Costa Rica vs USA: Costa Rica faces USA in their final World Cup Qualification match on Wednesday with both sides eyeing maximum points.
Match Details:
Teams: Costa Rica vs USA
Venue: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
Date: Thursday 31st March, 2022
Time: 06:35 AM IST
Live Link: https://www.youtube.com/CONCACAF
Preview
Costa Rica come into this final league match having beaten El Salvador 2-1 away from home in their previous match on Monday.
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Contreras scored the opener for Rica before Gil equalized a minute later. But Campbell scored in first half extra time to not only give them a lead but win them the clash, as it turned out to be the winner.
With that win, Costa Rica stayed in the 4th place with 22 points and are in charge to move to the play-offs for WC Qualification.
The hosts are unbeaten in their last 6 matches of the qualifiers and will look to finish off in style.
On the other hand, USA beat Panama 5-1 in their last match to move within touching distance of a place in the Qatar World Cup.
Pulisic led the way with a hat-trick while Arriola and Ferreira also scored for the hosts. Godoy scored a consolation effort for Panama.
This win kept USA in 2nd place on the table with 25 points and eye another win as it will seal their place in the WC, after Canada.
With Mexico also on 25 points behind them, all USA require is three points and they will be through.
Both sides last met in October 2021, where USA beat Costa Rica 2-1 at home.
Form Guide
Costa Rica: WWWDW
USA: WDWLW
Last Matches of both teams:
El Salvador 1-2 Costa Rica
USA 5-1 Panama
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— U.S. Soccer MNT (@USMNT) March 30, 2022
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Costa Rica vs USA in India?
The match will be live streamed on YouTube page of CONCACAF, while it can also be seen on either teams’ official social media handles.
Team News
Matarrita is the sole absentee for Costa Rica due to an ankle injury. Meanwhile; USA has no casualties ahead of this one.
🅙🅤🅝🅣🅞🅢 🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷#HastaElÚltimoMinuto pic.twitter.com/Mf86ldZApq
— FEDEFUTBOL Costa Rica (@fedefutbolcrc) March 29, 2022
Costa Rica possible 11:
Navas, Oviedo, Watson, Vargas, Calvo, Fuller, Martinez, Tejeda, Borges, Campbell and Contreras
USA possible 11:
Steffan, Moore, Zimmerman, Robinson, A Robinson, Acosta, Adams, De La Torre, Pulisic, Arriola and Pepi
Prediction: Costa Rica 1-2 USA
Both sides eye a win in this final league match. The hosts are in a more stressful position given the points have won.
However, we can expect a keenly contested battle with either side aiming for three points.
Costa Rica has played well but inconsistency has been their biggest flaw this campaign.
We see the visitors in USA nick this one and qualify for the WC due to their squad depth and talent.