USA 2, Costa Rica 2: The Highlights
soccerbyives.net 10/15/2009 — If you happened to miss last night's USA-Costa Rica match, you missed one of the most exciting U.S. national team matches in recent memory. The Americans fought back from two goals down to score a tie and clinch the top spot in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying group (while helping Honduras ...

Where will you be watching USA-Costa Rica?
soccerbyives.net 10/13/2009 — the U.S. men's national team will play its final World Cup qualifier on Wednesday night in Washington D.C. and even though the team has already qualified for the 2010 World Cup, the match vs. Costa Rica is an important one to U.S. fans who want to see their team finish strong. With that in ...

Who should the USA start vs. Costa Rica?
soccerbyives.net 10/12/2009 — Photo by ISIphotos.com With the 2010 World Cup berth already secured, the U.S. national team will head into its final qualifier on Wednesday playing for a chance to top the CONCACAF qualifying group, and a chance ...

United States v Costa Rica Match Preview and Prediction – Wednesday, October 14, 2009
the90thminute.com 10/12/2009 — The United States clinched its spot in South Africa with a gritty 3-2 win at Honduras on Saturday while Costa Rica is now 3rd in the qualification table. The match has meaning for Costa Rica who can clinch their spot with a win while the USA can remain in first with a win. The match will be ...

US Stuns Costa Rica, Sending Honduras To World Cup
soccer.fanhouse.com 10/15/2009 — by Brian Straus Playing a man down following Oguchi Onyewu's knee injury, the U.S. national team continued to press as it faced its first World Cup qualifying defeat on home soil in eight years. With seconds remaining in the 95th and final minute, defender Jonathan Bornstein raced unmarked ...

US Gets Late Draw to Put Honduras in World Cup
thethirdhalf.org 10/15/2009 — The hours between 8 pm and 10 pm may have been some of the most exciting we've seen in CONCACAF in a long time. When it was all said and done, 95th minute magic by a side already in the World Cup put the side they defeated on Saturday in. I will be...

CONCACAF 2010 World Cup Qualifying Final Standings: USA, Mexico, and Honduras advance
the90thminute.com 10/15/2009 — The CONCACAF Region (North/Central America) finished is 2010 World Cup Qualifying on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 with all six teams in matches. The United States and Mexico had clinched two of the three automatic qualification spots while Costa Rica and Honduras were in contention for the final ...

More trouble for Costa Rica
soccerbyives.net 10/6/2009 — Just when you thought Costa Rica's World Cup qualifying hopes couldn't get any worse, they manage to get worse. Just a week after seeing head coach fired Rodrigo Kenton and replaced by Rene Simoes, the "Ticos' have now lost standout central midfielder Celso Borges for the remainder of ...

CONCACAF 2010 World Cup Qualifying Standings through Monday, October 12, 2009
the90thminute.com 10/12/2009 — The CONCACAF Region has two of its three automatic qualification spots decided with Mexico and the United States winning on Saturday. The third spot is up for grabs as Honduras and Costa Rica still have a chance. The fourth place team will play the fifth place team from CONMEBOL (South America) ...

Honduras is IN the World Cup!
slanchreport.com 10/15/2009 — With the US Men’s team tie against Costa Rica it meant that the Honduran team was IN for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The Hondurans haven’t had a successful campaign in the Cup since the 1982 tournament when they battled the host Spaniards to a tie. Because the game was of ...

Honduras qualify for World Cup, Costa Rica in playoff (Reuters) — Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News 10/15/2009
Honduras qualified for the World Cup finals in dramatic fashion on Wednesday thanks to a 1-0 win in El Salvador and after rivals Costa Rica conceded an injury-time equaliser to draw 2-2 at the United States. With seconds remaining in Washington, Costa ...

Bornstein's Late Header Gives US 2-2 Tie — NYT > Soccer 10/15/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jonathan Bornstein headed in a corner kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time, giving the United States a 2-2 tie against Costa Rica on Wednesday night that put Honduras in next year's World Cup.

WRAPUP-Soccer-Honduras snatch World Cup spot, Costa Rica stunned (Reuters) — Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News 10/15/2009
Costa Rica were seconds away from securing a place at the World Cup on Wednesday but an injury-time equaliser from the United States pushed them into a playoff and handed Honduras a ticket to next year's finals in a dramatic finale to CONCACAF qualifying.

U.S. ties Costa Rica, 2-2; Honduras in World Cup field — dallasnews.com: Pro Soccer 10/15/2009

Costa Rica, US in draw — NY Post: Sports 10/15/2009
WASHINGTON -- Jonathan Bornstein headed in a corner kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time, giving the United States a 2-2 tie against Costa Rica last night that put Honduras in next year's World Cup. Bryan Ruiz scored twice in a four minute-s...