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Costa Rica holds a grudge and is taking it out on USMNT

By Mike Dyce

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March 22, 2013; Commerce City, CO, USA; Soccer referee Joel Aguilar (right) stops play to clear parts of the field of snow in the second half of the game between Costa Rica against USA during the World Cup Qualifier at Dick

Remember that World Cup qualifier that the U.S. Men’s National Team played against Costa Rica in March? The one with all the snow, the one that made it almost impossible to play, but since the US was leading 1-0 the protests of Costa Rica were ignored and the game carried on anyways?

Well turns out that they’re still really mad about it. They’re making life as difficult as possible for the USMNT ahead of their match on Friday.

First, the airpoirt:

Which could be less about that game and more about their usual treatment:

And when they finally got through all that, there was this gauntlet waiting for them:

Now that that was over with they could just focus on practice right?

So they were denied some fields, what else could they do? Not give them balls to practice with? Wait… they did that too…

Ok, what else could they do?

It is starting to get some what serious though now.

Here was the cover of Al Dia the day they USMNT landed. This rivarly is heating up and Jürgen Klinsmann calls it the “biggest game in the year 2013.”

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