by Rod Hughes

Well, anything can happen in soccer. Yesterday, cellar-dweller Cartago rose up and smote San Carlos, 1-0, to pull itself laboriously within two points of an equally struggling University of Costa Rica in the sweepstakes of which team will wind up being banished to the wilderness of the Second Division.

The winning goal came in two minutes of overtime, on Martin Arriola’s goal on a corner kick by Leonardo Ocamica. Until then, San Carlos appeared content with the tie, showing the folly of such defensive thinking. Cartago appeared revitalized in the second half when veteran Minor Diaz came in for Rodolfo Gabriell. Both sides had missed chances goal in the first half when headers rebounded off the cross bar.