SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Guyana’s Golden Jaguars and Costa Rica ranked 122nd and 72nd in the FIFA world rankings respectively, face off in the final round of Group B action, in the North, Central American and Caribbean Zone, third round 2014 World Cup qualifiers, at the Estadio National de Costa Rica, this evening from 19:00hrs (21:00hrs Guyana time).

Costa Rica, one of the big three historical giants of the CONCACAF region along with Mexico and United States, enter this game on the back of an important 1-0, away victory versus El Salvador on Friday  La Sele as they are commonly called, just need a victory versus the Jaguars to join Mexico in next year’s Hexagon phase.
The Jaguars, who earned their chance to compete at this level by toppling Caribbean giants Trinidad and Tobago on a memorable November 11, 2011 evening at Providence Stadium, made their debut sojourn into the major league of world football on June 8, 2012 in front of 80 000 intimidating Mexico fans at the world famous Estadio Azteca.
They now will end it, and returning national coach Jamaal Shabazz who was absent from the 5-0 loss versus Mexico, reflected briefly on the journey.
“Today (tomorrow) we end our campaign with a desire to do our best. The entire journey has been eye-opening and enlightening which has had its high and low moments.
“But we are determined to see it through to the end. We have seen we can compete, but to sustain our efforts we need more tactical discipline and focus on the task,” stated Shabazz.
“While the make-up of the team will be decided by the coaching staff, after the Jaguars have their mandatory FIFA, one-hour, pre-game training session. Team captain Chris Nurse will miss the game after picking up his second yellow card of the qualifiers during the Mexico game.

Guyana squad: Ronson Williams, Derrick Carter  (goalkeepers), Charles Pollard, Walter Moore, Colin Nelson, Jamaal Smith (defenders), Konata Mannings, Brandon Beresford, Nick Millington, Dwight Peters, Dwain Jacobs, Kester Jacobs, Ricky Shakes, Trayon Bobb (midfielders), Gregory Richardson, Vurlon Mills, Anthony Abrams, Shawn Beveney, Daniel Wilson  (strikers).
Coach: Jamaal Shabazz, Assistant Coach: Wayne Dover, Trainer: Americo Falopa, General Manager: Rawle Adams, Assistant Manager: Mark Xavier, Equipment Manager Trevor Burnett, Goalkeeper Coach:  Andrew Hazel, Physiotherapist: Debita Harripersaud.

Costa Rica squad: Keylor Navas, Patrick Pemberton, Leonel Moreira (goalkeepers), Michael Umana, Roy Miller, Heiner Mora, Bryan Oviedo, Jhonny Acosta, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Pedro Leal, Christian Gamboa, Nestor Monga, Pablo Salazar, (defenders), Christian Bolanos, Celso Borges, Michael Barrantes, Jose Miguel Cubero, Rodney Wallace, Allen Guevara, Keilor Soto (midFielders), Alvaro Sobario, Bryan Ruiz, Randall Brenes, Joel Campbell, Christian Lagos (strikers). Coach: Jorge Luis Pinto.
Officials: Referee: Hector Rodriguez (Honduras), Assistant Referee 1: Melvyn Cruz (HON), Assistant Referee 2: Christian Ramirez (HON), Fourth official: Armando Castro (HON)