• FT

    Trin & Tob

    2

    Costa Rica

    3

    Report
  • FT

    USA

    2

    Honduras

    1

    Report
  • FT

    El Salvador

    2

    Mexico

    1

    Report

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING - CONCACAF

Hasely Crawford

Referee: Courtney Campbell | Attendance: 9500

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Trinidad & Tobago

  • Carlos Edwards 30' •
  • Collin Samuel 62' •

2 - 3

FT

Costa Rica

  • • Alvaro Alberto Chacon Saborio 41'
  • • Celso Borges 52'
  • • Celso Borges 68'

T & T 2-3 Costa Rica: Borges nets brace

BACOLET, Tobago -- Celso Borges scored twice, including a tiebreaking goal in the 68th minute, and Costa Rica defeated Trinidad and Tobago 3-2 in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday night.

Carlos Edwards put Trinidad and Tobago ahead in the 30th minute, but Alvaro Saborio tied it in the 41st and Borges gave Costa Rica the lead in the 52nd. Colin Samuels made it 2-2 in the 64th.

Costa Rica (4-1), which defeated the United States 3-1 on Wednesday, leads the six-nation finals of North and Central America and the Caribbean with 12 points, while Trinidad (0-2-2) is in last place with two. The top three teams qualify for next year's World Cup and the No. 4 team goes to a playoff. T&T plays Wednesday at Mexico.

Scoring Summary

  • Trinidad & Tobago
  • Costa Rica
Carlos Edwards (30')
Collin Samuel (62')
(41') Alvaro Alberto Chacon Saborio
(52') Celso Borges
(68') Celso Borges

Match Stats

  • Trinidad & Tobago
  • Costa Rica
0(0) Shots (on goal) 0(0)
0 Fouls 0
0 Corner kicks 0
0 Offsides 0
0% Time of Possession 0%
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Saves 0

Teams

  • Trinidad & Tobago
  • Costa Rica
1 Clayton Ince
3 Avery John
4 Marvin Andrews
6 Dennis Lawrence
10 Hayden Tinto
8 Trent Noel
11 Carlos Edwards
16 Silvio Reinaldo Spann
17 Dwight Yorke
15 Kenwyne Jones
20 Jason Scotland
Keylor Navas 1
Esteban Sirias 2
Michael Corrales Umana 4
Celso Borges 5
Gonzalo Segares 13
Harold McDonald Wallace 15
Pablo Herrera Barrantes 17
Walter Centeno 10
Andy Herron 7
Alvaro Alberto Chacon Saborio 9
Bryan Ruiz 11
Substitutes
21 Marvin Phillip
2 Makan Hislop
7 Chris Birchall
9 Khaleem Hyland
15 Kerry Baptiste
18 Densill Theobald
19 Keon Daniel
12 Collin Samuel
13 Cornell Glen
Ricardo Gonzalez 18
Freddy Fernandez 3
Cristian Navarro Bolanos 6
Armando Alonso 14
Carlos Valverde Hernandez 16
Andy Furtado 12
Substitutions
Collin Samuel for Hayden Tinto (46')
Cornell Glen for Silvio Reinaldo Spann (60')
Chris Birchall for Jason Scotland (73')
Cristian Navarro Bolanos for Bryan Ruiz (50')
Armando Alonso for Andy Herron (61')
Yellow Cards
Bryan Ruiz (48')