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Costa Rica would eventually end the streak by defeating the Mexicans 2–1 at the Costa Rica National Stadium on October 15, 2013, in a result that almost left Mexico out of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [31] Since Medford's goal in the Aztecazo, Costa Rica has failed to score again at the Estadio Azteca. [32]
Mexico has a growing rivalry with Costa Rica, as Costa Rica is the first country in CONCACAF to beat Mexico on Mexican soil in FIFA World Cup qualification, known as Aztecazo. Costa Rica is also widely recognised as the only Central American national team to have sufficient quality to compete at the global stage, which increased the importance ...
Costa Rican Championships San José, Costa Rica [29] Shot put: 14.90 m Deisheline Mayers: 9 July 2021 NACAC U18 U20 and U23 Championships: San José, Costa Rica [30] Discus throw: 46.40 m Haydee Grijalba: 6 December 2020 Costa Rican Championships San José, Costa Rica Hammer throw: 51.47 m Daniela Francini: 3 July 2022 Central American ...
Costa Rica: 1–1 (5–3) 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup: Soldier Field, Chicago 23 July 2009 Costa Rica: 1–1 (5–4) 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup: NRG Stadium, Houston 29 June 2019 Costa Rica: 0–0 (5–4) 2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals: Empower Field at Mile High, Denver 3 June 2021 Denmark: 1–1 (2–4) 1995 King Fahd Cup: King Fahd II Stadium ...
Football is the most popular sport in Costa Rica. [1] [2] [3] Costa Rica has long been considered an exporter of footballers within Central America, with 19 players in European professional football leagues during 2006. [4] The newspaper, La Nación, has prepared an annual census of these "Legionnaires" since 1994. [5]
CONCACAF members have reached the quarter-finals five times: Cuba in 1938, Mexico as hosts in 1970 and 1986, the United States in 2002, and most recently, Costa Rica in 2014. Jamaica is the smallest country to ever win a World Cup match, by virtue of their 2–1 victory over Japan in 1998 .
Costa Rica is the only national team in Central America to have played in six FIFA World Cup editions. Costa Rica's national football team has the all-time highest average Football Elo Ranking in Central America with 1597.1, and the all-time highest Football Elo Ranking in Central America, with 1806 in 2014.