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.
It wasn't pretty, but Costa Rica's national men's football team scraped out a 2-2 tie Sunday against Panama, in Group A's battle to the Central America Cup final on Sept. 13 in Los Angeles, California.
LOS ANGELES – Landon Donovan, the USA's all-time top scorer who was left out of the national squad for the World Cup in Brazil, announced on Thursday that he will retire at the end of the MLS season.
In terms of landmass, the Netherlands is smaller than Costa Rica. With only 40,000 square kilometers, the Netherlands is the world’s second largest food exporter, surpassed only by the United States, whose territory is 200 times larger. How'd they do it?
During the 2010 World Cup, Caja hospitals registered 87,359 people given sick leave. This year 58,580 people received sick leave -- a drop of 28,779 requests despite Costa Rica's success in the Brazil-hosted tournament.
The Germans are three-time champions, the Argentines have won twice. Almost half of the 20 championship games have involved one of them and, for the third time, they are facing one another.
