Real Madrid has won its first two games since Zinedine Zidane replaced Rafael Benitez, and Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas says it is no coincidence. “Weare all aware that we had to take a breath, look back, and say we were doing the wrong things,” he told El Hormiguero of the poor performances under Benitez. […]
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MLS Moves: Ticos to Vancouver and NYCFC
The Vancouver Whitecaps added another Costa Rican when they signed 31-year-old midfielder Christian Bolanos, using Targeted Allocation Money to acquire him from Saprissa and sign him to amulti-year contract. Bolanos has 60 caps for Costa Rica and represented the Ticos at the 2006 and 2014 World Cups. He’s played with clubs in Denmark, Norway and […]
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Update | NWSL College Draft: Thorns hold No. 1 and No. 3 picks, acquire Nadim
In wheeling and dealing that saw eight of the 10 first-round picks traded — three picks were traded twice — and three second-round picks traded three or more times, the NWSL College Draft boils downto this: Portland ended up with the first and third picks, putting it in line to take U.S. international Emily Sonnett […]
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SA Positional Rankings: Francis is elite of MLS left backs
The trend of MLS teams relying on converted midfielders to fill the troublesome left-back position continued in 2015. New England shifted Chris Tierney to the back line years ago,the Galaxy followed suit with Robbie Rogers last year, as did the Dynamo — and the U.S. national team — with DaMarcus Beasley. After playing several positions […]
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Women's College Cup-bound duo on MAC Hermann list
Irish freshman Megan Connolly (Florida State) and Costa Rican international Raquel Rodriguez (Penn State) are the only Women’s College Cup-bound players on the 2015 MAC Women’s HermannTrophy semifinal list. Florida (Savannah Jordan and Christen Westphal) and West Virginia (Canadian World Cup players Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence)are the only teams with two players on the […]
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Whitecaps give 'building block' Waston new contract
Giant Costa Rican Kendall Waston, who has emerged as one of the top defenders in MLS in his two seasons, has been re-signed to a multi-year contract extensionby the Vancouver Whitecaps. The ‘Caps have also given Argentine midfielder Matias Laba a multi-year contract extension. “Kendall is animportant building block in what we’re trying to accomplish […]
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Saborio re-signs with D.C. United
Veteran Costa Rican forward Alvaro Saborio, who arrived from Real Salt Lake in mid-season, has agreed to a contract extension with D.C. United. Saborio,33, has scored 67 goals over six seasons in MLS but his contract was to expire at the end of the 2015 season, which made him expendable at RSL. Saborio had four […]
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WCQ: Concacaf semifinal round two preview
Panama, which opened World Cup 2018 qualifying with a 2-0 win at Jamaica, can consolidate its position with a win on Tuesday when it hosts Costa Rica, which will be without the Montreal Impact’s Johan Venegas, Oscar Duarte and Celso Borges, who were all injured in the 1-0 win overHaiti.
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Round one points out higher price of semifinal results in Concacaf World Cup qualifying
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) One quick trip through a round of Concacaf World Cup qualifying – the six semifinal openers played Friday– conjured up the usual mix of the expected and the surprising. In this semifinal phase, the cost of a stumble is deemed to be more foreboding than in the Hexagonal, which consists of […]
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USA-Costa Rica International Friendly Player Ratings
USA-COSTA RICA EXPRESS: Oct. 13 in Harrison, N.J. USA 0 Costa Rica 1. Goal: Campbell 70.——————————————A listless display by the USA produced a 1-0 loss to Costa Rica at Red Bull Arena on Tuesday and piled more pressure on head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Joel Campbell‘s goal inthe 70th minute inflicted a third straight defeat on […]