Archive for September 30th, 2007

Cartago Police Commissary Worth Visit

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

by Rod Hughes
Earthquakes and a late awakening of citizens to the worth of their national monuments have claimed many historic buildings in this country. This is why far fewer historic structures remain standing here than in many Latin American countries. But one worth a visit is the police commissary in […]

San Carlos Beats Cartago 2-1

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

by Rod Hughes
Holy Steinbrenner! Do you suppose that changing the field marshal of a sports club really helps a team? Maybe so…
San Carlos, playing on their home grass in Ciudad Quesada and sporting a new head coach, Juan Carlos Arguedas, dumped a lackluster Cartago yesterday […]

Poll Shows Virtual Referendum Tie

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

by Rod Hughes
A Uminer poll commissioned by the leading daily newspaper, La Nación, shows the “yes” vote for the Central american Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with a razor-thin lead in the run-up to the Oct. 7 referendum vote. But, taking into account normal error in the survey, […]

Saprissa Moves On, Puntarenas Out

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Note: We would like to apologize for the tardiness of this report, written much earlier but delayed by technical problems.
by Rod Hughes
Puntarenas fans are grieving because they thought their soccer team could. Coming fresh from a good shellacking of Saprissa in Costa Rica’s first Division Sunday, they were […]

Alajuela Gets Past Real España

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

by Rod Hughes
So half of the UNCAF soccer tournament semifinals will be fought out on Costa Rican soil, since Alajuela got by Real España of Honduras on goal kicks, 5-4 after ending regulations play in a 2-2 tie. The first semifinal game will be in Tibas’s Ricardo Saprissa Stadium Oct. 23, […]