RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Luiz Felipe Scolari says he will pick Diego Costa for Brazil, leaving up to the player to decide whether he will play for his native country or world champion Spain. [url=http://www.officialsharksnhlshop.com/evander-kane-jersey/]Evander Kane Jersey[/url] . Diego Costa holds a

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Luiz Felipe Scolari says he will pick Diego Costa for Brazil, leaving up to the player to decide whether he will play for his native country or world champion Spain. Evander Kane Jersey . Diego Costa holds a Spanish passport and said he would be willing to play for Spain. Scolari had been making it clear that he had the right to pick Diego Costa despite Spains desire to have the player, and late Wednesday he confirmed to Globo TV that he will include the striker in the squad that will play friendlies against Chile and Honduras in November. The Brazilian football federation said in a statement on Thursday it has already advised FIFA of Scolaris intention to use Diego Costa. It sent a letter saying the coach will be calling up the player next Thursday, when the squad for the friendlies is announced. Brazil will play Honduras on Nov. 16 in Miami and Chile on Nov. 19 in Toronto. "We intend to pick him again," Scolari said. "We want to be able to better analyze him. He is a Brazilian who has been performing well with Atletico Madrid." Diego Costa was picked by Scolari for friendlies in March, but the 25-year-old spent only a few minutes on the field when Brazil faced Russia and Italy. Diego Costa is still allowed to join Spain because the friendlies are not considered official matches. "When Diego played for us the first time we heard about his satisfaction to be defending the colours of Brazil," Scolari said. "And thats still the case." Scolari said the player shouldnt have the option to play for another country after wearing Brazils jersey. The coach was upset with questions about Diego Costas intention to join Spain. "Spain should respect Brazils right to choose its players," Scolari said. Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said recently that its up to Diego Costa to decide. "Its the players personal decision," he said. Diego Costa helped Atletico to a club-record start of eight straight wins in the Spanish league, scoring a league-leading 10 goals. Marcus Sorensen Jersey . - Maynor Figueroa headed in a late goal to give Honduras a 1-1 draw with the United States in an international friendly Tuesday. Aaron Dell Jersey . Watch the announcement live on TSN.ca at 12:30pm et/9:30am pt. This years honourees will be recognized at the 2014 Hockey Canada Foundation Celebrity Classic, scheduled for June 23-24 in Vancouver. http://www.officialsharksnhlshop.com/ . "Weve given ourselves now a tougher task," said Carlyle after the Friday practice, the Toronto head coach notably chipper and upbeat throughout. "But the bottom line is we just have to win our share of games [and] not worry about what anybody else is doing.SEATTLE - Starting left tackle Russell Okung is inactive for the Seattle Seahawks while cornerback Carlos Rogers is out for Oakland.Okung was questionable going into Sundays game with a calf injury suffered in practice this week. Hes the latest Seattle starter to go down. Along with Okung, Seattle starters Bobby Wagner, Malcolm Smith and Zach Miller were already ruled out prior to Sundays game. Alvin Bailey is expected to start in place of Okung.Seatttle safety Kam Chancellor (groin) was active, but did not appear to be participating in early pregame warmups. Tim Heed Jersey. Center Max Unger (foot) was also active after being listed as questionable in recovering from a foot injury.Rogers was doubtful with a knee injury and was downgraded to out on Saturday. Rookie T.J. Carrie is expected to start for Rogers.___AP NFL websites: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '