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The Jaco Rays is a professional soccer team that is playing in the second division here in Costa Rica. Professional meaning they are paid to play, but that does not translate into how they play. Hopefully the Jaco Rays will play like Liga or Saprissa in a few years. But for now, Jaco Rays soccer team now is on the map and is the only one here on the central Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
Jaco Rays is the brain child of Pat Hundely who is one of the developers of the DayStar …
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Jaco not only has a second division soccer team; but now has a flag football league! Called the Jaco Flag Football League, it has the makings of another great community gathering activity for residents of Jaco Beach and the surrounding metro area of Jaco. League dates: Games nights will be played on Tuesday at the Multiuso Soccer field located diagnally from the Municipality. The pratice field will be available Saturday mornings for practice. League play will start September 7th in league format of 7 man, light-contact, …
CONGRATULATIONS TO JACO RAYS FC! THEY ARE NEW MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Jaco Rays FC is a new second division soccer team in Jacó. The General Manager of the team is Carlos Esquivel. The Sports Manager is Johnny Perez and the Head Coach is Wilmer “El Pato” Lopez. The team is currently placed in the second position of the general season standings. The official launch of the team to national media took place in the condo project Diamante del Sol on Wednesday August 11th, …
We have finally got a copy of the Jaco Rays soccer futbol game schedule season 2010. What we are missing is the times for the Jaco Reys games at home in Jaco Beach. We will attempt to locate Pat and get times posted here. You can also view the JacoRays schedule in the right sidebar on The Jaco Blog home page.
Laura Chinchilla, is now President Laura Chinchilla, on Sunday was elected the first female president in Costa Rica’s history, winning the popular vote with a 46.8% support with 94.2% of the ballots counted.
Laura Chinchilla’s win was apparent within a few hours of the closing of the voting, as rivals Ottón Solís and Otto Guevara declared defeat, not even waiting for the vote count to reach the half way mark.
Solís was the first to accept that Laura Chinchilla won, congratulating President Chinchilla and promising that this would be his last campaign, …
At the Laura Chinchilla visitor center for voters in Heredia Costa Rica is filled with supporters and voters. The crowds are peaceful and mostly holding Partido Liberacion Nacional banners and flags which are green and white. Local television news has extensive coverage and is very much aware of the inevitable outcome of the presidential elections 2010.
Local news is covering the regional locations where supporters of Laura Chinchilla for President have swamped and with good cheer. The lines at some voting stations are very long but the weather in Costa …
