MEXICO SEMIFINALS COSTA RICA CNL 2019/20 June 3 2021 | 10 PM ET | EMPOWER FIELD AT MILE HIGH
ALL-TIME SERIES
They have met 55 times, Mexico has achieved 31 wins (GF 88 ), 18 draws and 6 wins for Costa Rica (GF 34 ).
It will be the first meeting in the Concacaf Nations League.
Concacaf Qualifying Series: 22 games played with 11 wins for Mexico (32 goals), 7 draws and 4 wins for Costa Rica (14 goals scored).
Concacaf Gold Cup Series (since 1991): they have met 8 times with 5 wins for Mexico (GF 13 GA 4 ) and 3 draws.
They have met twice in the group stage, 3 times in the quarter-finals, 2 times in the semi- finals and once in the match for third place.
Mexico won the Gold Cup twice when they faced Costa Rica in the semifinals (2003 and 2009).
Andrés Guardado is the player from Mexico with the most matches vs Costa Rica (4), Gerardo Torrado (3), Guillermo Ochoa (3), Giovanny Dos Santos (3)
Andrés Guardado is Mexico's player with the most goals scored vs Costa Rica (3)
Celso Borges is the Costa Rican player with the most matches vs Mexico (4), Bryan Ruiz (3).
Ricardo La Volpe is the only coach who has led the two teams (2003 to Mexico) in 2011 to Costa Rica.
Gonzalo Farfán scored the fastest goal in a Mexico vs. Costa Rica, 9th minute game for the third place in the Gold Cup, July 7, 1991.
Ronald Gómez is the youngest player from Costa Rica to face Mexico, (18 years, 5 months, 21 days)
Alvaro Saborío is the oldest player who faced Mexico, (37 years, 3 months, 4 days)
Goalkeeper Moisés Muñoz is Mexico's oldest player to face Costa Rica (35 years, 5 months, 18 days).
Giovanny Dos Santos is the most Mexican player who faced Costa Rica (20 years, 2 months and 12 days).
Marco Ureña is the youngest player from Costa Rica to score a goal against Mexico (21 years, 3 months, 7 days).
Jared Borgetti, is the oldest Mexican player to score a goal against Costa Rica (33 years, 10 months, 3 days).
Last time they met: Costa Rica 0-1 Mexico (Hirving Lozano), in an International Friendly, at the Stadion Wiener Neustadt, AUT (30 Mar 2021).
MEXICO
2019/20 CNL RECORD: GP-4 W-4 D-0 L-0 (GF-13 GA-3) +10.
Head Coach: Gerardo Martino (ARG): J-24 G-20 E-2 P-2. He was the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup champion.
Group B results (12 pts.): 1-5 to Bermuda (Nahki Wells; Uriel Antuna, José Macías x2, Hirving Lozano and Héctor Herrera), 3-1 to Panama (Roberto Alvarado, José Macías and Rodolfo Pizarro; Carlos Salcedo o / g), 0-3 to Panama (Raúl Jiménez x2, Édson Álvarez) and 2-1 to Bermuda (Sebastián Córdova and Uriel Antuna; Dante Leverock).
Top Scorers in CNL 2019/20: José Juan Macías (3), Uriel Antuna and Raúl Jiménez (2).
Assists Leader in CNL 2019/20: Roberto Alvarado (2).
Total saves in CNL 2019/20: 9.
Goalkeepers: Raúl Gudiño (3), Guillermo Ochoa (3), Rodolfo Cota (2) and Hugo González (1).
He completed 1,379 correct passes, 193 incorrect passes (87.7% effective) and 23 balls recovered.
Cristian Calderón was the Mexican player with the most minutes played in CNL (286 ’).
Uriel Antuna and José Juan Macías were the Mexican players with the most scoring situations in CNL (9 shots).
Hirving Lozano was the footballer with the most shots on the goal post (2).
COSTA RICA
2019/20 CNL RECORD: GP-4 W-1 D-3 L-0 (GF-4 GA-3) +1.
Head Coach: Ronald González Brenes 50 years (CRC): G-17 W-3 D-5 L-9. He was international in 65 games with the Costa Rican national team. He played in the 1991 Gold Cup against Mexico in the third place match. He played in the 1989 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 1990 FIFA World Cup Italy, and achieved third place in the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup with Deportivo Saprissa.
Group D Results (6 pts.): 1-1 vs. Haiti (Frantzdy Pierrot; José Guillermo Ortíz), 0-0 vs. Curaçao, 1-2 to Curaçao (Rangelo Jangá; Johan Venegas and Francisco Calvo) and 1-1 vs. Haiti (Francisco Calvo; Duckens Nazón).
Top Scorers in CNL 2019/20: Francisco Calvo (2), Johan Venegas and José Guillermo Ortíz (1).
Leaders of assists in CNL 2019/20: Randall Leal, Dylan Flores and Ricardo Blanco (1).
Total saves in CNL 2019: 12.
Goalkeepers: Keylor Navas (8) and Esteban Alvarado (4).
Kendall Waston, Celso Borges and José Guillermo Ortíz were the Costa Rican players with the most minutes played at CNL (381 ’).
Francisco Calvo was the player with the most goals scored with a header (2) in CNL.
Johan Venegas was the Costa Rican soccer player with the most scoring situations in CNL (6 shots). The forward was the player with the most fouls received (14).