Costa Rica earned its country's first Women's World Cup appearance by beating Trinidad and Tobago on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw in its semifinal match.
As I said, it has a lot at stake, as in $take: In 2000, Costa Rica earned about $1.25 billion from ecotourism, and it is estimated that 70percentt of the country's tourists visit natural protected areas.
According to several people close to him, Mr. Costas now earns about $3 million a year, making him one of the highest-paid sportscasters in the nation.
His simulation earned Ricardo Costa an ejection.
In addition to the 10 countries from South America, the guests are the United States and Mexico, as well as four nations that earned their spots through regional qualifying: Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama and Haiti.
After Atletico had earned their 10th corner of the game, Costa headed in for his 24th league goal of the season.
Jonathan Walters earned a yellow as he snapped in on Costa in what looked suspiciously like a little bit of revenge.
Colombia had already advanced, having earned a berth in the quarterfinals with a win over Paraguay on Tuesday, and Costa Rica was eliminated from contention with the United States' 1-0 victoverover Paraguay earlier Saturday.
Gustavo Kuerten, whose clay-court instincts adapt better every day to the all-round requirements of hard courts, was able to progress comfortably and little noticed, easing out Albert Costa 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 to earn a quarter-final with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
