Sebastian Lletget and Paul Arriola were on the scoresheet for the USMNT as they picked up their second win in the Gregg Berhalter era.
Following his impressive USMNT debut against Panama, Nick Lima looks ahead to Saturday’s game vs. Costa Rica.
Beating Mexico or beating Bayern? Dempsey or Donovan? We put USMNT starlet Christian Pulisic on the spot in our latest edition of ‘You Have To Answer.’
Landon Donovan said it is “imperative” the USA men’s national team qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, before hosting the 2026 competition along with Canada and Mexico.
The United States will play Costa Rica in a friendly on Feb. 2 at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California.
The match, announced Tuesday, is expected to be the second for the new American coach following a training camp that starts in early January in Carson, California.
Going back to the Bay Area!The #USMNT will open 2019 at @AvayaStadium, where we will face
Johnny Acosta represented Costa Rica at both the 2014 and 2018 World Cups.
As first impressions go, Johnny Acosta says he was more amused than annoyed at his initial glimpse of the chaos of Indian football.
As I-League giants East Bengal’s premier signing of the season, Acosta, who had played as a defender for Costa Rica at the 2018 World Cup, was being paraded at a press conference in Kolkata in August but the ceremony hit a hitch. One that they might have been expected to plan for. Acosta is a Spanish speaker but with no translator arranged, the event quickly descended…
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Costa Rica has hired former Club America and Leon coach Gustavo Matosas as the squad’s new manager, the country’s federation announced on Tuesday.
The ex-Uruguay international takes over for Oscar Ramirez, whose contract was not renewed following Costa Rica’s exit from the World Cup in Russia.
Matosas, 51, won two Liga MX titles with Leon and guided America to a 2014-2015 CONCACAF Champions League title. He has also coached clubs in Uruguay, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Paraguay, and Argentina.
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Real Madrid head coach Julen Lopetegui insists that the goalkeeper situation is not a problem after he again picks Keylor Navas to start over new signing Thibaut Courtois. Keylor Navas has been left out of the Costa Rica squad for the friendlies against South Korea and Japan as he focuses on his battle to be No. 1 goalkeeper at Real Madrid.
Navas, 31, faces competition from summer signing Thibaut Courtois at the Bernabeu but coach Julen Lopetegui picked him for both Madrid’s wins in La Liga this season and saw him keep two clean sheets.
Lopetegui indicated recently that he could opt to rotate his two keepers for Champions League and domestic matches.
“We have spoken…
Costa Rica have reached out to Matias Almeyda to discuss their national team coaching opening.
Former Chivas coach Matias Almeyda has had talks with Costa Rica about coaching their national team and said he has not had any other formal approaches.
Almeyda has declared his interest in managing Mexico and his native Argentina and has also been linked with Paraguay, but it appears Costa Rica has the upper hand.
“I had the chance to talk with [Costa Rica’s] directors. They called me, which I appreciate a lot,” Almeyda told ESPN’s Futbol Picante. “As I was on vacation with the family at that moment,…
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — The Costa Rica soccer federation says national team coach Oscar Ramirez is out after the team’s disappointing performance at the World Cup.
Federation president Rodolfo Villalobos said Wednesday that Ramirez’s contract has run out and won’t be renewed. Costa Rica compiled a record of nine wins, six ties and four defeats in 16 qualifying and three World Cup matches under Ramirez.
Villalobos thanked the coach but said that “it is not convenient for him to remain.” He did not…
Sebastian Salazar and Herculez Gomez assess Mexico’s World Cup after a last 16 exit and discuss why Liga MX could be a hindrance on El Tri’s future.
MOSCOW — The head of North American soccer says the region’s teams need until 2026 at a home World Cup to reach their full potential.
Mexico’s traditional round-of-16 loss this week left the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Football [CONCACAF] without the quarterfinals place it got four years ago from Costa Rica.
“All in all, I think it’s par for the course,” CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani said Tuesday of the region’s performance in Russia.
With just three teams at…