SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, June 4 (UPI) -- Alvaro Saborio scored in the second minute Wednesday and Costa Rica went on to defeat the United States 3-1 in World Cup qualifying.
HANOVER, Germany, June 20 (UPI) -- Bartosz Bosacki scored a pair of goals Tuesday, helping Poland to a 2-1 victory over Costa Rica in the World Cup finale for both teams.
HAMBURG, Germany, June 15 (UPI) -- Goalkeeper Cristian Mora posted his second shutout of the 2006 World Cup, helping Ecuador to a 3-0 victory Thursday over Costa Rica.
HAMBURG, Germany, June 14 (UPI) -- Ecuador pulled a surprise in its first World Cup game last week, now a victory would come close to assure it of advancing out of group play.
MUNICH, Germany, June 9 (UPI) -- Miroslav Klose scored a pair of goals Friday in leading a relentless German offense to a 4-2 victory over Costa Rica in the first game of the 2006 World Cup.
MUNICH, Germany, June 8 (UPI) -- Germany takes on the traditional role of opening World Cup play as host, meeting Group A opponent Costa Rica on Friday in Munich.
FOXBORO, Mass., July 12 (UPI) -- The United States and Costa Rica played to a 0-0 tie on Tuesday in the opening round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
PANAMA CITY, Panama, June 8 (UPI) -- Carlos Bocanegra scored in the eighth minute Wednesday night as the United States neared a World Cup berth by defeating Panama, 3-0.
FOXBORO, Mass., July 16 (UPI) -- Costa Rica avoided a quarterfinal showdown with the United States at the Gold Cup Wednesday with a 3-0 rout of Cuba.
MIAMI, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Defending champion Canada survived a penalty kick shootout and World Cup qualifier Costa Rica needed overtime Saturday at the Orange Bowl, but both made it to t