Shirley Cruz, a Costa Rican legend and one of the first female Costa Rican players to hone her skills in Europe, has announced her retirement from professional and international soccer. Cruz wrote on social media that she played her last club match with Alajuelense in Costa Rica. “I was able to play an intense final match of 120 minutes,” Cruz wrote. She was not named to Costa Rica’s preliminary squad for the 2023 World Cup.
