Wizards midfielder, Kurt Morsink, appears to be on the radar of the Costa Rican national team. Morsink, who is a dual citizen of the US and Costa Rica was on the radar of the US national team back in October of last year, but was not called up. Now the coach of the Costa Rican team appears to be looking at potentially calling up the midfielder. Click to continue reading...

It's late, but I really want to put down my unordered thoughts on last week's qualifiers: The USA is getting better at obtaining wins in Central America (outside of Costa Rica). But they don't look good doing it. This team has a lot of work to do. Guatemala had it all - a man advantage, a home crowd, and an opponent on their heels. Click to continue reading...

Here are the collated results and updated table for the semifinal round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying in Group C. In case you don't know, there are three groups of four, home-and-away (or double round-robin) format, and the top two teams in each group pass to the Hexagonal next year. The current matchday will be highlighted in red. Click to continue reading...

We are minutes away from MLS' Thursday night line up but quite a few familiar faces will be missing due to World Cup qualifying commitments.

Missing:
LA Galaxy will be without: Landon Donovan, Eddie Lewis (USA; WCQ v Guatemala); David Beckham (England; v Czech Rep)

Chicago is missing: Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Mexico; WCQ v Honduras); Marco Pappa (Guatemala; WCQ v USA); Gonzalo Segares (Costa Rica; WCQ) Click to continue reading...

Saturday September 6th Cuba v United States  Group 1 Trinidad & Tobago v Guatemala  Group 1 Costa Rica v Suriname  Group 2 El Salvador v Haiti  Group 2 Canada v Honduras  Group 3 Jamaica v Mexico  Group 3 Wednesday September 10th Guatemala v Cuba  Group 1 United States v Trinidad & Tobago  Group 1 Haiti v Costa Rica  Group 2 Suriname . Click to continue reading...

I've been sitting on this photo since the last week of last season. That was that pivotal "winner makes the playoffs" match between LA & Chicago that was one of the high points of 2007. Just like a the final episode of Six Feet Under it had drama & closure and it left you wanting more. But due to the curse of FIFA dates, stadium availabilities etc. Click to continue reading...

Fifa World Cup 2010 Qualifying : Salvador are meeting Costa Rica Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

Concluding the preview of the CONCACAF semifinal round with Group C. This group contains Costa Rica, El Salvador, Haiti and Suriname. This group can be summarized in four words: Costa Rica got lucky. Considering that this is a national team in transition, that could not win a friendly match for a year, and escaped a major upset against Grenada, Costa Rica have been gifted a very manageable group. Click to continue reading...

The rich get richer. That's they way it might appear if this deal comes to fruition. Reports out of Costa Rica and Colombia seem to indicate that the Costa Rica national team defender has played his last game for Deportivo Saprissa and is headed north to join the Revs.

We also received this in our inbox:

Our Revolution blog has uncovered stories in the Central American press which state that 23 year old Costa Rican defender Gabriel Badilla is close to signing a 2 year deal with MLS.

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The World Cup qualifiers start up in ten days' time, and I won't be here for Matchday 1 (more on that later), so it's time to make my analysis of the groups now. Let's start with Group A. Group A, in case you forgot, contains Cuba, Guatemala, Trinidad & Tobago and the USA. In my opinion Group A is the most straightforward group of the three. Click to continue reading...

Red Bull head Coach Juan Carlos Osorio was in Costa Rica this past weekend scouting 3 Costa Rican forwards. It is being speculated that Fabian Rojas (20 years old) and Franklin Chacon (23 years old) of CS Herediano are two players that impressed Osorio and the club may attempt to sign. Click to continue reading...

Remember those heady days of June when Euro 2008 was seemingly the main focus of everyone's attention? Well over in North and Central America, Euro 2008 couldn't have been lower on the list of priorities for that was when the CONCACAF nations continued their fight for a place in the 2010 World Cup Finals. Click to continue reading...

Via Lum.com - Cristián Caamaño M.
Entre batazos de béisbol y puñetazos de boxeo Ernesto Sinclair siempre tuvo un sueño en Ciudad de Panamá: a diferencia de sus amigotes, él quería ser jugador de fútbol, por mucho que no estuviera entre los deportes más populares del país. Click to continue reading...

