MACOYA, Trinidad - Canada has been eliminated from the CONCACAF under-20 men's soccer championships, and denied a place in the world championship, after a 2-1 loss to Costa Rica in its final round-robin game Wednesday.

A win would have advanced Canada (1-2-0) to the semifinals of the championship, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean, and assured it of a berth at the under-20 World Cup for the fifth straight time.

Marcos Urena's goal in the 72nd minute sent Costa Rica (2-0-1) through instead.

Randy Edwini-Bonsu, who had both goals in a 2-0 victory over Mexico on Monday, gave the Canadians the lead in the 11th minute, but David Guzman tied the game for Costa Rica in the 25th minute.

Canada opened the tournament with a 1-0 loss to host Trinidad and Tobago.

Trinidad and Tobago (1-0-2) drew 2-2 with Mexico (0-2-1) in the Group B finale.

The failure to qualify comes after Canada hosted the tournament in 2007, when Canada was the only country not to score a goal in the tournament. The Canadians were also the first host country not to score in the 16-year history of the competition.

Canada has participated in eight of the previous 16 FIFA U-20 World Cups, including each of the last four (Argentina 2001, UAE 2003, Netherlands 2005 and Canada 2007).

Costa Rica finished first in Group B with seven points and will face Group A runner-up Honduras in Friday's semifinals. Trinidad will face Group A winner United States.