The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Costa Rica 0-1 Uruguay Uruguay have taken a big step towards qualifying for the World Cup finals after beating 10-man Costa Rica in the first leg of their qualifying play-off in San José. A first-half goal from Diego Lugano put Oscar Washington Tabárez's side well placed to play in South Africa next year, following their failure to qualify for the finals in Germany in 2006. The first...
HexagonalBlog (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
After a long qualifying phase in North and South America, Uruguay and Costa Rica will have to deal with replacing suspended players for the first leg of the CONMEBOL/CONCACAF playoff. Uruguay will have to go without Andrés Scotti, Diego Pérez, Maximiliano Pereyra, Martín Cáceres, and Cristian Rodríguez. Scotti and Cáceres are defenders, and the other three...
Smart Betting - Sports Betting Tips (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Costa Rica beat Trinidad & Tobago 4-0 on Saturday to put itself in position to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.Alvaro Saborio scored two goals and Walter Centeno added another, while Radanfa Abubakr's own-goal opened the scoring at the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium as new coach Rene Simoes made a winning debut.Costa Rica moved into third, and the last automatic qualifying place,with 15 points.Costa...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Costa Rica had a 4-0 home win over Trinidad & Tobago on Saturday to put itself in position to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. Alvaro Saborio...
du Nord (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
STARTERS Jeff Cunningham did it again! Scoring his 16th goal in 13 games to lead Dallas to yet another win, and definitely into the MLS playoff picture. Amazing. When the team sold Kenny Cooper in August most people left this team for dead. They are now the Ultimate MLS Zombie - not only weirdly alive, but hungry for your brains. TEAM USA Adam Beasley of the Miami Herald with an article on Charlie...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Alvaro Saborio scored a goal in each half as Costa Rica advanced to the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals for the first time since 2003 with a decisive 5-1 win over Guadeloupe on Sunday.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Alvaro Saborio scored two goals and Costa Rica advanced to the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals for the first time since 2003, beating Guadeloupe 5-1 Sunday in the first sporting event played at the new Cowboys Stadium.
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