HONDURAN SOCCER TEAM REACHES CONCACAF FINAL.Byline: Daily News and wire services Denilson Costa Denilson Costa (born 10 June, 1968 in São João de Meriti) is a Brazilian and naturalized Honduran soccer player. He currently plays for Atletico Olanchano. He currently is the second all time top scorer in Liga Nacional de Honduras and also was the first to reach 150 goals. scored three goals as Honduras' CD Olimpia qualified for the CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) Champions Cup final by defeating Mexico's Pachuca CF 4-0 Friday night. The Galaxy and D.C. United D.C. United is a professional soccer club located in Washington, D.C. that participates in Major League Soccer. The club's official nickname is the "Black-and-Red" and home uniforms are black and white with accents of red. The team's name refers to Washington, D.C. of the MLS See multilevel security. played later Friday night in the other semifinal. Both Champions' Cup finalists also receive berths in the FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f Club World Championship to be played July 29-Aug. 12 in Spain. Alex Pineda Chacon also scored. The tournament is for champions and runners up of leagues in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. --Approved: The Rose Bowl Operating Committee approved an agreement on Friday with Anschutz Entertainment to stage an exhibition men's soccer match at the Rose Bowl between Brazil and the United States, on March 3. --Sold out: Tickets for the United States' World Cup qualifying match against Mexico on Feb. 28 in Columbus, Ohio, sold out Friday. Nearly 19,000 tickets were sold in advance and the 5,000 remaining tickets were bought in six hours. U.S. Soccer tried to keep tickets out of the hands of Mexico's fans by offering them first to college, high school and youth teams as well as the Crew's Major League Soccer season ticket-holders. The game will be the second consecutive home World Cup qualifying match to be held in Columbus. The U.S. men's team played to a scoreless tie against Costa Rica before a crowd 24,430 on Oct. 11. The Americans then won 4-0 at Barbados on Nov. 15 to win their semifinal group. The six-nation regional finals will produce three qualifiers for the 2002 tournament in Japan and South Korea. Other nations in the finals are Jamaica, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (trĭn`ĭdăd, təbā`gō), officially Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, republic (2005 est. pop. 1,088,000), 1,980 sq mi (5,129 sq km), West Indies. The capital is Port of Spain. and Costa Rica. |
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