Articles tagged with "costa-rica"
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Mar 22nd, 2006
Today Germany, whom Costa Rica is to meet in the World Cup opener, will be playing against the USA in Dortmund, Germany, as one of ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Mar 22nd, 2006
In the Costa Rica first division, Club Heredia is out of contention in spite Paolo Wanchope's temporary presense. Another case of putting too much ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Mar 16th, 2006
Luis Marin is the central left defender the ticos will count on to hold back the opponents strikers. Shaved head, three days shadow, and impressive ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 15th, 2006
Every World Cup there's players who seemingly come out of nowhere to capture the world's attention. They may not be household names before the ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 13th, 2006
Most prognoticators seem to think that Ecuador and Costa Rica each have one chance to win a match this summer--when they play one another ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Mar 12th, 2006
Next friendly for the Ticos, and likely the last before the Cup, will be in the Czech Republic against the hosts on May 30th. No ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 6th, 2006
Whether or not Ecuador can defy the odds and beat Poland this summer in Group A of the World Cup won’t be known for months. ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Mar 5th, 2006
One of Costa Rica's two grands, Deportivo Saprissa, the other being the LDA (Liga Deportiva Alajuelense), is ranked #80 in the world'd club rankings by ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Mar 4th, 2006
The greatest ever Costa Rican player Paolo Wanchope reached his 100th club goal as his present team Heredia beat Santos 2-0. His illustrious career ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 3rd, 2006
I am still pissed off about what happened to my countrywomen during the Costa Rica friendly outside of the stadium.
Maybe football fans all around the ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 2nd, 2006
The Good
Iran played a heck of a first half and won the game.
• A couple of the younger players got a chance to play.
• Ali Karimi, ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
Because I am so bummed about yesterday's loss to South Korea, I am trying not to think too much about Angola football today. It ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Mar 2nd, 2006
Much worlwide national sides friendlies this March 1st as FIFA tries to coordinates dates of international competitions. The controversial Iran-Costa Rica was played at ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 1st, 2006
Hmm. Does anyone here want to advance to the knockout stage? Hard to say since all four Group A teams lost in international ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
Iran had a good first half against Costa Rica. They took a three goal lead in the first 45, but the Ticos fought back and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
South Korea and Iran both won earlier today to help kick off a day filled with international friendlies. South Korea defeated fellow World Cup ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
Iran’s likely lineup for tomorrow’s game is as follows:
Ebrahim Mirzapour (GK)
Hossein Kaebi – Yahya Golmohammadi – Mohammad Nosrati – Sattar Zare
Anderanik Teymourian* – Ali Karimi ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
It appears that neither Mehdi Mahdavikia nor Rahman Rezaei will be playing tomorrow against Costa Rica.
These two happened to be the two most consistent ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Feb 28th, 2006
Costa Rica is sending observers to watch their Group A rivals in this week’s friendlies, including Ecuador. Erick Lonis, assistant to Ticos coach Alexandre ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Feb 28th, 2006
After much back and forth between political correctness and sport, finally the Fedefut saw its way clear to send the ticos, FIFA ranked 25th, to ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 27th, 2006
The coaches of other countries have been announcing their squads for their Wednesday friendly matches. No such luck with Iran as Branko Ivankovic is still ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Feb 24th, 2006
The ticos brazilian coach Alexandre Guimaraes in a recent interview with british daily likes England or Holland to win the cup... Being brazilian ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Feb 24th, 2006
The March 1 Costa Rica friendly with Iran is very close to being cancelled due to political pressures arising from Iran's controversial stands on ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Feb 23rd, 2006
Safely out of Ecuadorian earshot, the Kaiser tells it like it is: Germany is the sole Group A favorite, and the other three teams will ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Feb 19th, 2006
Paolo Wanchope, perhaps the greatest costa rican to ever play the game, is back home playing for local club Heredia, and not too spectacularly... ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Feb 16th, 2006
How does it look for the ticos this year in Germany 2006? That depends on who asks the question. For the rabid fans in ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Feb 14th, 2006
The british betting houses obviously unimpressed by the ticos latest win give them chances of winning the cup between 251 to 1, and 751 to ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Ted Veler | Feb 12th, 2006
If you are anything like me, in major sports tournaments where there are a bunch of competing teams as in the World Cup, you have ...
Posted on: South Korea World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 11th, 2006
In a game dominated by defense, Costa Rica defeated South Korea 1-0 in a matchup of two World Cup qualifiers in Oakland, California. Alvaro ...
Posted on: South Korea World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 10th, 2006
It is a busy week for South Korea with a pair of friendlies against teams that qualified for the World Cup. South Korea will ...
