COSTA RICA SPORTS NEWS — Abby Wambach, international soccer’s all-time leading scorer, posted a first-half hat trick Sunday and finished with four goals as the U.S. women’s national team clobbered Costa Rica, 6-0, to win a seventh CONCACAF championship and continue a near-perfect reign in the region’s World Cup qualifying history. Both teams had already secured berths in next summer’s global tournament in Canada.
In the third-place match at PPL Park in Chester, Pa., Mexico claimed a Cup slot with a 4-2 victory over Trinidad and Tobago in extra time. T&T will face Ecuador in a two-leg playoff for an additional berth.
Scoring
Wambach (Brian), 4th minute.
Lloyd (Wambach), 17th.
Wambach (Lloyd), 35th.
Wambach (Lloyd), 41st.
Wambach (Leroux), 71st.
Leroux (Heath), 73rd.
Source: Sports Insider