Costa Rica Women Secure
Place in CONCACAF Final
Round
Costa Rica secured their
place in the final round
of the 2008 CONCACAF
Women’s Olympic
Qualification after
eliminating Nicaragua in
the Central American
Second Round on an
aggregate score of 9:0
over the weekend.
After winning the first
game 3:0 last week,
Kandy Mendoza scored
twice to lead Costa Rica
in the 6:0 victory over
visiting Nicaragua in
the return-leg at the
Estadio Nacional in San
José on Saturday.
Costa Rica will now
compete in the six-team
2008 CONCACAF Women’s
Olympic Qualification
Final Round joining two
Caribbean qualifiers,
Canada, Mexico and USA,
where two teams will
qualify to the 2008
Olympic Games in
Beijing, China. The
venue and dates for the
final round will be
announced in due course.
The two Caribbean
qualifiers will come
from a quadrangular
group consisting of
Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto
Rico and Trinidad &
Tobago that will take
place later this year at
a venue to be
determined. |
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