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were born and died without getting to celebrate a national championship title. They came close in the 70 ´ s, 80 ´ s and the 90 ´ s especially, when in the early 90 ´ s they took 2nd Place in the National Championship and actually went on to win the 1994 CONCACAF (Central American, Caribbean and North American Confederation of F ú tbol Clubs) TITLE by winning all the eliminations and the Final game with a score of 3-2 against ATLANTE from Mexico which had its world famous former Real Madrid scoring star attacker Hugo S á nchez in the line up. This game was played in San Jose, but not in Costa Rica as one might think, rather it took place at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California! I know this as I was there to see it and celebrate since at that time I worked as Director of IT for a local Card Club Casino. Costa Rica ´ s best ever finish at the WORLD

CUP was in 2014 in Brazil, when the National Team finished in the 8th position and actually finished undefeated in regulation time as it only lost to Holland in the penalty shoot-out after a tie during the 120 minutes of playing (90 min. regulation time plus 30 minutes of overtime). The team had been seeded in a group that was known as the Group of Death due to having 3 former World Cup Champions (Italy, England and Uruguay) and poor little Costa Rica was thought to be the first to be eliminated. Instead the Costa Rican team shocked everyone and finished first and undefeated! From this 2014 World Cup emerged several world class players with the most famous being Keylor Navas, the goalkeeper, who would go on to win 3 UEFA Champions League Titles in a row, playing for powerhouse REAL MADRID.

Current Final League Standings (MAY 2024) and the Top 4 Teams after 22 games (1 Away game and 1 Home game against the other 11 teams) will play for the Title. The 1st Place finisher will play against the 4th and 2nd and 3rd will play each other. The two winners then go on to play each other for the title. In the Playoffs Alajuelense and Saprissa beat Heredia and San Carlos which set up the Final games of Home and Away between Saprissa vs Alajuelense. The SAPRISSA team took the Title after the away and home games. The Costa Rica National Team played against Honduras on March 23rd, 2024, in Frisco, Texas, USA and won. The WIN gave it a spot in the COPA AMERICA with Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay in its group from which the Top 2 teams will advance to the Final rounds.