Costa Rica and Uruguay played the first match of the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL playoff series. Here's how it all turned out. Costa Rica 0-1 Uruguay F Commentary after the jump. Uruguay have taken control of this CONCACAF/CONMEBOL playoff. They pressed well, defended well, and took advantage of Costa Rica's deficiencies in central defense to score the go-ahead ...

Uruguay became the last country from the Americas to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, drawing 1-1 with Costa Rica at home, but winning 2-1 on aggregate. Sebastian Abreu gave Uruguay a two-goal lead at Centenario in Montevideo, scoring in the 69th-minute. Walter Centeno pulled a goal back for Costa Rica four minutes later, but Uruguay held on to qualify. Costa Rica finished with two shots on goal ...

... , CONCACAF was paired with AFC, and the other pot was CAF/CONMEBOL/OFC. This time, you could still have AFC/CONCACAF (plus New Zealand) ... field advantage. Either way they do it, I feel it's important to avoid the CONMEBOL teams, which are stronger than African or Asian teams. ... 37.5% chance of getting one, although it's less if CAF/CONMEBOL are paired, since South Africa can't be drawn ...

... Pot 1 South Africa (CAF - as hosts) Germany (UEFA) Brazil (CONMEBOL) Italy (UEFA) Spain (UEFA) England (UEFA) France (UEFA) Argentina (CONMEBOL) Pot 2 (UEFA Pot) Netherlands (UEFA) Portugal (UEFA) ... Zealand (OFC) North Korea (AFC) Pot 4 Paraguay (CONMEBOL) Ghana (CAF) Cameroon (CAF) Cote d'Ivoire (CAF) Nigeria (CAF) Uruguay (CONMEBOL) Algeria (CAF) Chile (CONMEBOL)

... watching World Cup 2010 on television. Similarly, there’s the acronym-lovers delight that is the CONCACAF vs CONMEBOL playoff. Same deal. Two legs, one winner. Last – and some might argue least ... Guus + Arshavin + the fact we don’t have a Slovenia blog = Russia going though. CONCACAF/CONMEBOL Playoff: Costa Rica vs Uruguay It’s always tempting to pick the South American ...

... the other soccer big boys in Africa - Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Ghana - are all through to the finals. In the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL playoff, a Diego Lugano goal in the first half against Costa Rica brightened Uruguay hopes of playing ...   2  Nigeria  3 Mozambique 1 Tunisia 0 CONCACAF/CONMEBOL Playoff Costa Rica 0 Uruguay 1 Oceania/Asia Playoff New Zealand 1  ...

... finished fourth in the tournament and became a regular participant of the tournament for the next editions. The renovated squad created quite a stir by reaching first place in the CONMEBOL qualifiers, and becoming the second CONMEBOL team to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, ahead of continental powers Argentina, Colombia, and Chile. Paraguay defeated Brazil at home (2-0), ...

... New Zealand). Pot 3 will include teams from CAF (Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria) and CONMEBOL (Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay). Pot 4 will have the remaining UEFA teams (Denmark, France, Greece, ... get in that group will have a South American team from pot C, not another African team. Paraguay is my dark horse pick this year; they were very impressive during CONMEBOL qualifying.

Mike Hein replied to Mike Hein's discussion 'Chelsea - Manchester United' Uruguay finds itself in the World Cup qualifier two-leg playoff for the third time in a row. They have finished 5th in CONMEBOL and thus play Costa Rica on 11/14 and 11/18 for the last ticket to South Africa. Good luck and I will be pulling for y...

... captain Frederic Veseli and midfield maestro Pajtim Kasami. The stat 6 - The number of encounters between European and South American teams in FIFA U-17 World Cup history. UEFA sides currently lead their CONMEBOL counterparts by four victories to two. The words "I've been very clear with my players: if we keep working as a team like we have done up to now then anything's possible. ...