Joel Campbell scored his 23rd goal in a Costa Rican shirt on Sunday, which stood up as the game-winner, moving him into a tie for eighth all-time with Jorge Hernan Monge, and he can move into seventh alongside Walter Centeno should he find the back of the net on Wednesday. Anthony Contreras notched his first international goal for Los Ticos last weekend, and Ian Lawrence made his first career appearance, replacing Bryan Oviedo. Carlos Martinez also picked up his first cap, coming on for Keysher Fuller for the final 17 minutes against La Selecta. Three Costa Rican internationals who were called up for this qualifying window currently play their club football in the United States. Midfielder Randall Leal is a mainstay at Nashville SC, Ronald Matarrita features for FC Cincinnati, and Francisco Calvo has had a strong start to the season with the
It has been quite the resurgence for Costa Rica, who never threw in the towel despite a poor opening seven matches in the Octagon. On Sunday, Luis Fernando Suarez saw his side hang back and defend once again for most of their encounter against El Salvador, but in the end, they got the job done, winning 2-1 and putting themselves in a solid position to keep the possibility of a third successive trip to the finals intact. They come into their final game unbeaten in six straight qualifiers, five of which were victories, and at worst, Los Ticos will find themselves playing in an inter-confederation playoff, regardless of how this match ends up. Costa Rica deserve a ton of credit for the way they came together during a brutal qualifying stretch to turn their campaign around before it was too late. This side may lack creativity and quality in attack, though they make up for it with tremendous poise on the backline and intelligent positional play. The US have won their last four meeting
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