Costa Rica's La Sele will play the first of a two-game World Cup qualifying series against Jamaica on Friday, as the team looks to get one step closer to classification for Russia 2018.
Suffering a disappointing 2-2 draw on Saturday's men's national team friendly in Orlando, Florida, Costa Rica's "La Sele" made an early statement against Mexico only to follow it up with a whimper.
The 56-year-old president of Costa Rica’s national football federation built himself into a regional and international figure in the sport. But U.S. authorities say that with that rise came the temptations of a vast criminal conspiracy outlined in a sweeping indictment of FIFA.
Scotsman Mel Young created the organization in 2008 as a way to combat desperate poverty with the world’s most popular pastime: soccer. This year’s cup is taking place in Santiago, Chile.
After raising doubts about their performance in a friendly match in Asia last Friday, Costa Rica's national football team, known as La Sele, redeemed themselves on Tuesday and looked more like the squad that finished eighth at the Brazil 2014 World Cup. La Sele defeated South Korea 3-1.
