Costa Rica Soccer

Costa Rica Kickaround

*My scene-setting, USA-Costa Rica story from San Jose Costa Rica. To see how it was presented on the front of the print-edition sports section, click here.

*TV Alert! Less than 24 hours before the USA-CR showdown, ESPN execs abruptly moved tonight's coverage from ESPN to ESPN2. The good news is that they've added a 30-minute pregame show starting at 9:30 p.m. ET. The reason: The College Softball World Series. [UPDATE: According to a USSF press release, "The programming change prevents potential conflicts with ESPN's baseball coverage running into the U.S. game's time slot and was made possible by the Women's College World Series ending early."] Alert your neighbors, reset your TiVo/DVRs, don't blame the incorrect TV listings in today's newspapers. The network also encountered production issues in Costa Rica and did not send the announcing crew to San Jose. (They'll handle play-by-play from Connecticut.)

*With Frankie Hejduk out, Ricardo Clark has been added to the USA roster.

*More than 47,000 tickets have been sold for Saturday's USA qualifier against Honduras at Soldier Field in Tegucigalpa Chicago. [UPDATE: It's now at 50,000-plus.]

*Happy 20th birthday (yesterday) to the USA's Freddy Adu.

*On a side note: After guiding Virginia Tech to its first NCAA College Cup semifinals in 2007, Oliver Weiss has resigned as coach. Hmmm.....


By Steve Goff | June 3, 2009; 9:28 AM ET
Categories: College Soccer , Costa Rica , TV , U.S. men's national team
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