VANCOUVER, BC – “This can’t happen. This can’t happen.”
Those were the thoughts going through Kendall Waston’s mind on October 7, 2017, with Costa Rica trailing 1-0 to Honduras in the dying stages of their penultimate 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match.
Costa Rica needed a draw to book their ticket to Russia.
If unable to muster up a point, Los Ticos would have to travel to Panama and get a result there three days later – no easy task – to guarantee their place at the world’s most prestigious soccer competition.