The Costa Rican national team was one of the biggest negative surprises of the Concacaf Qualifiers. Miguel Herrera's team failed to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Keylor Navas offered his first words after Costa Rica's failure. The Costa Rican team was forced to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. It's worth mentioning that the "Ticos" faced the qualifying process without the participation of Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Their chances of securing a ticket to their fourth consecutive World Cup were high. However, given the circumstances, Costa Rica went into the final match needing a victory to qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup. The "Ticos" could only manage a 0-0 draw against Honduras and were left out of the direct qualification spots and even the playoff positions. "We are not hurting about the elimination and about not having been able to give Costa Rica the satisfaction of experiencing another World Cup," said the Pumas UNAM goalkeeper in a post on his social media. The Costa Rican team is responsible for its own failure. The "Ticos" were unable to achieve convincing victories in a group they shared with Haiti, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Costa Rica finished with one win, four draws, and one loss. "There's nothing left to do but acknowledge our mistakes and learn from them so they don't happen again. Thank God for life and thank the fans for their support until the end," added the former Real Madrid goalkeeper. A possible farewell to Costa Rica: Keylor Navas returned to the Costa Rican national team with the arrival of Miguel Herrera. After a hiatus from call-ups, Navas received another call-up and became involved in another World Cup qualifying process. Everything seems to indicate that this will be the veteran "Tico" goalkeeper's last World Cup campaign. Keylor Navas made his debut for the Costa Rican national team in October 2008. Since then, the 38-year-old goalkeeper has played 126 matches, keeping a clean sheet in 46 of them. Navas was able to play 11 matches in World Cups, spread across the World Cups of Brazil 2014, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022.