Dennis Marshall (footballer)
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Dennis Marshall Maxwell (9 August 1985 – 23 June 2011) was a Costa Rica
n footballer as a left defender who last played for Danish Superliga
club AaB and for the Costa Rican national team
.
when they were involved in a fatal car accident. Marshall had scored the only goal for Costa Rica five days earlier in a match against Honduras
in the quarterfinals of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
.
His death was marked in several ways in his home country. The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, went on national television and expressed her sympathy and a memorial ceremony was held on Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
, the stadium of Marshall's former club, CS Herediano.
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
n footballer as a left defender who last played for Danish Superliga
Danish Superliga
The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
club AaB and for the Costa Rican national team
Costa Rica national football team
The Costa Rica national football team, nicknamed La Sele, is the national team of Costa Rica and is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol. Costa Rica is the third most successful team in CONCACAF after Mexico and the United States...
.
International goals
- Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 18 June 2011 New Meadowlands Stadium New Meadowlands StadiumMetLife Stadium is a stadium in the New York City Metropolitan Area, part of the MetLife Sports Complex, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It is the home of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League and is adjacent to the site of the former Giants Stadium, which was home...
, East RutherfordEast Rutherford, New JerseyEast Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 8,913. It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, located west of Midtown Manhattan....
, United States1–1 1–1 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 CONCACAF Gold CupThe 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and 21th CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence...
Death
On 23 June 2011, Marshall and his girlfriend, Meilyn Masís Castro, were traveling on the Braulio Carrillo highway in Costa RicaCosta Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
when they were involved in a fatal car accident. Marshall had scored the only goal for Costa Rica five days earlier in a match against Honduras
Honduras national football team
The Honduran national football team, nicknamed Los Catrachos, La Bicolor or La H, is the national team of Honduras and is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras...
in the quarterfinals of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and 21th CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence...
.
His death was marked in several ways in his home country. The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, went on national television and expressed her sympathy and a memorial ceremony was held on Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero is a multi-purpose stadium in Heredia, Costa Rica. The stadium holds 8,144 people and opened in 1951. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Sport Herediano....
, the stadium of Marshall's former club, CS Herediano.