Ah hoping the Guadeloupe and Costa Rica match-up proves entertaining. Last time around, it was no walk in the park for the Ticos ... although they won 1-love on the basis of an early goal.
With the help of some excellent insight provided by Rodrigo Calvo what we have is:
*6 holdover Guadeloupe players from the 2007 campaign: Vertot and Tacalfred in the defence, Auvray and Capoue in the middle, and Fleurival and Loval up top
* only 3 Costa Rican returnees from the 2007 edition of the GC: Harold Wallace, skipper Walter Centeno (scorer of the item that eliminated Guadeloupe), and Alvaro Saborío
* the same Guadeloupe coach (Salnot has been in the position since 2001); Kenton in for Hernan Medford
*Angloma on the sideline as an assistant
*new Guadeloupe keeper, Fausta ... not doing badly at 36
Should be very interesting ... especially b/c they'll be without the creative efforts of skipper Centeno due to a knee injury sustained on Friday ... Whatever? He's the most capped tico (131), the defensive mid with the most goals (22), and as of last week, he is the leading Costa Rican goal scorer in Gold Cup history (9).
BTW ... training activities in hotel ballrooms seem not to be unique to us as the ticos went about their paces indoors in Dallas the other day
... didn't seem to create a stir though
