Costa Rica Into First
Finals
Costa Rica beat Canada in the third-place
match of the CONCACAF qualifying competition
in Guatemala on Saturday to book their place
as the third and final participant from the
region at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World
Cup in Germany.
Costa Rica joins the USA, who finished first
in the region later on Sunday, and runner’s
up Mexico at the finals.
The Costa Ricans – who lost to the USA in
their semi-final match last week – got the
better of Canada in Guatemala City, the only
goal of the 1-0 affair coming in the 19th
minute from a Katherine Alvarado free-kick
that Canuck goalkeeper Cynthia LeBlanc
misjudged completely.
The win means the Costa Ricans will be
travelling to a U-20 women’s showpiece for
the first time this July.
The representatives from Europe are already
known with England, France, Sweden and
Switzerland qualified from UEFA. Asia will
be sending Japan and the two Koreas, while
New Zealand will represent Oceania and
Germany participate automatically as hosts.
The regional qualifying competitions for
Africa and South America will both take
place in February and send two teams each to
round out the final field of 16.
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