U.S. vs. Costa Rica History & Numbers

See how the U.S. matches up against Costa Rica with a comprehensive breakdown of the history and numbers between the two teams.

U.S. vs. Costa Rica Record Book
World Cup Qualifying By The Numbers: U.S. vs. Costa Rica Series Goals vs. Costa Rica Shutouts vs. Costa Rica	U.S. vs. Costa Rica U.S. Under Bruce Arena

Last Match vs. Costa Rica July 12, 2005 – Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass.  – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup   Lineups: USA – 18-Kasey Keller (capt.); 6-Steve Cherundolo, 22-Tony Sanneh, 12-Jimmy Conrad, 2-Frankie Hejduk; 14-Chris Armas, 15-Ben Olsen, 5-John O’Brien (7-DaMarcus Beasley, 58), 19-Steve Ralston; 13-Pat Noonan (10-Landon Donovan, 66), 8-Clint Dempsey (16-Josh Wolff, 78) Subs not used: 1-Marcus Hahnemann; 3-Greg Vanney, 9-Santino Quaranta, 21-Brad Davis Head Coach: Bruce Arena CRC — 18-Jose Porras, 15-Harold Wallace, 13-Victor Cordero, 4-Michael Umana, 3-Roy Miller; 17-Steven Bryce, 6-Daniel Fonseca, 8-Jose Luis Lopez (20-Douglas Sequiera, 67), 10-Jafet Soto (9-Bryan Ruiz, 76); 21-Randall Brenes (11-Cristian Bolanos, 62), 7-Oscar Rojas Subs not used: 1-Alvaro Messen, 5-Gabriel Badilla, 12-Junior Diaz, 19-Mauricio Wright, Head Coach: Alexandre Guimaeres

LAST TIME…

On the field for the USA
September 7, 2005 – Estadio Mateo Flores – 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Final Round
USA       0 
GUA       0 
Att: 27,000 est.

USA – 1-Marcus Hahnemann, 6-Chris Albright, 22-Chad Marshall, 12-Jimmy Conrad, 3-Greg Vanney; 23-Santino Quaranta (10-Landon Donovan, 64), 25-Pablo Mastroeni (capt.), 8-Clint Dempsey (19-Steve Ralston, 89), 15-Bobby Convey; 13-Taylor Twellman, 11-Jeff Cunningham (9-Eddie Johnson, 57)
Subs not used: 24-Matt Reis, 2-Frankie Hejduk, 5-Nick Garcia, 14-Chris Armas
Head Coach: Bruce Arena.

GUA – 1-Miguel Klee, 26-Angel Sanabria, 3-Pablo Melgar, 14-Elmer Ponciano, 18-Selven Ponciano; 16-Julio Giron, 8-Gonzalo Romero, 11-Guillermo Ramirez (24-Maynor Davila, 46), 7-Fredy Thompson (12-Carlos Figueroa, 71); 15-Juan Carlos Plata (capt.) (10-Edwin Villatoro, 78), 23-Mario Acevedo
Subs not used: 2-Nelson Morales, 6-Gustavo Cabrera, 9-Fredy Garcia, 22-Luis Molina
Head Coach: Ramon Maradiaga

On the field for Costa Rica
September 7, 2005 – Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San Jose, Costa Rica – 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Final Round
CRC        2             Alvaro Saborio 15', Walter Centeno 50'
TRI           0

CRC – 18-Jose Porras, 2-Jervis Drummond, 3-Luis Marin, 5-Gilberto Martinez, 8-Mauricio Solis, 9-Paulo Wanchope, 10-Walter Centeno, 11-Ronald Gomez, 16-Roy Miller (4-Michael Umana, 71), 17-Alonso Solis (7-Christian Bolanos, 56), 19-Alvaro Saborio (20-Douglas Sequeira, 63)
Subs not used: 1-Alvaro Mesen, 14-Minor Diaz, 21-Winston Parks, 22-Jafet Soto
Head Coach: Cesar Mendez

TRI – 21-Kelvin Jack; 4-Marvin Andrews, 6-Dennis Lawrence, 7-Christover Birchall, 9-Aurtis Whitley (20-Jason Scotland, 59), 10-Russel Latapy, 11-Carlos Edwards, 13-Ian Cox, 14-Stern John, 16-Silvio Spann (8-Scott Sealy, 70), 19-Dwight Yorke
Subs not used: 1-Shaka Hislop, 2-Atiba Charles, 18-Densil Theobold, 23-Glenton Wolffe, 24-Cyd Gray
Head Coach: Leo Beenhaker