Live Match Commentary
Up-to-the-Second Score: China 0, Costa Rica 2 -- Fulltime Match Report
90 +4' - Final whistle. Costa Rica moves ahead of Brazil at the top of Group C on goal difference.
90 +1' - Gomez takes ball around Jin Jiang but waits too long to shoot and his effort is cleared off line by Tie Li.
89' - Booking for Xiaopeng Li for unsporting behavior.
88' - Costa Rica retains possession until eventually Bryce shoots tamely from 35 yards.
86' - Weifeng Li carried off for treatment but quickly rejoins action.
85' - Costa Rica breaks but Castro shoots high and wide from edge of box.
84' - Centeno booked for shirt pulling.
82' - Gomez runs into penalty area with a tricky run and pulls back to Lopez who shoots straight at Jin Jiang.
79' - Wanchope makes way for Lopez.
78' - Gomez booked for pulling down Chengying Wu.
73' - Genwei Yu replaces Fan Zhiyi.
71' - Yunlong Xu booked for shirt pulling after he is beaten by some tidy skills from Martinez.
69' - Bryce replaces Wallace.
68' - Corner to China on right, resulting in goalmouth scramble but Xiaopeng Li shoots wide.
66' - Yang Chen replaced by Maozhen Su.
63' - Gomez's dangerous cross results in a corner. Taken short and crossed in to Wright at near post who beats Jin Jiang with a stooping header.
62' - China wins corner on right but cleared by Costa Rica.
61' - Gomez slots into the net after Wanchope's initial shot is blocked.
59' - Tie Li is booked for fouling Medford.
56' - Hernan Medford, a veteran of 1990, replaces Fonseca.
55' - A dangerous cross into the six-yard box from Chenwing Wu is blasted wide by Chen Yang.
49' - Wallace shoots from 35 yards from the left but it flies high and wide.
48' - Chen Yang forces Lonnis to punch away a dipping cross but the subsequent corner is comfortably claimed by Lonnis.
47' - Costa Rica's tidy spell of possession ends when Gomez fires the ball towards goal and Fonseca is offside.
45' - China kicks off second half.
Second Half
45 +2' - Referee Kyros Vassaras of Greece whistles for halftime. China enjoyed slightly more possession but no clear chances at either end.
45 +1' - Chenying Wu shoots wide from edge of penalty area after China breaks down left.
39' - Wanchope shows some nice skills to turn towards goal but dragged down by China's defense wide on left. China breaks from the freekick but Li Tie wastes possession, dragging the ball to Lonnis.
36' - Gomez shoots from left but his effort has no power or accuracy and Jin Jiang lets it roll out.
33' - Castro crosses to back post from left corner. Weifeng Li gets it clear.
31' - Mingyu Ma runs into penalty area to win a corner but Costa Rica heads clear comfortably.
28' - Fonseca makes space for Wallace to cross. Wanchope heads well wide of the goal
24' - Sun Jihai is still limping after Solis' tackle and makes way for Bo Qu.
19' - Solis breaks down left but, with Fonseca free in the middle, he shoots straight at Jin Jiang.
19' - Chen Yang wins corner on left but caught comfortably by Lannis.
16' - Solis booked for clattering Sun Jihai but Costa Rica clears the freekick from the right comfortably.
14' - Marin booked for late tackle on Chenying Wu.
12' - Haidong Hao races through on to a long ball but GK Lonnis claims comfortably.
10' - Tie Li breaks down Chinese left but his long ball towards the penalty area drifts over the goal line.
8' - Castro and Gomez combine well on left but GK Jin Jiang easily collects a tame cross.
5' - Wanchope attacks down left but his cross flies across the penalty area.
2' - Corner to China but the ball drifts out of play.
1' - Costa Rica kicks off the second game in Group C.
Kickoff at 2:30 a.m. EDT; 7:30 a.m. GMT