Costa Rican national team member Óscar Duarte has agreed to a four-year deal with Espanyol, a club in Spain's top division. The defender is expected to start right away as his new team takes on Keylor Navas' Real Madrid on Sunday.
After canceling a scheduled friendly against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines because of travel itinerary complications, Costa Rica's Football Federation has now gone to Plan B: a Dec. 15 friendly against Nicaragua in Liberia.
Costa Rican football star Raquel RodrÃguez scored the game-clinching goal for Penn State in the women's College Cup final on Sunday, giving the Nittany Lions their first national title in school history.
For the first time in a long time, Costa Rica football is riding a hot streak. And the Ticos couldn't have picked a better spot to get rolling again than the qualifying stages of the 2018 World Cup.
Battered and bruised, a Costa Rican men's national football team missing more than half of its regular starters still managed to beat Panama this week in World Cup qualifying play.
Costa Rica beat Panama in an instant classic on Tuesday night, giving the banged-up team sole possession of first place in its group for CONCACAF World Cup qualifying play.
Despite winning its first World Cup qualifying game against Haiti, La Sele enters Tuesday's match with Panama more vulnerable than ever after a rash of injuries has broken out
