Forgotten Celt Cristian Gamboa has some World Cup cheer.
A 1-1 draw for Costa Rica against Honduras secured second place in the final round of CONCACAF qualifying and a place in the Russian World Cup alongside Mexico.
Gamboa played the full match with Kendall Watson scoring in stoppage time to clinch qualification with one match still to play.
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— Cristian Gamboa (@Cris_GamboaCR) October 8, 2017
#WorldCup line-up, so far:
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In the final round of fixtures with one automatic place up for grabs the USA need a point away to Trinidad and Tobago to qualify, if they lose Panama or Honduras could snatch third place and a trip to Russia. The fourth placed nation will be involved in a play off against Australia or Syria.
Despite his international success Gamboa hasn’t had any game time at Celtic this season with Tony Ralston emerging to challenge Mikael Lustig at right-back.
There was no talk of a summer transfer but the 27-year-old is likely to be on the move in January in order to get first team football ahead of the World Cup Finals.