Korea, Japan will be Costa Rica's second appearance at the World
Cup. At Italy 1990, the country qualified for the second round.
Qualifying campaign
Semi-final group
stage
L 1-2 Barbados
(a)
W 2-1 USA
(h)
W 2-1 Guatemala
(h)
W 3-0 Barbados
(h)
D 0-0 USA
(a)
L 1-2 Guatemala
(a)
Play-off
W 5-2
Guatemala
A competent squad, they may just recreate history. They are pitted against Brazil, and will jostle for the second place with
Turkey and China.
Goalkeepers: Erick Lonnis, Alvaro Mesen, Lester Morgan.
Defenders: Carlos Castro, Harold Wallace, Mauricio Wright, Juan Jose Rodriguez, Daniel Vallejo, Reynaldo Parks, Jervis Drummond, Gilberto Martinez , Luis Marin.