, maybe you noticed I didnt [...]

Costa Rica´s head coach (Rodrigo Kenton) has just released the list of 25 players, of which 20 will be playing the UNCAF tournament in Panama. Every Central American nation plays this tournament, where the top 5 teams get a chance to join the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Costa Rica will take part in this tournament with [...]

Today will be held the Apertura 2nd leg semifinals, where both matches are considered to be toss ups. The first match was held in San Carlos, where the local team beat Alajuelense last Sunday 2-1, while Saprissa played at Perez Zeledon on Thursday ending with a draw (1-1).
San Carlos needs to play a very [...]

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Costa Rican players once again stressed that their World Cup campaign was not a failure, despite the 0-3 record collected in Germany. As had been said before the tournament even began by coaching staff and players alike, the team considered the fact of qualifying to the tournament enough. According to most players, a failure would [...]

Coach Alexandre Guimaraes is still undecided in regards to whether he will remain ahead of the Costa Rican team or not, now that the World Cup is over for the squad. Despite managing to qualify the country for a second straight World Cup, it was obvious that Guimaraes could not get the most out of [...]