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Ricardo La Volpe hired as Costa Rica soccer coach
Costa Rica hired Ricardo La Volpe as its national soccer coach, giving the job to an Argentine who coached Mexico at the 2006 World Cup.
The country’s soccer federation said he was to be introduced at a news conference Thursday.
Costa Rica played in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and has been a force in Central American soccer. It failed, however, to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa and has fired two full-time coaches in the last year—Rodrigo Kenton and Rene Simoes. The team has been handled recently by interim coach Ronald Gonzalez.
La Volpe coached Mexico to the round of 16 at the 2006 World Cup, where the team lost to Argentina. La Volpe is expected to begin coaching Costa Rica in January and will be on the bench for next year’s Copa Centroamericana, the regional championship.
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Costa Rica hired Ricardo La Volpe as its national soccer coach, giving the job to an Argentine who coached Mexico at the 2006 World Cup.
The country’s soccer federation said he was to be introduced at a news conference Thursday.
Costa Rica played in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and has been a force in Central American soccer. It failed, however, to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa and has fired two full-time coaches in the last year—Rodrigo Kenton and Rene Simoes. The team has been handled recently by interim coach Ronald Gonzalez.
La Volpe coached Mexico to the round of 16 at the 2006 World Cup, where the team lost to Argentina. La Volpe is expected to begin coaching Costa Rica in January and will be on the bench for next year’s Copa Centroamericana, the regional championship.
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