Los Uruguayos dieron cuenta de los Ticos, en su propia casa, tal parece que Costa Rica esta destinado a perder todo lo importante en casa, el juego estuvo trabado y con muchos golpes, el futbol no lució, pero los de Diego Forlán ganaron y recibirán el próximo miércoles a unos cabisbajos Ticos en Montevideo.

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The moment is here, and we're under five minutes from kickoff. So let's go: Costa Rica 0-0 Uruguay KO Commentary after the jump. 1901: Just about to kickoff. Let me give you the starting lineups for both teams: Costa Rica: Keylor Navas -- Luis Marín, Gilberto Martínez, Roy Miller -- Cristian Bolaños, Esteban Sirias -- Randall Azofeifa, Walter Centeno, Celso Borges -- Álvaro Saborío, Bryan Ruíz. Click to continue reading...

Just when you thought Costa Rica's World Cup qualifying hopes couldn't get any worse, they manage to get worse.

Just a week after seeing head coach fired Rodrigo Kenton and replaced by Rene Simoes, the "Ticos' have now lost standout central midfielder Celso Borges for the remainder of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying after he suffered an injury while playing with Norwegian club team Fredrickstad, an injury he blamed on the artificial turf.

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Just when you thought Costa Rica's World Cup qualifying hopes couldn't get any worse, they manage to get worse.

Just a week after seeing head coach fired Rodrigo Kenton and replaced by Rene Simoes, the "Ticos' have now lost standout central midfielder Celso Borges for the remainder of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying after he suffered an injury while playing with Norwegian club team Fredrickstad, an injury he blamed on the artificial turf.

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São Paulo gift Ronaldo a goal in the Morumbi

A 2-1 victory over strugglers Atlético Paranaense plus São Paulo's and Internacional's failures to win their games has left Palmeiras in a commanding position in the Campeonato Brasileiro.

Chile international Figueroa made the best of his first start for Palmeiras scoring the Green's opener in the Palestra Itália.

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In the 23rd round of the Brasileirao, the race for the title came down to what is promising to be a tight one. Palmeiras (44 points), Inter (43) and Sao Paulo (40) won their matches and offered no chance for each other to relax.

On the match that marked the return of Vagner Love, Palmeiras received Barueri at home.

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The 18th round of Campeonato Brasileiro saw a club very used to the top 4 reach the group for the first time in 2009. Sao Paulo struck its 5th victory in a row by beating 3-1 Goias, the club who sat in second. Sao Paulo reached a series of 7 defeatless matches (6 victories, 1 draw), and watched another good journey by Hernanes, Dagoberto, Miranda and Jorge Wagner (who scored the second goal).

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Adriano celebrates against Corinthians

"O campeão voltou" or ‘the champions are back" was the cry coming from the 28,000 or so who were in the estádio Morumbi to see São Paulo beat an in-form Goiás 3-1.

For most of this season, São Paulo have languished in the wrong half of the table.

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Inter threw away a two goal lead as São Paulo came back to earn a 2-2 draw at the Beira-Rio last night.
Alecsandro who was recalled to an Inter side which saw both Taison and D'Alessandro dropped, scored twice in the first half to give Inter a healthy advantage.
The first resulted from Kléber's long freekick into the box which found Alecsandro (29) unmarked as the striker headed Inter in front. Click to continue reading...

If the 1st day quarterfinals action were dreary but tense affairs, the second day of Gold Cup quarterfinal action turned out to be goal-fests.
Quarterfinal #3 pitted Guadeloupe against the unpredictable Costa Rica and the impact turned out be a magical five goal fest. Celso Borges scored with a spectacular bicycle kick in the third minute. Click to continue reading...

If the 1st day quarterfinals action were dreary but tense affairs, the second day of Gold Cup quarterfinal action turned out to be goal-fests.
Quarterfinal #3 pitted Guadeloupe against the unpredictable Costa Rica and the impact turned out be a magical five goal fest. Celso Borges scored with a spectacular bicycle kick in the third minute. Click to continue reading...

