US Soccer...Winter Wonderland

[Dirkus_Circus]

Yeah I said soccer...

If you didn't happen to see the highlights, the US played Costa Rica in a near blizzard in Colorado on Friday night. I've never seen a match played in this deep of snow before, by the end of the match there had to be 3-4 inches of snow on the pitch.

US won 1-0.

 

[Modo]

Stupid call to play the game, should have been cancelled.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

GO USA SOCCCCCCCCA!

 

[gkmacca]

At least their teeth were okay. That's all most Americans seem to care about these days. Dentistry.

 

[eecheerow]

Costa Rica has protested and rightly so.

 

[localny]

It's the talk of the town over here. Game was called in Beal Feirste for same reason.

I don't know what to think. I didn't see players slipping and sliding. I also didn't see the ball much

Feels like a business/federation decision

 

[localny]

At least their teeth were okay. That's all most Americans seem to care about these days. Dentistry.

Indeed. Bad teeth and your business career is damaged. All about appearance

 

[Tal]

"You have seen a combination play from Jose Altidore and Clint Dempsey. On the same page, combining..."

 

[ctlovesred]

We won, sucks for them. Snow was deep for both teams. If they don't like it they should practice playing in the Andes, or Rockies, or anywhere in Canada.

 

[Leo]

Indeed. Bad teeth and your business career is damaged. All about appearance

What about 3 chins and an arse you could play the Wimbledon final on?

 

[Markeh]

There was an LA Galaxy match postponed a few months back for similar amounts of snow so it's strange they played this, also where the hell is the orange ball?

 

[gkmacca]

Florida.

 

[tombrown]

Yeah I said soccer...

I've had to get used to saying & hearing "soccer" since I moved to Ireland. I still hate it 🙁

 

[juniormember]

Can't believe they played with a white football!

 

[mr_moo]

Can't believe they played with a white football!

???????? Think you'll find it was yellow.

Great they played the game, bet it was a great fun playing in the snow. Reminds me of my youth playing in a cup game once

 

[Athens]

It looked white to me.

 

[juniormember]

???????? Think you'll find it was yellow.

Great they played the game, bet it was a great fun playing in the snow. Reminds me of my youth playing in a cup game once

Looks white. But yellow's a weird choice anyhow.
What I mean is usually when there's snow they use orange footballs like this:

 

[Fabio]

Fix

 

[rurikbird]

What's amazing is, judging by the highlights, both teams tried to play their game despite the snow. Still mostly tried to keep the ball on the ground, play one-twos etc. The players looked rather comfortable running at speed too, didn't see anyone slipping.

In Russia or Ukraine, whenever a game is played in the snow, teams just ping the long balls back and forth, making it unbearable to watch.

 

[Dirkus_Circus]

I've had to get used to saying & hearing "soccer" since I moved to Ireland. I still hate it 🙁

Wait, they say soccer in Ireland?

 

[tombrown]

yes - they have football (gaa variety) & soccer. My lad plays both so its confusing for poor misplaced englishman like me