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The Costa Rican Team (Los Ticos) will arrive in Jamaica on September 4, a day before their friendly match with the Reggae Boyz. The day before that, the Costa Ricans have a friendly match against Panama in Panama City. The Costa Ricans are bringing a twenty two man squad to Jamaica, twelve of those players are local players playing in the Costa Rican League. The remaining 10 players are overseas players who play in the USA, Norway, Belgium, Poland and Holland.
Costa Rica's player on form right now is Alvaro Saborio who plays in the MLS for Real Salt Lake alongside Andy ''the bomber'' Williams. Saborio has scored 4 goals in his last 6 games for his club and he has scored 3 goals in the last 4 games for his country, as he got goals in a 1-0 win over Switzerland and 2 goals in a loss to Argentina. Saborío, has been notably recognized for his accomplishments with Depotivo Saprissa, and the high amount of goals he has scored in a short period. But after a year at the club his Costa Rican Coach got a hold of him and he took part to the 2006 World Cup. He was mostly a substitute in the World Cup, behind Ronald Gomez and former Manchester City forward Paulo Wanchope.
Costa Rican defender Roy Miller who plays for New York Red Bulls will face up against club teammate Reggae Boy Dane Richards, but the only thing is that they will be playing against each other now and not together. Miller has just been at New York for just a few months now while Dane has been at New York Bulls for 3 years. Dane has shown Miller how life is at New York is, now Dane will show him how Jamaica controls things in '' the office''.
Another match up that will be very key is the battle of the midfield. Two club mates again will go head to head. They are Michael Barrantes and Demar Phillips. Both players are very key to both teams. Michael Barrantes and Demar Phillips are both part of the engine of both teams. It will be interesting to see who will win this battle. Demar Phillips has the great technical skill, while Barrantes holds the ball well and creates space for his team.
The last time these two teams met was in the Gold Cup in 2009. The Costa Ricans won 1-0 from a goal by Celso Borges. Borges will be making the trip to Jamaica. Borges' father, Alexandre Guimaraes. was the man who led Costa Rica to the 2002 and 2006 World Cup, This match up is getting heated up as this will be a stern test for both teams as they prepare for the 2014 World Cup qualifyers and the 2011 Gold Cup. Costa Rica has history on their side, having beaten Jamaica 10 times out of 19 match-ups but they are playing a new look Jamaica team which has not lost at home since June 2007.
Submitted by Simon Preston for the Jamaica Football Federation
The Costa Rican Team (Los Ticos) will arrive in Jamaica on September 4, a day before their friendly match with the Reggae Boyz. The day before that, the Costa Ricans have a friendly match against Panama in Panama City. The Costa Ricans are bringing a twenty two man squad to Jamaica, twelve of those players are local players playing in the Costa Rican League. The remaining 10 players are overseas players who play in the USA, Norway, Belgium, Poland and Holland.
Costa Rica's player on form right now is Alvaro Saborio who plays in the MLS for Real Salt Lake alongside Andy ''the bomber'' Williams. Saborio has scored 4 goals in his last 6 games for his club and he has scored 3 goals in the last 4 games for his country, as he got goals in a 1-0 win over Switzerland and 2 goals in a loss to Argentina. Saborío, has been notably recognized for his accomplishments with Depotivo Saprissa, and the high amount of goals he has scored in a short period. But after a year at the club his Costa Rican Coach got a hold of him and he took part to the 2006 World Cup. He was mostly a substitute in the World Cup, behind Ronald Gomez and former Manchester City forward Paulo Wanchope.
Costa Rican defender Roy Miller who plays for New York Red Bulls will face up against club teammate Reggae Boy Dane Richards, but the only thing is that they will be playing against each other now and not together. Miller has just been at New York for just a few months now while Dane has been at New York Bulls for 3 years. Dane has shown Miller how life is at New York is, now Dane will show him how Jamaica controls things in '' the office''.
Another match up that will be very key is the battle of the midfield. Two club mates again will go head to head. They are Michael Barrantes and Demar Phillips. Both players are very key to both teams. Michael Barrantes and Demar Phillips are both part of the engine of both teams. It will be interesting to see who will win this battle. Demar Phillips has the great technical skill, while Barrantes holds the ball well and creates space for his team.
The last time these two teams met was in the Gold Cup in 2009. The Costa Ricans won 1-0 from a goal by Celso Borges. Borges will be making the trip to Jamaica. Borges' father, Alexandre Guimaraes. was the man who led Costa Rica to the 2002 and 2006 World Cup, This match up is getting heated up as this will be a stern test for both teams as they prepare for the 2014 World Cup qualifyers and the 2011 Gold Cup. Costa Rica has history on their side, having beaten Jamaica 10 times out of 19 match-ups but they are playing a new look Jamaica team which has not lost at home since June 2007.
Submitted by Simon Preston for the Jamaica Football Federation
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