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U.S. beats Costa Rica amid heavy snow
ESPN ^ | 3/22/2013

Posted on 03/23/2013 12:53:40 PM PDT by dirtboy

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- Soft snow started falling, and then kept getting heavier as the night progressed.

From the start of Friday's World Cup qualifier, the lines on the field were covered. As the game wore on, even the Americans in their white home uniforms became hard to see.

And then in the 55th minute, with the U.S. leading Costa Rica 1-0 on Clint Dempsey's early goal, the referee and match commissioner stopped it.

Would it continue? For a moment, it was as unclear as the view.

But then, after some heated discussions, play went on.

On a snowy night more suitable to slaloms than soccer, Dempsey's 16th-minute score in his first start as the American captain held up, giving the U.S. a 1-0 victory in a key qualifier for next year's World Cup.

"It was difficult out here to see anything," Dempsey said. "The second half, the snow coming up past your ankles, it was almost unplayable."

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Whoever scheduled a World Cup qualifying match in Colorado in March - historically Denver's snowiest month - must have previously employed on the Romney campaign's ORCA project management team.
1 posted on 03/23/2013 12:53:40 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

This Week In Global Warming (aka “Climate Change”)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2999640/posts


2 posted on 03/23/2013 12:56:54 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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Bwahahahaha!!!!


3 posted on 03/23/2013 12:59:11 PM PDT by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites, is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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To: dirtboy

Clearly Costa Rica should get a do over due to the unfair weather conditions.


4 posted on 03/23/2013 1:14:16 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Its nice here today at almost 40 degrees (10 degrees below the average for this time of year)


5 posted on 03/23/2013 1:15:24 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: dirtboy

Scheduling home games to take advantage of the weather is normal (although they probably weren’t expecting a blizzard). And the US has a high-altitude match next week in Mexico.


6 posted on 03/23/2013 1:15:28 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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They did it to prep for Tuesday’s match in Mexico. Stadium Azteca is over 7,000 ft.


7 posted on 03/23/2013 1:20:47 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: dirtboy

You may have nailed this...


8 posted on 03/23/2013 1:22:49 PM PDT by Delta Dawn
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The snow is racist.

9 posted on 03/23/2013 2:05:17 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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