Some news to read as you take one more look at Celso Borges' bicycle kick goal against Guadeloupe: The latest from Studs Up: Terry/City/Tranny (Studs Up) The fan who was called out by Beckham tells his side. (And then the commenters tell theirs. Which are slightly different.) (MLS Daily) Or, if you want the humorous, [. Click to continue reading...

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While both CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals on Saturday night were tightly contested, Sunday's quarterfinals were anything but.

Mexico and Costa Rica both scored blowout victories on Sunday in Dallas to set up a great semifinal match-up. Costa Rica rolled to a 5-1 victory against Guadeloupe, while the Mexicans were never troubled in posting 4-0 victory against Haiti in front of a sold-out crowd of 82,252 at Dallas Cowboys Stadium, the first event at the new stadium.

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While both CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals on Saturday night were tightly contested, Sunday's quarterfinals were anything but.

Mexico and Costa Rica both scored blowout victories on Sunday in Dallas to set up a great semifinal match-up. Costa Rica rolled to a 5-1 victory against Guadeloupe, while the Mexicans were never troubled in posting 4-0 victory against Haiti in front of a sold-out crowd of 82,252 at Dallas Cowboys Stadium, the first event at the new stadium.

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Han terminado los cuartos de final, y tenemos prácticamente a los cuatro mejores equipos del Hexagonal de CONCACAF, Estados Unidos, Honduras, Costa Rica y México, en las semifinales de la Copa Oro. Por ahí se esperaba algo más de Canadá o Guadalupe, pero al final se impuso la experiencia de los ya clasificados.

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Week 10 of the Campeonato Brasileiro is official and the big match of the round featured the Minas Gerais derby between rivals Cruzeiro & Atlético Mineiro. Cruzeiro rested its key players ahead of its 2nd leg Copa Libertadores final and Mineiro took advantage by destroying their rivals 3-0. Éder Luís scored his 6th goal of the season as Galo moved to the top of the table. Click to continue reading...

After the 10th round of Campeonato Brasileiro, Atletico-MG returned to the top after the 3-0 victory in the Belo Horizonte derby. Besides the pathetic red card by Cruzeiro's Ze Carlos, the men of the match were veteran Junior and forward Eder Luis - even though in his goal goalie Andrey gave a big help.

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• We all know Adriano likes to barbecue and he's fanning the smoke with that goal he scored against Sao Paulo yesterday. Too bad they didn't win the game. Borges and Julio Wagner gave all they had to equalise 2-2 against them.
• Lisandro from FC Porto joins Lyon as a replacement for your Clown Highness, Karim Benzema.

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Striker Ali Gerba scored for the second straight game to give� Group A leaders Canada a 1-0 win over El Salvador on Tuesday in CONCACAF Gold Cup. The win almost assures Canada of a spot in the quarter-final round of the tournament. Celso Borges' 64th minute goal gave Costa Rica a 1-0 win over Jamaica in [. Click to continue reading...

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The Canadian national team took a major step toward qualifying for the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals with a 1-0 victory against El Salvador on Tuesday night in Columbus, Ohio.

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Yahoo Sports reports,
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Celso Borges' goal in the 64th minute gave Costa Rica a 1-0 win over Jamaica in their CONCACAF Gold Cup match Tuesday night.

Borges slid to get under a low crossing pass from second-half substitute Pablo Herrera, knocking the ball beneath the arm of goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts.

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Yahoo Sports reports,
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Celso Borges' goal in the 64th minute gave Costa Rica a 1-0 win over Jamaica in their CONCACAF Gold Cup match Tuesday night.

Borges slid to get under a low crossing pass from second-half substitute Pablo Herrera, knocking the ball beneath the arm of goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts.

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The 2nd set of matches in Group A took place Tuesday night with Canada against El Salvador and Costa Rica against Jamaica. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

Canada beats El Salvador 1-0 - Video Highlights - Canada remained unbeaten in group play and now leads Group A with 6 points after 2 matches.

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Ronaldo? Fred? Adriano? No.

Kleber Pereira, Keirrisson? No.

Marcos, Fabio Costa, Felipe? No.

The main character of Campeonato Brasileiro's 6th round was the post. It prevented many balls from reaching the back of the net, and had a huge influence in the final scores in 5 out of the 10 matches of the weekend.

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Atlético Mineiro go top

Celso Roth's revitalization of Atlético Mineiro continued on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over Náutico in Belo Horizonte. The win, plus Internacional's 0-0 draw at home to Vitória, was enough to lift Atlético into pole position on goal difference. Júnior, Diego Tardelli and Márcio Araújo did the damage.

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[No photos for this round. Sorry!] Trinidad & Tobago 2-3 Costa Rica Costa Rica continue to impress, and they can add an away win in Trinidad & Tobago to their strange and fantastic trip through the qualifiers. Now they sit atop the Hexagonal, on 12 points halfway through the final round. Alvaro Saborío has been the best striker in the final round, consistent threat to backline. Click to continue reading...

Here are all the scores from matches that went on around the world last weekend, for World Cup qualifying or just friendlies. And don't forget, the Confederations Cup is just a few days away.
Netherlands, South Korea, Japan & Australia all join host South Africa as the first teams qualified for the 2010 World Cup! Click to continue reading...

It as a full slate of games in the CONCACAF Region for World Cup Qualifying. Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago played with the two teams on opposite ends of the Hexagonal. The United States hosted Honduras looking to reboud from a bad 1-3 loss at Costa Rica, and Mexico traveled to El Salvador. Here is a full recap of each game.

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Costa Rica vrs USA
Originally uploaded by maxmborge Pura vida fue la que recibió los Estados Unidos el miércoles pasado en Costa Rica, los ticos demostraron que los americanos no son tan temibles mucho menos invencibles, de hecho EUA lleva ocho partidos en Costa Rica sin ganar.
El primer lugar en el Hexagonal Final de la CONCACAF le pertenece a Costa Rica en estos momentos, grandes los tres goles ticos, incluso pudieron ser mas. Click to continue reading...

The defense would have had a hard time stopping this man

I can say with confidence that the US will not make it past the first round of the World Cup on the strength of their display against the Ticos. Granted, Saprissa Stadium has never been an easy hunting ground and we were going up against an adverse record.

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Costa Rica 3 - USA 1

En un juego donde los ticos sorprendieron al lider del Hexagonal, al conjunto de las barras y las estrellas que parecía imbatible, lo derrotaron por 3 goles a 1, que facilmente pudieron haber sido 4 a 0.

El conjunto Tico llega a 9 puntos en la zona de Concacaf, por 7 de los Estados Unidos, con esto Costa Rica se coloca en la primer posicion y baja a los Estadounidenses al segundo lugar, ademas de quitarle la etiqueta de invicto.

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Costa Rica 3 - USA 1

En un juego donde los ticos sorprendieron al lider del Hexagonal, al conjunto de las barras y las estrellas que parecía imbatible, lo derrotaron por 3 goles a 1, que facilmente pudieron haber sido 4 a 0.

El conjunto Tico llega a 9 puntos en la zona de Concacaf, por 7 de los Estados Unidos, con esto Costa Rica se coloca en la primer posicion y baja a los Estadounidenses al segundo lugar, ademas de quitarle la etiqueta de invicto.

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A stoppage time penalty from Landon Donovan took some of the sting out of a tough loss to Costa Rica at San Jose's Saprissa Stadium on Wednesday night. Showing an experimental 433 lineup, the US ended up getting tested early and playing behind for most of the game. Alvaro Saborio opened the scoring in the second minute and Celso Borges added another in the 13th. Click to continue reading...

USA, currently top of the final six-team hexagonal in North, Central American and Caribbean qualifying, travel to Costa Rica tonight in a world cup qualfying game.

The Costa Ricans, undergoing an astonishing revival since the appointment of coach Rodrigo Kenton, are second in group play, playing some of their finest football in years and have never lost to the United States on their own home soil.

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Cordeiro, Morais and Sandro celebrate Inter's first vs Palmeiras

Internacional maintained their 100% record with a 2-0 win over a disappointing Palmeiras. With a second leg match vs Flamengo in the Copa do Brasil coming up, Inter rested most of their key players but were still too much for Palmeiras.

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