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COSTA RICA

GROUP C STANDINGS
Team	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
x-Brazil	3	0	0	11	3	9
q-Turkey	1	1	1	5	3	4
Costa Rica	1	1	1	5	6	4
China	0	3	0	0	9	0
x-group winner, q-qualified for 2nd round

SCOREBOARD

FINAL
Costa Rica	2
Brazil	5
Recap \| Match Summary
COS - Paulo Wanchope, 39th min. COS - Ronald Gomez, 56th min. BRA - (OWN ) by Luis Marin, 10th min. BRA - Luiz Ronaldo, 13th min. BRA - Jose Gomes Edmilson, 38th min. BRA - Vitor Borba Rivaldo, 63rd min. BRA - Jenilson Junior, 64th min.

COSTA RICA HEADLINES
June 14, 06:46 p.m. ET	Medford retires after Costa Rica exit (Reuters)

COSTA RICA SCHEDULE
Date	Time*	Teams	Stories
Tue. June 4th	02:30 a.m. ET	Costa Rica 2, China 0 at Gwangju, South Korea	Recap \| Match Summary
Sun. June 9th	05:00 a.m. ET	Costa Rica 1, Turkey 1 at Incheon, South Korea	Recap \| Match Summary
Thu. June 13th	02:30 a.m. ET	Brazil 5, Costa Rica 2 at Suwon, South Korea	Recap \| Match Summary
* - GMT is ET + 4 hrs.; Tokyo/Seoul local time is ET + 13 hrs.

Costa Rica Team Information

Recent Costa Rica lineup.
Allsport

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The Ticos finished ahead of Mexico and the U.S. in qualifying, but rampant injuries and reckless attacking -- Three strikers? What is this, 1950? -- will make their second Cup a short one.
--Grant Wahl (More)

Pedro Pinto: Costa Rica Team Spotlight

Costa Rica World Cup History

Player Profiles

Features

Costa Rica takes long, hard road to finals

Knee injury may keep Wanchope out of finals

Medford determined to overcome injury

From World Soccer Magazine

Player Profile: When Rolando Fonseca made his debut with Deportivo Saprissa a day before his 17th birthday, great expectations were born. After all, it isn't every day that Costa Rica's most popular team puts a player so young on the pitch. (More)

Q & A with coach Alexander Guimares

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