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Costa Rica
Wins Easily To Bolster World Cup Chances
Costa Rica had a
4-0 home win over Trinidad & Tobago on
Saturday to put itself in position to
qualify for the 2010 World Cup.
Alvaro Saborio scored two goals and Walter
Centeno added another, while Radanfa
Abubakr's own-goal opened the scoring at the
Ricardo Saprissa Stadium.
New coach Rene Simoes made a winning debut
after replacing the fired Rodrigo Kenton.
Costa Rica moved into third -- and the last
automatic qualifying place -- with 15
points, two ahead of fourth-placed Honduras
with one round to go. The eventual
fourth-place team will go into a playoff
against the fifth-placed South American
team.
Costa Rica can secure its third straight
trip to the World Cup with a win against the
already-qualified United States on
Wednesday. The U.S. leads the group with 19
points and has already qualified alongside
second-place Mexico, another winner on
Saturday.
Trinidad & Tobago, last in the CONCACAF
group, finished with 10 men after Julius
James was sent off in the 66th minute.
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