Date 14 November 2009 Weather Calm21 °C (70 °F) | Attendance 19,500 | |
Venue Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José Referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) | ||
The 2010 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF–CONMEBOL qualification play-off were a series of two-legged home-and-away ties between the fourth-placed team of the CONCACAF qualifying tournament, Costa Rica, and the fifth-placed team from the South American qualifying tournament, Uruguay.
The games were played on 14 and 18 November 2009.
Overview
It was the third consecutive FIFA World Cup play-off that Uruguay has participated in after 3–1 on aggregate win over Australia for Korea/Japan 2002 and losing to Australia 4–2 on penalties for Germany 2006.
The draw for the order in which the two matches would be played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress in Nassau, The Bahamas.
References
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA