Randall Araya Pochet

Founder and CEO Randall grew up playing soccer in Costa Rica and the United States. After getting his B.A. in Business Administration he was introduced to the US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program by a friend and began assisting them in bringing teams to Costa Rica for friendly match play.

Randall worked for several years at soccer camps in the United States during the summers. The coaches he met began to ask about the possibility of bringing their teams to Costa Rica and Costa Rica Soccer Tours was born. He later completed an M.B.A. in San Diego. Randall now manages the direction of the company and strategic relationships.

Shanthi Kooiker

Shanthi, who is originally from San Diego, California, met Randall when she traveled to Costa Rica to study Spanish while attending Claremont McKenna College. Upon completing her B.A. she began focusing on marketing and web site design.

She and Randall founded the company together after coaches Randall knew began asking for their services to manage the logistics of their soccer tours. Randall and Shanthi lived in Boulder, Colorado for five years before moving to Costa Rica in 2005. They have lived and worked in Costa Rica ever since and love it!

Lilliana Araya

Lilliana received her degree in Business Administration from the University of Costa Rica and began hosting soccer teams in 2006. She started off as a tour guide, managing all the day-to-day details of each soccer team’s tour. She then led our operations team for several years during which she managed the logistics for hundreds of soccer teams who came to Costa Rica.

Lilliana graduated with her Master’s degree from the University of Costa Rica in international commerce and now leads our team that plans and creates the custom tour for their team’s once-in-a-lifetime trip to Costa Rica. From the initial conversation through the planning process she and her team take into consideration the client’s goals and competitive level to create the ideal experience for them.

Guiselle Pochet

Guiselle has over 20 years of experience in sports tourism in Costa Rica. With a degree in English from the University of Costa Rica and combined expertise in the field of education, Guiselle’s specialty is matching our client soccer teams appropriately with the Costa Rican competition.

Guiselle has her finger on the pulse of all soccer competition going on in Costa Rica: the soccer leagues, tournaments, and championships. She manages our relationships with all club directors and soccer coaches. As busy as she is, what she most enjoys is sitting down with our client teams once they are in Costa Rica to share a bit of her beloved Costa Rica with them.

Dan Rothert