Costa Rica in the Gold Cup [R]

[MoRado]

Everybody knows that Costa Rica is not having a good time, we have had a lot of bad results lately, but *(very important...)* COSTA RICA is always a serious Kontender in GC's

We'll be there with, what i call, i C+ team, its defently not our top team, not even a B teams, but some important players will also be there

This is our ultimate roster:

Goalkeepers
Álvaro Mesén, José Francisco Porras y Donny Grant.
Defenders
Michael Umaña, Víctor Cordero, Gabriel Badilla y Mauricio Wright Junior Díaz, Harold Wallace y Roy Miller.
Midfielders
Jafet Soto, José Luis López, Danny Fonseca, Geiner Segura, Douglas Sequeira, Steven Bryce y Cristian Bolaños.
Forwards
Óscar Rojas, Bryan Ruiz y Randall Brenes

[MoRado]

Good points about our team

A lot of fresh blood, players like Umana,Brenes, riuz, Bolanos, Badilla are getting their caps
Bryan Ruiz was supposed to go to Netherlands, cause a couple of teams have showed interst on him, but he decided to play this GC
Everybody is underestimating this team, so we can surprise.


Bad points about our team
NO marin, centeno, Gomez, solis, Wanchope, Parks. We are missing most of our quality players.
Why calling our 2 best goalies, either Porras or Mesn should have stayed here, Wardy alfaro is waiting for his first oportunity and he surely deserve it
Only 3 forwards...mmm...no-no...actually it's only ruiz, cause Brenes and Rojas are like wings.

[MoRado]

I hope we advance at least to the 2nd round, Cuba and Canada are pretty accessible, US...mmm...i hope we tie

[hobbes]

Hey MoRado, who do you think Costa Rica will start and what do you consider to be their best team?

There's some big names missing, but this team doesn't look that depleated.

Two first choice keepers and aren't Mauricio Wright, Harold Wallace, José Luis López, Danny Fonseca, Jafet Soto, Steven Bryce and Cristian Bolaños at least squad players. I know most of those guys at least were dressed against Canada in the qualifiers and Bolaños and Soto started your last WCQ

Of course I know next to nothing about most of the others (except Umana and Sequiera), so are they that far off the radar that this is a C team?

I think you should finish second without too much difficulty, but we shall see.

cheers,
hobbes

[MoRado]

There's some big names missing, but this team doesn't look that depleated.

Two first choice keepers and aren't Mauricio Wright, Harold Wallace, José Luis López, Danny Fonseca, Jafet Soto, Steven Bryce and Cristian Bolaños at least squad players. I know most of those guys at least were dressed against Canada in the qualifiers and Bolaños and Soto started your last WCQ


i found some mistakes in your post.....
Danny fonseca has only played in the Uncaf tournament, you might be thinking on Rolando Fonseca
Crhistian bolanos is 20 years old, he has 3 games with the nat'l team.
Goalkeepers, wright, wallace, Sequeira, Lopez, soto and Bryce are the only A players
The rest of them have 0-10 official games

[MoRado]

Hey MoRado, who do you think Costa Rica will start and what do you consider to be their best team?


With those players i will start like this...

****************MESEN*****************
**************************************
*****BADILLA****CORDERO****UMANA*******
WALLACE****************************DIAZ
************SEQUEIRA*****LOPEZ*********
**************************************
*****ROJAS******BOLANOS******SOTO*****
****************RUIZ*******************


Our best team would be...mmm...
Mesen
wallace, Martinez, Marin, Gonzales
Lopez, hernandez
centeno, solis
wanchope, gomez

[hobbes]

i found some mistakes in your post.....
Danny fonseca has only played in the Uncaf tournament, you might be thinking on Rolando Fonseca
Crhistian bolanos is 20 years old, he has 3 games with the nat'l team.


Firstly thanks a bunch for the lineup speculation and the info on the team.

I thought it was Danny, not Rolando who was in the 18-man roster for both Canada-Costa Rica matches. According to http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr38005.html Danny Fonseca played in the match at Saprissa Stadium. Maybe they got it wrong?

And I saw that Bolanos had started against Guatemala and figured he must be in good form to play in such an important game, but I had no idea he was so young or had so few caps. Good to know.

