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<SPAN class=art-title2>Ticos name Medford as new coach</SPAN>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">(REUTERS)</SPAN> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">31 Oct 2006</SPAN>
<SPAN class=art-text>Costa Rica have appointed former international striker Hernan Medford as coach, the country's football federation said on its website on Tuesday.
The 38-year-old replaces Alexandre Guimaraes, who resigned after the team lost all three group games at the FIFA World Cup™ in Germany.
Medford played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was also in Costa Rica's squad in 2002.
He won 89 caps and scored 18 goals, including two of the most important in Costa Rican history.
Medford hit the winner when the team beat Sweden 2-1 to progress to the second round of the 1990 World Cup.
The striker also scored the winner when the Ticos beat Mexico 2-1 in 2001, becoming the first and only side to defeat the Mexicans in a FIFA World Cup qualifier at the Azteca stadium.
Medford retired after playing for clubs in Mexico, Spain, Italy, Austria and the former Yugoslavia.
He then took over as coach of San Jose club Saprissa, who won the 2003-04 and 2005-06 Costa Rican titles and the 2005 CONCACAF Champions Cup by beating Mexico's UNAM in the two-legged final.
That victory earned the so-called Purple Monster a place in the FIFAWorld Club championship in Japan the same year.</SPAN>
<SPAN class=art-title2>Ticos name Medford as new coach</SPAN>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">(REUTERS)</SPAN> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">31 Oct 2006</SPAN>
<SPAN class=art-text>Costa Rica have appointed former international striker Hernan Medford as coach, the country's football federation said on its website on Tuesday.
The 38-year-old replaces Alexandre Guimaraes, who resigned after the team lost all three group games at the FIFA World Cup™ in Germany.
Medford played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was also in Costa Rica's squad in 2002.
He won 89 caps and scored 18 goals, including two of the most important in Costa Rican history.
Medford hit the winner when the team beat Sweden 2-1 to progress to the second round of the 1990 World Cup.
The striker also scored the winner when the Ticos beat Mexico 2-1 in 2001, becoming the first and only side to defeat the Mexicans in a FIFA World Cup qualifier at the Azteca stadium.
Medford retired after playing for clubs in Mexico, Spain, Italy, Austria and the former Yugoslavia.
He then took over as coach of San Jose club Saprissa, who won the 2003-04 and 2005-06 Costa Rican titles and the 2005 CONCACAF Champions Cup by beating Mexico's UNAM in the two-legged final.
That victory earned the so-called Purple Monster a place in the FIFAWorld Club championship in Japan the same year.</SPAN>
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