Carlos Soley
Carlos Soley Güell (1 January 1885 – 12 October 1941) was a Costa Rican footballer who played as a goalkeeper and a midfielder for Spanish club FC Barcelona at the turn of the century. He was a member of the side that won the very first official title in Spanish football, the 1900–01 Copa Macaya with Hispania AC. He was the brother of Tomás Soley Güell, the founding economist of what is today the National Insurance Institute. Biography Born in Costa Rica, he moved to Barcelona in the late 19th century, to continue his studies. At the time, the only football teams in the city were Català FC, FC Barcelona, and ''Team Anglès'' (a team made up of members of the British colony living in Barcelona), and he joined the ranks of Català in late 1899. On 26 December 1899, the former two clubs agreed to join the best players of each team to face the English, and in the absence of Barça's goalkeeper, Juan de Urruela, it was Soley who played between the posts that day, conceding o ...
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San José, Costa Rica
San José (; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transportation hub. San José Canton's population was 288,054 in 2011, and San José's municipal land area is 44.2 square kilometers (17.2 square miles), with an estimated 333,980 residents in 2015. Together with several other cantons of the central valley, including Alajuela, Heredia and Cartago, it forms the country's Greater Metropolitan Area, with an estimated population of over 2 million in 2017. The city is named in honor of Joseph of Nazareth. Founded in 1736 by order of Cabildo de León, the population of San José rose during the 18th century through the use of colonial planning. It has historically been a city of st ...
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