Again cheers for the info,
hobbes

[sinistersam redded]

They will have an easy win over Canada to start the tournament and should beat Cuba for two wins, enough
to get them into the second stage.

[MoRado]

I thought it was Danny, not Rolando who was in the 18-man roster for both Canada-Costa Rica matches. According to http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr38005.html Danny Fonseca played in the match at Saprissa Stadium. Maybe they got it wrong?

Well, maybe they have it wrong, or maybe he did play a few minutes, but he has only 8 official games.

And I saw that Bolanos had started against Guatemala and figured he must be in good form to play in such an important game, but I had no idea he was so young or had so few caps. Good to know.

Bolanos has only 4 games (Norway, Guatemala, china (twice))
He is one our young top prospects, he might be going to the MFL next year (PUMAS maybe)

Again cheers for the info,
hobbes
cheers!

[romero09]

With those players i will start like this...

****************MESEN*****************
**************************************
*****BADILLA****CORDERO****UMANA*******
WALLACE****************************DIAZ
************SEQUEIRA*****LOPEZ*********
**************************************
*****ROJAS******BOLANOS******SOTO*****
****************RUIZ*******************


Our best team would be...mmm...
Mesen
wallace, Martinez, Marin, Gonzales
Lopez, hernandez
centeno, solis
wanchope, gomez



what aobut my fav , crosseyed goalie JOSE FRONCO. PORRAS ?

[scaryice]

Costa Rica should finish second pretty easily. They would then play the first place team from group A, which would probably be Colombia. That would a tough game. If they got past that, then there would likely be a USA-Costa Rica rematch in the semifinal.

[lfsr1544]

Bad points about our team

NO marin, centeno, Gomez, solis, Wanchope, Parks. We are missing most of our quality players.




so you're technically only missing the 6 starters mentioned above?

[MoRado]

so you're technically only missing the 6 starters mentioned above?


no, we are missing a few more A players. Those are the ones i consider as indispensable.

[lfsr1544]

no, we are missing a few more A players. Those are the ones i consider as indispensable.

but reading this article on Sportsya, makes me think the DT is still not sure what his 'A' squad will be and is using this tourney as a real fine tuning...

04-07 | 13:09 hs. - La Selección de Costa Rica competirá en la Copa de Oro con un equipo en el cual, el técnico Alexandre Guimaraes, buscará mezclar jugadores experimentados con noveles.

La selección costarricense tomará la Copa de Oro como una oportunidad inmejorable para consolidar el sistema de juego que quiere emplear Guimaraes con miras a los partidos de la eliminatoria mundialista de Alemania 2006, sin descartar ganar el evento.

Guimaraes tomó las riendas del cuadro costarricense el pasado 1 de abril en sustitución del colombiano Jorge Luis Pinto, por lo que, según él, el tiempo que ha tenido para trabajar con sus dirigidos no ha sido el óptimo.

Según ha dicho Guimaraes, "hay un objetivo diferente en la Copa de Oro, que sería una intención de hacer una base de los jugadores que van a estar, por un lado, para el partido contra México (17 de agosto), pero también para todo lo que es la segunda vuelta" de la eliminatoria mundialista.

"Costa Rica llevará un grupo de jugadores interesantes. En la Copa de Oro algunos tendrán la oportunidad de mostrarse más, otros de irrumpir y por último, otros de afianzarse", agregó el estratega en la página oficial de internet de la Federación Costarricense de Fútbol.

La renovación generacional en el equipo parece inminente, pues en la Copa participarán el defensa de 21 años Gabriel Badilla, el centrocampista Cristian Bolaños (21), el delantero Bryan Ruiz (19), pretendido por el Feyenoord holandés, y el atacante novato Randall Brenes (19).

Sin embargo, en el cuadro centroamericano también estarán presentes jugadores de mucha experiencia como el defensa mundialista de Corea del Sur y ******ón 2002, Mauricio Wrigth, quien a sus 33 años sigue contando con la confianza de Guimaraes como líder de la zaga.

