Two goals that made Costa Rican soccer history
- by crv.staff
- 11.06.10
- 9:53 AM UTC
- Filed in Costa Rica
Source: Tico Times
By : Adam Williams
On the night of Oct. 14, 2009, in Washington D.C., U.S. midfielder Jonathan Bornstein headed in a corner kick in the 94th minute of a game against Costa Rica to even the score of the World Cup qualifying match at 2-2. Had Costa Rica held on for 20 more seconds, they would be participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which begins today in Johannesburg, South Africa.
But the Ticos didn’t hold on, and Bornstein’s goal gave Honduras the final World Cup spot from the International Soccer Federation’s North and Central America and Caribbean Region (Concacaf). Bornstein was hailed as a national hero in Honduras and offered a free vacation in the Bay Islands by then-interim-President Roberto Micheletti.
As the World Cup gets underway, Bornstein’s goal haunts Costa Rica, as it will for years.
“Only God knows why it had to happen like that,” said Costa Rican defender Luis Marín a few weeks after the loss to the U.S. “I’ve never felt such pain after a game as I felt that night.”
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