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Costa Rica vs United States: head-to-head stats
Since 1985
Costa Rica
15
wins
draws
7
42 meetings
United States
20
wins
Costa Rica and United States have met 42 times since 1985: Costa Rica won 15, United States 20, and 7 matches were drawn. United States lead the head-to-head by 5 wins. Goals: Costa Rica 46, United States 53. Last meeting: Costa Rica 2–2 United States (Gold Cup, Jun 29, 2025).
- First meeting
- Costa Rica 1–1 United States
- May 26, 1985 · CONCACAF Championship
- Last meeting
- Costa Rica 2–2 United States
- Jun 29, 2025 · Gold Cup
- Biggest Costa Rica win
- Costa Rica 4–0 United States
- Nov 15, 2016 · FIFA World Cup qualification
- Biggest United States win
- Costa Rica 0–4 United States
- Jun 9, 2021 · Friendly
Match preview and current form
The rivalry, match by match
42 meetings since 1985. Hover or tap a match for the details.
- Costa Rica win
- Draw
- United States win
- World Cup or continental finals
- Bigger = wider margin
CRC=USA
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- 2010
- 2020
USA +51998 · USA ahead1996 · CRC ahead
↑ CRCUSA ↓
- 1980s: Costa Rica 3 goals, United States 3 goals
- 1990s: Costa Rica 14 goals, United States 14 goals
- 2000s: Costa Rica 14 goals, United States 13 goals
- 2010s: Costa Rica 10 goals, United States 11 goals
- 2020s: Costa Rica 5 goals, United States 12 goals
By competition
| Competition | P | CRC W | D | USA W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| Gold Cup | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Friendly | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Copa América | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Miami Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
All meetings
42 matches, newest first, with goalscorers where recorded.
- D2–2AGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: Francisco Calvo 12' (pen.), Alonso Martínez 71'
United States: Diego Luna 43', Maximilian Arfsten 47'
- L0–3AFriendlyFriendly
- W2–0HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Juan Pablo Vargas 51', Anthony Contreras 59'
United States: —
- L1–2AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Keysher Fuller 1'
United States: Sergiño Dest 25', Leonel Moreira 66' (OG)
- L0–4AFriendlyFriendly
- L0–1AFriendlyFriendly
- L0–2AFriendlyFriendly
- W2–0AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Marco Ureña 30', Marco Ureña 82'
United States: —
- L0–2AGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: —
United States: Jozy Altidore 72', Clint Dempsey 82'
- W4–0HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Johan Venegas 44', Christian Bolaños 68', Joel Campbell 74', Joel Campbell 78'
United States: —
Show all 42 meetings
- L0–4ACopa AméricaCopa América
Costa Rica: —
United States: Clint Dempsey 9' (pen.), Jermaine Jones 37', Bobby Wood 42', Graham Zusi 87'
- W3–1HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Jhonny Acosta 2', Celso Borges 9', Joel Campbell 75'
United States: Clint Dempsey 43' (pen.)
- L0–1AGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: —
United States: Brek Shea 82'
- L0–1AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: —
United States: Clint Dempsey 16'
- W1–0AFriendlyFriendly
- D2–2AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Bryan Ruiz 21', Bryan Ruiz 24'
United States: Michael Bradley 72', Jonathan Bornstein 90'
- W3–1HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Álvaro Saborío 2', Celso Borges 13', Pablo Herrera Barrantes 69'
United States: Landon Donovan 90' (pen.)
- W3–0HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Paulo Wanchope 34', Carlos Hernández 60', Carlos Hernández 88'
United States: —
- D0–0AGold CupGold Cup
- L0–3AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: —
United States: Landon Donovan 6', Landon Donovan 62', Brian McBride 87'
- L2–3AGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: Rolando Fonseca 24', Rolando Fonseca 39'
United States: Carlos Bocanegra 29', Earnie Stewart 56', Bobby Convey 67'
- L0–2AGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: —
United States: Josh Wolff 37', Jeff Agoos 63'
- W2–0HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Rolando Fonseca 40' (pen.), Rolando Fonseca 68'
United States: —
- L0–1AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: —
United States: Josh Wolff 70'
- D0–0AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
- W2–1HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Rolando Fonseca 10', Hernán Medford 90' (pen.)
United States: Earnie Stewart 65'
- L1–2AGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: Allan Oviedo 56'
United States: Eddie Pope 7', Preki 78'
- L0–1AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: —
United States: Tab Ramos 79'
- W3–2HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Hernán Medford 10', Mauricio Solís 32', Rónald Gómez 76'
United States: Eric Wynalda 25', Roy Lassiter 67'
- L1–2AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Rónald Gómez 74'
United States: Brian McBride 16', Roy Lassiter 60'
- W2–1HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Costa Rica: Paulo Wanchope 39', Wilmer López 84'
United States: Cobi Jones 90'
- W2–1AFriendlyFriendly
- L0–1AGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: —
United States: Cle Kooiman 103'
- D0–0HFriendlyFriendly
- D1–1AFriendlyFriendly
- L2–3AGold CupGold Cup
Costa Rica: Juan Carlos Arguedas 30', Claudio Jara 33'
United States: Peter Vermes 6', Hugo Pérez 49' (pen.), Héctor Marchena 59' (OG)
- W2–0AMiami CupMiami Cup
- L0–1ACONCACAF ChampionshipCONCACAF Championship
Costa Rica: —
United States: Tab Ramos 72'
- W1–0HCONCACAF ChampionshipCONCACAF Championship
Costa Rica: Gilberto Rhoden 14'
United States: —
- L0–1AFriendlyFriendly
- W1–0ACONCACAF ChampionshipCONCACAF Championship
Costa Rica: Evaristo Coronado 35'
United States: —
- D1–1HCONCACAF ChampionshipCONCACAF Championship
Costa Rica: Óscar Ramírez 42'
United States: John Kerr Jr. 44'
Sources: martj42/international_results (international matches since 1872, MIT-licensed open dataset) and ESPN for the latest results and fixtures. Predecessor teams follow FIFA attribution (Yugoslavia → Serbia, Czechoslovakia → Czechia).
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