Las ausencias más importantes de Costa Rica para el torneo serán los delanteros Paulo Wanchope, del Málaga español, y Winston Parks, del Lokomotiv ruso; el defensa Gilberto Martínez, del Brescia italiano; y el defensa y capitán Luis Marín del local Alajuelense.

El equipo Tico que se presentará en la Copa de Oro jugó dos partidos preparatorios para el torneo, en junio en China contra la selección local, con saldo de un empate 2-2 y una derrota 2-0. Además en mayo pasado cayó 1-0 contra Noruega, en Oslo.

En esos encuentros, el técnico costarricense buscó plantar un equipo rápido en el medio campo, con delanteros potentes y una defensa sólida basada en la experiencia, para afrontar la Copa de Oro, donde los ticos se medirán a Estados Unidos, Cuba y Canadá.

Tras su participación en el mundial de Corea del Sur y ******ón 2002, el equipo centroamericano no ha mostrado su mejor nivel y ha cambiado de entrenador en tres ocasiones, lo que ha evitado una consolidación de la base de jugadores y sistema de juego.

Guimaraes dirigió a Costa Rica entre 2001 y 2002, y logró clasificarla al mundial asiático en el primer lugar de la Concacaf por encima de las dos potencias del área como México y Estados Unidos.

Después del mundial, el equipo fue dirigido por el estadounidense Steve Sampson hasta junio de 2004 cuando el colombiano Pinto asumió el puesto, para luego ser sustituido por "Guima" el 1 de abril pasado.

Costa Rica ha participado en seis de las siete Copas de Oro disputadas hasta ahora. Sólo estuvo ausente en la edición 1996, cuando no clasificó.

La mejor posición que los costarricenses han alcanzado en una Copa de Oro fue el subcampeonato obtenido en la edición de 2002, cuando dirigida por Guimaraes, cayó en la final 2-0 contra el anfitrión Estados Unidos.

En 1993 los costarricenses terminaron en el tercer puesto y luego aparecen dos cuartos lugares en 1991 y 2003.

En el torneo de 1998 Costa Rica fue eliminada en la primera fase y en el de 2000 quedó fuera en cuartos de final.

NG

(Agencia EFE)

[lfsr1544]

no, we are missing a few more A players. Those are the ones i consider as indispensable.

It seems the only team which is in s**** 's creek is South Africa. Unbelievable that their federation wouldn't almost force their top players to show up, considering they are the next WC hosts!

[tico_sapri]

Costa Rica count my word these players r young n will really play with heart and we will advance and show wat the TICOS r made of. :cool:

[romero09]

Gumias Said to be starting lineup



Portería:
José Francisco Porras Hidalgo


Defensa
Harold Wallace McDonald
Michael Umaña Corrales
Víctor Cordero Flores
Roy Miller Hernández



Contención:
Dany Fonseca Bravo
José Luis López Ramírez

Laterales:
Steven Bryce Valerio
Cristian Bolaños Navarro

Delanteros:
Bryan Ruíz
Jafet Soto Molina


www.teletica.com

[MoRado]

Gumias Said to be starting lineup

Portería:
José Francisco Porras Hidalgo
Defensa
Harold Wallace McDonald
Michael Umaña Corrales
Víctor Cordero Flores
Roy Miller Hernández
Contención:
Dany Fonseca Bravo
José Luis López Ramírez
Laterales:
Steven Bryce Valerio
Cristian Bolaños Navarro
Delanteros:
Bryan Ruíz
Jafet Soto Molina

www.teletica.com

Aint that bad....I would add douglas Sequeira instead of Danny Fonseca there.

Pay special attention to Bolanos and Ruiz, they´ll surprise a lot of people, i feel it!

[romero09]

Aint that bad....I would add douglas Sequeira instead of Danny Fonseca there.

Pay special attention to Bolanos and Ruiz, they´ll surprise a lot of people, i feel it!


QUE BUENO ! ya ESTA FRONCO PORRAS !

[lfsr1544]

QUE BUENO ! ya ESTA FRONCO PORRAS !

knowing that maybe some teams are missing some big guns, is this a pretty solid competitive CR team in your eyes?

Colombia plays Panama today? I'm curious, what do you guys see as Panama's strengths/weaknesses? Who's their best player?