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There have been some changes back and forth here. It is true that Ariel was born to an American father in Costa Rica. This would have made him an American citizen and Costa Rican citizen from birth. In addition, he has lived the majority of his life in the United States. This would qualify him as being Costa Rican American in general but alone doesn't meet notability requirements. In fact, he has represented both the United States and Costa Rica on the youth international stage. But since these are youth appearances, these alone are not notable. His first notable professional experience was in Sweden and he could be tied to only Costa Rica by birth. But since he has signed with La Galaxy II, plays football in the United States, and he is an American citizen, this would fit the American notability requirements to be defined as notable Costa Rican American.Synthfreq (talk) 01:32, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You have the same problem with this article as you do at Justin Meram. You didn't read my explanation, it's not an argument, it's an explanation, on that article's talk page so please get your answers at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:34, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As said in that other discussion it's about the national team they are eligible to play for under FIFA nationality rules not any other definition of their nationality. The sentence "Ariel was raised in the United States and represented the nation twice at U23 level in 2015, later in the year he switched his alliance to Costa Rica" and the bit about his dad does the job of giving a more extensive explanation of identity Arials101 (talk) 13:29, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
