Costa Rica heads to Soldier Field in Chicago for a Tuesday night match against the USA, which lost to group leader Colombia 2-0 at Levi’s Stadium on Friday night.
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A 94th minute red card against Paraguay means the Ticos will be without central defender Kendall Waston, the Vancouver Whitecaps’ 2015 MLS Defender of the Year finalist.
The United States Men’s National team will look for redemption as it faces Costa Rica on Tuesday in the Copa America 2016.
Costa Rica, quarter-finalists in the World Cup two years ago, played a more direct style, looking to find forwards Joel Campbell and Ruiz quickly, but they were unable to find much in the way of fluidity to their play.
On the other side, Paraguay have also shown in the past that they’re feeling comfortable being in the underdog position.
All the eyes of Costa Rica will be glued to the TV come 3 pm in the land of “Pura Vida”.
On paper at least, Paraguay should win this week’s curtain raiser against Costa Rica, with the likes of Antonio Sanabria, Juan Iturbe, and Celso Ortiz all representing world-class talent.
To say the United States got off on the wrong foot in their opening Group A match of Copa America Centenario would be an understatement.
Jurgen Klinsmann has urged the US national team to be ruthless against Costa Rica on Tuesday in order to keep its Copa America campaign alive. How well will the U.S. play with backs against the wall?
The heat-it was over 100º at Camping World Stadium-likely played a large part in this. “They were ruthless in terms of their ability to know what the game was going to need and close space and make things very hard”.
PASADENA, Calif. -There were more cards than shots on goal in Saturday’s chippy scoreless Group B draw between Brazil and Ecuador at the Rose Bowl. Costa Rica will reportedly be playing without goalkeeper Keylor Navas, who is dealing with an Achilles injury. Brazil often looked unsafe in possession even without many of their star players, while Ecuador stayed in it throughout and played like the better team for long stretches.
Balbuena, quoted on the Paraguayan Football Association’s official website, said: “At this level all squads are prepared in the best way, and I think those renowned for good performances in previous competitions are candidates”.
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Orlando was a venue for that tournament and drew attention after a group game between the Republic of Ireland and Mexico was played at mid-day in a temperature of 105 degrees fahrenheit.
