COSTA RICA
WORLD CUP HISTORY Record | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
U.S. RIVALRY 1975 — Costa Rica 3-1. 1985 — Tie 1-1. 1985 — Costa Rica 1-0. 1988 — USA 1-0. 1989 — Costa Rica 1-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1989 — USA 1-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1990 — Costa Rica 2-0. 1991 — USA 3-2 (Gold Cup). 1992 — Tie 0-0. 1993 — USA 1-0 (OT) (Gold Cup). 1995 — Costa Rica 2-1. 1996 — Costa Rica 2-1 (World Cup qualifying). 1996 — USA 2-1 (World Cup qualifying). 1997 — Costa Rica 3-2 (World Cup qualifying). 1997 — USA 1-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1998 — USA 2-1 (Gold Cup). 2000 — Costa Rica 2-1 (World Cup qualifying). 2000 — Tie 0-0 (World Cup qualifying). 2001 — USA 1-0 (World Cup qualifying). 2001 — Costa Rica 2-0 (World Cup qualifying).
TEAM Lonnis, R.Parks, Marin, Martinez, G.Drummond, Centeno, Solis, Castro, Fonseca, Wanchope, Gomez.
QUALIFYING July 16 in Waterford Barbados 2 (Riley 49, M.Forde 84) Costa Rica 1 (Madrigal 48). July 23 in San Jose Costa Rica 2 (Fonseca 9, Medford pen. 90) USA 1 (Stewart 66). Aug. 15 in Alajuela Costa Rica 2 (Wanchope 34, 58) Guatemala 1 (Pezzarossi 68). Sept. 3 in San Jose Costa Rica 3 (Soto 35, Fonseca 40, Medford 54) Barbados 0. Oct. 11 in Columbus USA 0 Costa Rica 0. Nov. 15 in Mazatenango Guatemala 2 (Ruiz 52, 88) Costa Rica 1 (Fonseca 74).
CONCACAF GROUP E (SEMIFINAL ROUND) STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *USA | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 11 |
| **Costa Rica | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| **Guatemala | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Barbados | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 3 |
*Advances to final round of qualifying. **Meet in Playoff PLAYOFF Jan. 6 in Miami Costa Rica 5 (Wanchope 6, Fonseca 40, 59, R.Parks 58, Soto 87) Guatemala 2 (Ruiz 3, pen. 89). Feb. 28 in San Jose Costa Rica 2 Honduras 2. Goals: Fonseca 69, Cordero 90; Pineda 2, Nunez 85. Costa Rica — Mesen, Parks, Martinez, Drummond (Soto, 77), Castro (Sunsing, 57), Cordero, Lopez, Bryce (Wallace, 67), Fonseca, Medford, Gomez. Honduras — Valladares, Reyes, Caballero, Medina, Guerrero (Bustillo, 74), Guevara, De Leon (Bernardez, 62), M.Suazo, Pineda, Nunez, D.Suazo (Ramirez, 69). Referee: Ali Mohamed Bujsaim (UAE). Att.: 20,000. March 28 in Alajuela Costa Rica 3 Trinidad & Tobago 0. Goals: Bryce 46, Wanchope 81, 89. Costa Rica — Lonnis, Drummond, Parks, Martinez, Wallace, Castro, Cordero, Bryce (Solis, 76), Lopez, Medford (Wanchope, 60), Fonseca (Sunsing, 71). Trinidad & Tobago — Hislop, Rougier, M.Andrews, Cox, Gray, Carrington (Rahim, 65), Mauge, Eve, Latapy (Wise, 78), Pierre (John, 65), Yorke. Referee: Kim Joo Young (South Korea). Att.: 18,000. April 25 in Kansas City USA 1 Costa Rica 0. Goal: Wolff 70. USA — Keller, Cherundolo, Llamosa, Agoos, Regis, Sanneh, Armas, Reyna (Berhalter, 90), Stewart, Mathis (Lewis, 81), Wolff (Razov, 71). Costa Rica — Lonnis, Parks, Martinez, Drummond, Wallace, Castro (Sunsing, 75), Cordero (Gomez, 79), Fonseca, Bryce (Solis, 60), Medford, Wanchope. Referee: Jorge Luis Larrionda (Uruguay). Att.: 37,391. June 16 in Mexico City Mexico 1 Costa Rica 2. Goals: Abundis 7; Fonseca 73, Medford 87. Mexico — Sanchez, Pardo, Davino, Suarez, Carmona, Zepeda (Victorino, 52), Del Olmo (Palencia, 75), V. Ruiz, M.A. Ruiz, Hernandez, Abundis (Osorno, 68). Costa Rica — Lonnis, Martinez, Marin, Drummond, Parks, Solis, Castro (Sunsing, 59), Cordero (Fonseca, 40), Lopez, Bryce, Wanchope (Medford, 81). Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala). Att.: 30,000. June 20 in Alajuela Costa Rica 2 Jamaica 1. Goals: Marin 4, Wanchope 38; Lowe 9. Costa Rica — Lonnis, Drummond, Marin, Parks, Martinez, Castro, Solis, Lopez, Fonseca (Cordero, 75), Medford (Sunsing, 60; Bryce, 84), Wanchope. Jamaica — Ricketts (Lawrence, 42), Goodison, Marshall, Sinclair, Dawes, Simpson, Lawrence, Williams, Whitmore, Burton (Fuller, 62), Lowe. Referee: John Toro Rendon (Colombia). Att.: 18,000. July 1 in Tegucigalpa Honduras 2 Costa Rica 3. Goals: Guevara pen. 25, 38; Wanchope 9, Fonseca 13, Solis 83. Honduras — M.Flores, Caballero, Reyes, Medina, Clavasquin, Turcios, Guerrero, Pineda, Guevarra, D.Suazo, Nunez (Carcamo, 74). Costa Rica — Lonnis, Parks, Wallace (Centeno, 81), Martinez, Drummond, Lopez, Solis, Cordero (Gomez, 52), Castro, Wanchope, Fonseca (Medford, 74). Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia). Att.: 40,000. Sept. 1 in Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 0 Costa Rica 2. Goals: Gomez 4, 33. Trinidad & Tobago — Hislop, M.Andrews (K.Thomas, 65), A.John, Gray, Saunders, Belfon, S.John, A.Pierre, Dwarika, Whipley (Rahim, 46), N.Pierre (Glasgow, 60). Costa Rica — Lonnis, J.Drummond, Marin, Parks, Martinez, Castro (Lopez), Solfs, Centeno (Sunsing), Fonseca (Medford, 56), Bryce, Gomez. Referee: Mohamed Kousa (Syria). Att.: 3,000. Sept. 5 in San Jose Costa Rica 2 USA 0. Goals: Fonseca pen. 40, 68. Costa Rica — Lonnis, Martinez, Parks, Marin, Castro, Centeno (Lopez, 56), Solis, Wallace, Fonseca (Cordero, 80), Gomez (Medford, 71), Wanchope. USA — Friedel, Pope, Llamosa, Agoos, Sanneh, Williams (Donovan, 63), Armas, Stewart, Vanney (Moore, 56), Jones, Kirovski (Preki, 71). Yellow Cards: Costa Rica — Gomez 20, Wanchope 45; USA — Llamosa 38, Stewart 41. Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala). Att.: 30,000. Oct. 7 in San Jose Costa Rica 0 Mexico 0. Costa Rica — Lonnis, Marin, Martinez, Parks, Castro, Wallace, Solis, Fonseca (Sunsing, 57), Centeno (Lopez, 71), Medford (Bryce, 58), Gomez. Mexico — Perez, Marquez, Vidrio, H. Morales รป Arellano, R. Morales (Alves, 58), Garcia Aspe Rodrfguez, Torrado, Blanco, Palencia. Red Cards: Costa Rica — Lopez 81; Mexico — Arellano 81. Referee: Antonio Pereira (Brazil). Att.: 20,000. Oct. 7 in San Pedro Sula Honduras 0 Trinidad & Tobago 1. Goal: S. John 61. Honduras — Valladares, Reyes, Caballero, Clavasquin (Martinez, 52), Medina, Guerrero, Pineda, Turcios (De Leon, 25), Guevara (Garcia, 85), D. Suazo, C. Pavon. Trinidad & Tobago — Hislop, Saunders, M. Andrews, Thomas, A. John, Rahim, Elcock, Dwarika, S. John, S. Mason, Glasgow (Whitley, 29). Red Card: Trinidad & Tobago — Rahim 20. Referee: Mike Seifert (Canada). Att.: 40 000. Nov. 11 in Kingston Jamaica 0 Costa Rica 1. Goal: Sunsing 4. Jamaica — Lawrence, Dawes (Simpson, 78), Dixon, McDonald, Marshall (Dawkins, 75), F.Davis (English, 78), Kelly (Hue, 72), Griffiths, Williams, Harris, Scarlett. Costa Rica — Lonnis, Marin, Rojas, Berry, R.Parks, Rodriguez, Cordero, Wallace (Bryce, 65), Fonseca, Sunsing (Jara, 65), W.Parks (Medford, 54). Referee: Ramesh Ramdadh (Trinidad & Tobago). Att.: 4,000. CONCACAF FINAL ROUND STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Costa Rica | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 23 |
| *Mexico | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 17 |
| *USA | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 17 |
| Honduras | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
| Trin. & Tobago | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 5 |
*Qualifies for Korea/Japan 2002.