Its Friday, which means (to those absolutely retarded ones out there) that it will soon be the weekend. And this weekend is special because, in addition to MLS action, football season kicks off for real in North America. For the first time since the beginning of these rankings, the top four leagues in CONCACAF will be in action. Click to continue reading...

Costa Rica's prensalibre.co.cr has confirmed that Costa Rica Under-23 midfielder Brandon Poltronieri has been loaned out to MLS side Red Bull New York by Brujas FC. They have requested his international pass and should be announcing the acquisition shortly. Click to continue reading...

Might not have the same impact as Abby Wambach being out of the women's team, but Nathan Sturgis is out of the Olympics with an injured hamstring. The replacement is Dax McCarty of FC Dallas.

In youth news:

- A big USA-Mexico game tonight. This would be the U-17 Women's World Cup qualifying tournament in Trinidad.

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SUB-20 PIERDE 3-1 FRENTE A COSTA RICA

La selección sub-20 de PANAMA perdió por 3-1 frente a su similar de COSTA RICA, en el segundo partido amistoso de ambos equipos disputado el martes 22 de julio en el estadio Municipal de Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica.
Los goles costarricenses fueron marcados por Marco Ureña al minuto 7, Josue Martínez al 11 y de penal, David Guzmán al 70 (falta de Juan De Gracia a Mainor Escoe). Click to continue reading...

I found this article by Luis Bueno that was written for Sports Illustrated to be very interesting. Luis describes some of the results that MLS clubs have been able to achieve against their Mexican opposition. As a result the MLS clubs are gaining some respect amongst the Mexican teams and some of their players. Click to continue reading...

Este mes se llevará a cabo el Campeonato Femenino Sub-17 Concacaf 2008 en Trindidad y Tobago en donde participarán las Selecciones Nacionales de Trinidad & Tobago, Estados Unidos, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Canadá, Jamaica y México.  Este Pre Mundial otorga tres plazas para el Campeonato Mundial Femenino Sub-17 de la FIFA que se [. Click to continue reading...

Este mes se llevará a cabo el Campeonato Femenino Sub-17 Concacaf 2008 en Trindidad y Tobago en donde participarán las Selecciones Nacionales de Trinidad & Tobago, Estados Unidos, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Canadá, Jamaica y México.  Este Pre Mundial otorga tres plazas para el Campeonato Mundial Femenino Sub-17 de la FIFA que se [. Click to continue reading...

Este mes se llevará a cabo el Campeonato Femenino Sub-17 Concacaf 2008 en Trindidad y Tobago en donde participarán las Selecciones Nacionales de Trinidad & Tobago, Estados Unidos, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Canadá, Jamaica y México.  Este Pre Mundial otorga tres plazas para el Campeonato Mundial Femenino Sub-17 de la FIFA que se [. Click to continue reading...

It appears that CD Chivas USA is going to replace the outgoing Brad Guzan with one 21 year old Costa Rican goalkeeper from one of Jorge Vegara's triumvirate of clubs, Deportivo Saprissa, according to this article.

Jorge Vergara, the Mexican businessman who is a part-owner of Chivas USA, confirmed Friday to the L.

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And it's important to us because former Missouri State Bear goal keeper Lance Parker (pictured) is part of the developmental roster at Chivas USA and is one of the choices available for Preki. Guzan is headed for England according to a Chivas owner quoted in the LA Times

"Yes, it's true," Vergara said.

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And it's important to us because former Missouri State Bear goal keeper Lance Parker (pictured) is part of the developmental roster at Chivas USA and is one of the choices available for Preki. Guzan is headed for England according to a Chivas owner quoted in the LA Times

"Yes, it's true," Vergara said.

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Last week Costa Rica made a replacement for Hernán Medford at the helm of the national team. His name is Rodrigo Kenton, a Costa Rican with extensive experience with national teams. He was an assistant coach to Bora Milutinovic when he coached Costa Rica in 1990 and Nigeria in 1998, and he was also a manager of the junior teams in Costa Rica (which he qualified for the 2004 Olympics) and Guatemala. Click to continue reading...