Canada began the match in good form as Sandro Grande blasted a 25-yard shot which was blocked over the crossbar by a diving Costa Rican goalkeeper Alvaro Mesen in the third minute.
Dwayne de Rosario scored the first goal in the 12th minute with a right footed shot past a diving Mesen into the bottom right corner.
Iain Hume almost earned Canada’s second in the 32nd minute after Julian de Guzman sent a long ball to Tomasz Radzinski at the top of the penalty area. Radzinski then headed the ball to Hume who then sent a shot flying over the cross-bar.
In the second half, Costa Rica earned the equalizer after a header stopped by Onstad rebounded to Paulo Wanchope who then scored in the 49th minute.
Costa Rica’s William Sunsin scored their second after he flicked the ball past Onstad and recovered it for a tap to the back of the net in the 81st minute.
Following a caution given to Mark Watson just outside the penalty area, Costa Rica scored their third on a free-kick taken 22-yards out by Carlos Hernandez.
\u0093It’s a very disappointing loss,\u0094 said Head Coach Frank Yallop. \u0093We are now out of the World Cup.\u0094
In the other game of group B, Guatemala defeated Honduras 1:0.
Canada’s next match will take place against Guatemala on November 17th in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Group B – Semi-Final Round 2004 (Three Groups of Four)
\u200bGame 1 – August 18tCanada v Guatemalat0:2tVancouver, BC
\u200bGame 2 – September 4tCanada v Hondurast1:1tEdmonton, AB
\u200bGame 3 – September 8tCosta Rica v Canadat1:0tSan Jose, Costa Rica
\u200bGame 4 – October 9 tHonduras v Canadat1:1tHonduras
\u200bGame 5 – October 13 tCanada v Costa Ricat1:3tVancouver, BC
\u200bGame 6 – November 17tGuatemala v CanadattGuatemala City, Guatemala
The top two in each group will advance to the final stage which consists of a group of six teams.
\u200bMatch Dates: February 9, March 26/27, March 30, June 4/5, June 8, August 17, September 3/4, September 7, October 8/9 and October 12, 2005.
October 13, 2004 \u0096 World Cup Qualifying \u0096 Semi-final
\u200bSwangard Stadium \u0096 Burnaby, BC
\u200bCanadatt1(1)
\u200bCosta Ricat3(0)
\u200bAttendance: 4,728
\u200bGoals: Canada- de Rosario (12); Costa Rica – Wanchope (49), Sunsin (81), Hernandez (87)
\u200bCautions: Canada – Grande (9), Watson (85); Costa Rica- Heron (20), Scott (31)
\u200bCANADA: 1-Pat Onstad; 3-Ante Jazic (11-Jaime Peters, 76); 4-Mark Watson; 5-Jason deVos; 6-Julian de Guzman; 7-Iain Hume (10-Carlo Corazzin, 57); 8-Daniel Imhof; 9-Tomasz Radzinski; 13-Atiba Hutchinson; 14-Dwayne de Rosario; 16-Sandro Grande (17-Olivier Occean, 69); Head Coach-Frank Yallop
\u200bSubs not used: 22-Lars Hirschfeld; 2-Gabriel Gervais; 12-Patrice Bernier; 15-Josh Simpson
\u200bCOSTA RICA: 1-Alvaro Mesén; 3-Luis Marín (C); 5-Gilberto Martínez; 8-José Luis López; 11-Alonso Solís; 12-Leonardo González; 14-Christian Badilla; 17-Steven Bryce (16-Carlos Hernandez, 69); 20-Pablo Chinchilla; 21-Andy Heron (9-Paulo Wanchope, 30); 22-Eric Scott (19-William Sunsin, 76)
\u200bSubs not used: 4-Alexander Castro; 6-Dany Fonseca; 15-Junior Díaz; 18-José F. Porras; 13-Christian Oviedo; 23-Ricardo González