It has been quite the resurgence for Costa Rica, who never threw in the towel despite a poor opening seven matches in the Octagon.

On Sunday, Luis Fernando Suarez saw his side hang back and defend once again for most of their encounter against El Salvador, but in the end, they got the job done, winning 2-1 and putting themselves in a solid position to keep the possibility of a third successive trip to the finals intact.

They come into their final game unbeaten in six straight qualifiers, five of which were victories, and at worst, Los Ticos will find themselves playing in an inter-confederation playoff, regardless of how this match ends up.

Costa Rica deserve a ton of credit for the way they came together during a brutal qualifying stretch to turn their campaign around before it was too late.

This side may lack creativity and quality in attack, though they make up for it with tremendous poise on the backline and intelligent positional play.

The US have won their last four meeting versus these Central Americans, however, Los Ticos have never lost a World Cup qualifier to the Yanks on home soil, outscoring them 22-7.



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这对哥斯达黎加来说是一次相当大的复苏，尽管在八角球场开局七场比赛表现不佳，但他们从未认输。

周日,Luis Fernando苏亚雷斯再次看见他一边犹豫和捍卫的大部分遇到对萨尔瓦多,但是最终,他们完成了这项工作,2 - 1获胜,把自己在一个坚实的位置保持连续第三次总决赛之旅的可能性。

他们进入了连续六场预选赛的最后一场不败，其中五场是胜利，最坏的情况是，不管这场比赛的结果如何，Los Ticos将会发现他们将会进入一个跨联盟的季后赛。

哥斯达黎加值得称赞的是，他们在残酷的资格赛阶段团结一致，及时扭转了局面。

这支球队在进攻上可能缺乏创造力和质量，但他们在后防线上的巨大平衡和聪明的位置发挥弥补了这一点。

美国在过去四次对阵中美洲人的比赛中都取得了胜利，然而，洛斯蒂科斯队从来没有在世界杯预选赛主场输给过扬基队，以22-7的比分击败了他们。