Minnesota United defender Francisco Calvo and Portland Timbers midfielder David Guzman are the only holdovers from Costa Rica’s World Cup 2018 roster for its match against the USAon Feb. 2 in San Jose, California. Four other MLS players are in the 23-player squad. Waylon Francis (Seattle) went to the 2014 World Cup but did not […]
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Concacaf Under-20 Championship: U.S. foes tie in opening qualification group match
Following the 1-1 tie between Costa Rica and Honduras, the USA only needs to win one of its two games in the qualification stage of the Concacaf Under-20 Championship to advance to the 2019 Under-20World Cup in Poland. Honduras led on Josue Villafranca‘s volley in the 20th minute, but it hadto play the final 53 […]
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Watch: A fascinating visit to Puerto Limon, source of Tico talent
MLS TV’s Calen Carr visits the Costa Rican coastal town where beach soccer and free play spawned many of the nation’s biggest stars.
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How confederations fared: European teams dominate, but not against South America
One of the greatest appeals of World Cup play is so rarely do teams from the same confederation play each other. In the first round that concluded Thursday, 42 of the 48 games matchednations from different confederations, which provides a fairly large data base from which to compile head-to-head records. As one might expect, the […]
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What They're Saying: Oscar Ramirez
“We have to go home. We didn’t want to go home. I wanted to say thank you to the supporters from Russia, it was beautiful to see all of them supporting us. I don’t know why but CostaRica is a team that is quite liked abroad. Maybe it’s the way we are. People like us.” […]
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Large Panama contingent heads MLS representation
A fleet of MLS players were on the field Sunday and Monday as Costa Rica and Panama, respectively, kicked off their World Cup campaigns. Costa Rica has five current MLS players as well asthree other players with MLS experience. Panama head coach Hernan Dario Gomez named 13 current or former MLS players to his 23-man […]
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Hart, Wilshire, Lallana excluded from England's World Cup squad
A young England team with virtually no international experience in goal has been named by manager Gareth Southgate for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Southgate included five standbyplayers in addition to a 23-man roster released Wednesday. Nearly three weeks remain until the June 4 deadline for the final list to be submitted to FIFA. […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Crew SC and New York City stay on top
In a week of just six matches, no teams changed places in the top tier of Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Columbus and New York City FC maintained their spots — at No. 1 and No. 2,respectively — as did the idle teams right behind them. So did Sporting Kansas City at No. 6 and […]
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MLS 2018: Timbers gear up for first season of 'Gio Ball'
The era of “Porterland” is over. It’s time for “Gio Ball.” In the same year the Rose City says farewell to its quirky TVcounterpart “Portlandia,” it is adjusting to its first coaching change since Caleb Porter took over prior to the 2013 campaign. In his five seasons, Porter won two WesternConference titles (2013, 2017) as […]
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Concacaf U-20 Women's Championship: Huitema leads Canada past Costa Roca
Canada kicked off the Concacaf U-20 Womens’ Championship by beating Costa Rica, 3-1, Thursday in Couva, Trinidad. Jordyn Huitema, the 16-year-old international, scoredtwice for Canada, which trailed, 1-0, at halftime to a goal by Catalina Estrada in the 28th minute but struck twice early in the second half despite failing to convert a penalty kick. Huitema […]